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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:52:59 GMT, Johannes H Andersen
<johs@ezouvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com> wrote:
>> If the cases got smaller, the only dimension I wouldn't want
>> smaller is the height. Anything but a full tower will
>> usually fit under a desk, and if it's ON the desk, what
>> difference does it make how tall unless you have very low
>> flying aircraft?
>
>As a home builder, I don't really mind a large case, but the size of the
>steel case also add to the weight of the thing. The computer I use at work
>is a proprietary Siemens about half the size and very quiet.
I'm all for heavier cases though, find it disgusting how
tinfoil-like some are and prefer a case at least large
enough that it has a cross-brace. My feeling is that a case
doesn't get moved that often, and when it IS being moved, it
ought to be plenty sturdy to not shift/deform at all.
Small I can understand, but depends on the system, since
office boxes generally have far fewer components than an
enthusiast's box.
>
>> It is very easy to use all the bays you mention.
>>
>> For example, 2 optical drives, a front bay fan controller,
>> and a removable hard drive, fill the external 5.25".
>> External 3.5 can easily be filled with a floppy and flash
>> card reader. So, there isn't even room for 3 optical drives
>> for some people unless the case is a full tower.
>
>I do have a sneaking suspicion that these devices such as fan controllers
>and card readers are there to fill a cosmetic void, so to speak, so that
>you don't have to look at all those empty panels. Just think of all the
>modding that's going on.
Naw, my main box is a pretty bland, even intentionally
understated case... I even hid the LEDS and an IR sensor
behind a small smoked plastic window that looks like it's
merely a 1" black case badge.
Fan controller is hidden behind front bay door and is very
useful... the case is positive pressurized from front and
side filtered intake so the fan controller allows gradually
increasing fan RPM to compensate for filter dust
accumulation, or to put it another way, to keep positive
pressurization so dust only accumulates in the filters which
would otherwise gradually cause a drift to negative pressure
(partly due to being low-flow, quiet fans, only slightly
pressurized to begin with) causing dust to come in all the
little holes/cracks/etc.
As for the flash card reader, if you have digital camera or
anything else with a flash card, IMO it's easily worthwhile
to have a reader and spare flash card or two/three/etc, even
moreso these days with 1GB cards dropping to sub $100
prices, it's another alternative for a very reliable and
easily transportable storage device, in addtion to the
devices you may have that use cards.
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