On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:51:25PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote:
I built all of my computers, last one being a basic i3-4170. There is one part that I was never satisfied with, and that is "computer case". Selections at Canada Computers and Newegg are disappointing. If you were building a full-tower computer, which case would you buy? And where?
What does 'full tower' mean to you? Almost all my machines are in Silverstone TJ04 or TJ04-E cases (the newer -E is much improved in fact). Those I would consider a mid size case. I have eight 4TB WD RED drives in a TJ04-E, which is how many 3.5" drive bays it has. The specs claim there is room for another 3.5" drive somewhere in the case, but I haven't looked. It also has mounting for six 2.5" drives as far as I recall and of course four 5.25" drive bays. Unfortunately, I have no idea where to buy them these days. I can only find them at insane prices online it seems. By insane I mean over $300, rather than the $150 or so I recall paying for them. Sundial Micro in california has them for $150 US, so perhaps that is the "reasonable" price these days. For a real full case, I have used a TJ09 once. Lovely case if you need the space and cooling capacity. Not nearly as much capacity for drives though. I think it is discontinued years ago though. For totally insane large case, the TJ11 looks like a fit. Not sure what one would do with nine 5.25" drive bays and dual power supplies. I guess one could get some of their FS305 adapters and turn the nine drive bays into 15 hot swap 3.5" drive bays. I used to be able to get silverstone cases at canada computers. They still have some, just not the models I want. -- Len Sorensen