Sharkoon Announces Budget-friendly BD28 Gaming Case
Sharkoon has built a new case for gamers on a budget.
Sharkoon has announced a new gaming enclosure – the BD28. This case appears to be aimed at budget-conscious gamers that still want a flashy system with ample cooling power.
The case's internal layout is fairly standard, having room for up to ATX-size motherboards, graphics cards up to 415 mm long, and CPU coolers up to 179 mm tall. There is also room for up to four 2.5-inch drives, three 3.5-inch drives along with two 5.25-inch optical drives.
Cooling is handled by a pre-installed rear 120 mm fan, along with a front mounted 120 mm fan. An additional 120 mm fan can be mounted up front, as well as either two 120 mm or 140 mm fans, or one 180 mm fan up top.
Front I/O connectivity is taken care of by a pair of HD audio jacks, along with two USB 2.0 ports and another two USB 3.0 ports.
Sharkoon has priced the case with an MSRP of €49.99, and it will be available in black with either green, blue or red fans, along with a silver version with blue fans. We've reached out for details on U.S. pricing and availability.
[Update] Sharkoon says there are currently no plans to bring this case to the U.S., but the company is actively working to expand the number of products it sells in the United States. Right now, there's no timeline for that, but we'll keep you posted!
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I wasn't mentioning it for backup purposes, but in case you suffer a disk failure and need to restore from an external backup disk; if you don't have a spare disk then you need to order one or head to a shop and get one, whereas if you have a spare handy at all times then you just open your case, swap in the new drive, restore and get back to the action.
I'm a fan of cloud-backup for safety, provided I have control over the encryption key(s), but I wouldn't want to restore a machine that way unless I absolutely had to; an external disk is still my favourite for that purpose. Although external a bit messier, at least it means if a more vital component of your machine fails then getting up and running on another machine is a matter of plug and play.
They can keep the fans and sell if for $30 then.
Budget friendly is around $40 or so, $50 max and that is being generous.
Also I have a Cooler Master Cosmos which cost way more than this case, but at $69, it really isn't what I call budget friendly.
Perhaps you might need to do some practice on the help with my build threads, then you might learn the difference between what is a budget and not budget friendly case.
Some of us like to take responsibility with our files and manage our own backup, instead of relying on this "cloud" backup, which basically is your storing files to some storage, who knows where the hell that thing is, and if it crashes, well your files are gone too.