InWin Gives Us a Peek at Its Prototype Cases

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Tom's Hardware Italy took a stop at InWin's booth at Computex and shared some of the stuff that there were able to find.

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New entry-level cases from InWin that have a bit of flare in the design.

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BUC

The "BUC" case has an access panel on the side that gives access directly to HDD, perhaps hot swap for SATA without open the case.

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WBY

Very small, but compatible with ATX, so it can pack a Core i5/i7 with an optical drive. There are a few hints of old design cues from the original PlayStation 2.

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Prototypes

Perhaps the most fun at checking out stuff at Computex are the prototypes. InWin had a few on display that it plans to brings to market in the future. The ones our team saw had aggressive designs; one has a external SATA connector on the top, another had a "BTX similar design" (the case opens on the right, and the motherboard connection are on top for better cooling).

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Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
26 Comments Comment from the forums
  • joytech22
    http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/IMG_0388,0101-295052-0-2-3-1-jpg-.html

    With the prototypes, the window is on the wrong side of the case? Or is the motherboard mounted on the left instead of the right...?
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  • ironmb
    Ugly.
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  • aliened
    me don't like it
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  • James296
    one's ugly, one's unusual, and one I actually like
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  • Scanlia
    joytech22With the prototypes, the window is on the wrong side of the case? Or is the motherboard mounted on the left instead of the right...?
    " had a "BTX similar design" (the case opens on the right, and the motherboard connection are on top for better cooling)."
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  • malphas
    Yet more embarassing looking cases.
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  • extremepcs
    Back in the day Inwin made had really modest case designs. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't like the new ones.
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  • halcyon
    These cases are embarrasingly ugly. Who ever designed them should probably be fired.
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  • xPandaPanda
    malphasYet more embarassing looking cases.the antec 280 was pretty good.
    I dont like the new "aggressive" look people these companies are adopting these days. I just like a simple, highly functional design.
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  • jasonpwns
    I like a couple of the designs, but still I am gonna save for the dragon rider I believe. The full atx monster.
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