DangerDen's New Colored Q20 Cases Look Sharp
These tower ATX cases feature a black frame but colored, transparent sides and grills.
Friday DangerDen introduced its new Q20 Black Series PC cases for system builders looking for a little bit more color in their creations. The top plate, bottom plate, front grill and back grill are made with colored, transparent acrylic, and mounted to a black 20.75-inch tall tower case designed for standard ATX motherboards. The side panels are clear, but the motherboard tray itself is black.
"The front grill allows the Q20 to have an air filter that can easily be removed and blown off, keeping the dust out of your case," the company said in a blog. "The internal fan shroud can be configured to mount 120-mm or 140-mm fans. If you want to liquid cool you can match the radiator to the fans."
DangerDen offers seven different color configurations as follows:
- Bipolar - Clear Top & Bottom, Black Grills
- Nightmare - Black Top & Bottom, Black Grills
- Bloodshot - Dark Red Top & Bottom, Dark Red Grills
- Bruiser - UV Blue Top & Bottom, Bright Blue Grills
- Gangrene - UV Green Top & Bottom, UV Green Grills
- Abyss - Cobalt Blue Top & Bottom, Bright Blue Grills
- Phantom - ALL panels are Clear
The case measures 7.3-inches wide and 18.2-inches deep, and supports up to four 3.5-inch internal drives, three SSD drives and two external 5.25-inch optical drive bays. It also supports one radiator with up to three 140-mm dedicated fans, and is compatible with some aftermarket 5.5-inch air coolers.
"Do you want to show off your top of the line video card?" the company said. "You can also have the case configured in the “BTX” (inverted ATX) form factor. If you spend that much money on a video card and liquid cooling block you want people to see it!"
Pricing for the case starts at $269.99 for the BiPolar configuration -- all other color configurations are $20 extra. Customers can also add front USB and audio connectors, single and dual front 5.25-inch bay access, three options for radiator/fan shrouds, and the option to add a Novus Cleaning Kit. For more information, head here.
Also considering the materials are significantly cheaper than steel, for $269 this seems really inflated.
Also considering the materials are significantly cheaper than steel, for $269 this seems really inflated.
Where is the 2nd 5.25" bay? There is no room over the one drive pictures, and underneath it is the power button. /perplexed
- Size: 20.75" Tall x 7.3" Wide x 18.2" Deep
- Several color options available
- Motherboard – Standard ATX
- Supports ATX PSU
- 4 x 3.5” Internal Drives
- 3 x SSD Drives
- Up to 2 x 5.25” Optical Drive Bay
- Supports one radiator (radiator size based on configuration)
Up to 3 x 140mm
- Up to 3 x 140mm Case Fans for the Radiators
- Compatible With Some Aftermarket Air Coolers - approx 5.5" (14cm) clearance
- Strong and Durable Acrylic construction
If you review the gallery on their website, you can see the second 5.25" drive bay below the other one pictured.
http://www.bccpc.com/bccpc/R900.htm
No thanks!
I'll stick with my cheap, yet effective Antec 300.
And like ojas said, I rather get a video card with that much money!
I'm sorry sir, but as someone who works with Acrylic for a living, I happen to know you are drastically mistaken. Cell-cast acrylic (not the extruded junk used in cheap sunbeam cases of old) is very expensive. Please look up what the costs of 3/8ths inch thick cell-cast acrylic is and compare to .85mm steel.
Its understandable that your tastes are not in alignment with what DD has to offer, plus you may prefer cheap but functional cases to house your components. However it is quite unfair to make ignorant comments maligning the materials and skill it takes to work with them. You could not buy a single 3/8" cell-cast acrylic panel for 30 dollars, let alone the 4 it takes to make a system. As far as not needing special tools, you will find if you work with it in the future it is much more tricky than working with thin steel. It cuts on the table saw very well, but past that being able to use a dremel and file is much simpler than working with cell-cast acrylic.
You might be getting confused with extruded acrylic, like the junky stuff manufacturers use in their case windows, or that Sunbeam made their old case out of. That is just another cheap plastic.