Can you rationalise spending £230 on a desktop case?

[Far]

Theres a new lian li case just come out. the pc-x500, but its £230. At the moment i've got a shuttle pc, which is good and all, but i love to fiddle and you can't modify much on these.

I want to build up a PC slowly. I've already got an old 775 desktop with a lian li case, but i dont like it (that cost me £60 when i bought it 3 years ago)

If a case is functional, is it at all sensible to spend that much on one?

Bearing in mind i hardly game (If at all) My shuttle is mostly used for watching films, but when i move in to my next house i want to move it to the living room for a proper HTPC.

Heres the case http://techreport.com/articles.x/16258/1

Its not like i can afford now or anything, but i just think the design of it is so sweet it makes it really tempting to buy.

/Ramble ramble.

 

[Zen2]

That looks more like a bloody suround sound sub!

 

[liammc10]

Wouldn't you want a good looking one if it was going in your front room? and not asif u need a powerful machine to watch films etc (Spend the £230 on a gfx card?), waiste of money if u ask me, just my opinion though dude.

 

[Babyhack]

I have 3 cases under my desk right now

send me £230 and you can have all 2, you can even have the PSUs that are in there

BH

 

[Far]

Wouldn't you want a good looking one if it was going in your front room? and not asif u need a powerful machine to watch films etc (Spend the £230 on a gfx card?), waiste of money if u ask me, just my opinion though dude.

thats what im saying. my current pc, the shuttle, will be going in the front room.

its a sweet looking pc.

but i want a big pc which i can upgrade and fiddle with in my office

i dont find any cases under £100 which look decent

 

[AgentSmith]

easy, need the space for watercooling or its a srver and you need the hdd space

 

[lifco]

When buying a case you neen to know how good they are for cable management, nothing worse than wires all over the place.

Iam also looking for a new case + extras, i like to buy a new case every two years because i get a new power supply, plus it make me want to buy extras for it

lif

 

[forspinki]

my case was £200+ brand new and the side panels were £50 aswell, good cases are worth it.

 

[AgentSmith]

my case was £200+ brand new and the side panels were £50 aswell, good cases are worth it.

nice loop, that a ddc 18w version with a xspc top?

thats a lian li case too i wanted that one, it looks fantastic from the front but i couldnt mount my rad in the position at the front so i got a different one.

good build

 

[Shady]

nice loop, that a ddc 18w version with a xspc top?

thats a lian li case too i wanted that one, it looks fantastic from the front but i couldnt mount my rad in the position at the front so i got a different one.

good build

he spends enough on it trust me lol. Jacks pc is sweet like but mine does everything his does.

 

[AgentSmith]

he spends enough on it trust me lol. Jacks pc is sweet like but mine does everything his does.

i bet but waterloops look nice and clock much better with very low db if sone right, mine is almost silent i just need to stop the vibrations fhrough the case. wouldnt have happend if i spent £200 on the case :001_tongue:

 

[Shady]

it will be done right trust me , his mate rapid did it. think his pc cost like £4000 lol maybe more , think he got a £1500 graphics in his over the top imo but hey there cash lol.