Spire Introduces the $30 Diablo Case
The Spire Diablo is an ATX chassis with a number of neat features for its entry level price point
Sadly, it's very common for an entry level to present a noticeably cheap and chintzy image, Spire's Diablo however has a meshed aluminum front and a black powder coated exterior and interior that lends the case a refreshingly understated and refined image. The case's internals are fairly standard for an ATX size chassis as it offers tool free assembly and supports up to six 3.5" and three 5.25" drive bays. The Diablo does not come with any pre-installed fans but has space for a single 92 mm fan at the rear and a 80 mm fan on the sidepanel and features two USB 2.0 connectors on the front panel, along with HD audio and microphone.
The Diablo will retail for just $29.99 or €24.98 and comes with a 2 year warranty.
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Oh right the deafening things from 10 years ago in the back of my closet.... How is a case with ZERO cooling and no front intake at all supposed to compete with quality cheap cases?
Oh right the deafening things from 10 years ago in the back of my closet.... How is a case with ZERO cooling and no front intake at all supposed to compete with quality cheap cases?
Why not both? My Coolermaster case has huge filtered mesh drive bay blocking doors that intake plenty of air. Yet, there's still room for my fan controller.
5.25" bays aren't only used for obsolete disk drives, after all.
I still use my dvd drive on occasion and my fan controller and card reader will use up the rest of the slots when they arrive. There are many other options for getting air inside cases than just the front panel.
I couldn't agree more. I think there should be a few cases offered with a single 5.25" bay but the vast majority shouldn't have any external bays at all. This should make the case much cheaper to build and allow for much more flexibility as to how the case and cooling system work inside the case. If you need a card reader you can get tiny USB ones cheap. I don't haven't owned anything that uses a card but at work we use the USB ones plugged into the USB port on the side of the monitor which is much easier to read than one stuck into a 3.5" bay on the front of your tower under your desk. Same for optical drive, get a USB external and put it under you monitor for easy access if you still use spinning plastic disks to store stuff on.
It does not come with front view, it is $30 case for ch...s....
LOL
Zalman z5
or even better w/Front USB 3.0 port!
$60 - $20 MIRc = $40!!!
Zalman 5 Plus
or I'd probably get the Corsair 200R for $60 currently or wait until it goes on sale for $40-50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235037
Z5 Plus link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235038
Not a great idea for everyone. Perhaps better to make them less prominent and more often use them as fan intakes but for someone who does video editing which is then required to be burnt to Blu-ray disks for play-back, a case that cannot take a drive is useless to me. Perhaps some cases should have none. However, until I can buy Windows or Office from a retailer OTHER than Microsoft's website and get it on something other than a disk, I think they should stay.