Virtue wrote:

... however they all lack that 90s edge you know?

What sort of "edge" do we mean, here? Does something like the AOpen HX45 carry this "edge"?

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Virtue wrote:

... however they all lack that 90s edge you know?

What sort of "edge" do we mean, here? Does something like the AOpen HX45 carry this "edge"?

funny you mention that case... the currently unused pentium 4 machine is in that very case! Because i have the shell style version im worried about airflow using it, although i might consider it if i can get enough cooling somehow.

I also have the AOpen H500A which im currently using.

I kinda want something with more....slats? on the front, either vertically or horizontally.

I'm guessing the HX45 is a well known case?

Have you looked at any of the offerings from Evercase? http://www.evercase.co.uk/Cases.htm

WildW wrote:

Have you looked at any of the offerings from Evercase? http://www.evercase.co.uk/Cases.htm

I've seen them but theyre a bit too modern looking.

Id preferably want something with an LED speed indicator like this:

or even get hold of the case I saw one of you guys buy NOS from:

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WildW wrote:

Have you looked at any of the offerings from Evercase? http://www.evercase.co.uk/Cases.htm

I've seen them but theyre a bit too modern looking.

Id preferably want something with an LED speed indicator like this:

or even get hold of the case I saw one of you guys buy NOS from:

Oh man, I had a mid-tower version of that first one. It was the first AT style tower I ever owned. 😊

Virtue wrote:

WildW wrote:

Have you looked at any of the offerings from Evercase? http://www.evercase.co.uk/Cases.htm

I've seen them but theyre a bit too modern looking.

Id preferably want something with an LED speed indicator like this: ...

Unfortunatelly, both of the cases you shown to us are AT cases. To say the truth, I never seen ATX cases with speed indicators before, so even if they exist, they should probably be rare.

LED speed indicators were a thing of 386 / 486 era. They were already a rare species during Pentium times, as far as I can remember, and ATX started with late pentiums.

There's these on Amazon:
Mid tower

Full Tower

Both are AT and look similar to the towers I owned back then with a turbo and LED.

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There's these on Amazon:
Mid tower

Full Tower

Both are AT and look similar to the towers I owned back then with a turbo and LED.

Virtue asks for an ATX case, both tof these are AT cases

tayyare wrote:

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There's these on Amazon:
Mid tower

Full Tower

Both are AT and look similar to the towers I owned back then with a turbo and LED.

Virtue asks for an ATX case, both tof these are AT cases

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

Virtue wrote:

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

Wow, very nice workmanship, I loved it!

This is an ATX case though 🤣

tayyare wrote:

Virtue wrote:

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

Wow, very nice workmanship, I loved it!

This is an ATX case though 🤣

no he had an old IBM case from 1995 and chopped it all up 😜 this is how it used to look compared to now:

I intend to be less drastic and use the fascia off an old case and line the internals up on an ATX case.

tayyare wrote:

Virtue asks for an ATX case, both tof these are AT cases

I had the X filter enabled in my browser. But it's off now. 😒

Virtue wrote:

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

I forgot about that guy. I was drooling over the Floppy mod he made.

At least with those AT cases, they're big enough you could get around having to drill too many if any holes to get a modern motherboard in.

Personally, I'm at a point I'm thinking about painting my black Corsair 540 a couple of shades of beige.

*** EDIT sorry, I should have put this and the above post together. **

yeah I'm after a Midi case as I bought a standard ATX MoBo, bigger case, better airflow and also since I intend to have all the legacy devices functional, i picked a motherboard with standard PCI slots still available (yes, they do exist), I chose this board: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170-HD3P-rev-10. My build is a mid range multimedia/gaming rig so ive gone with a i7 6700k and 8gb of ram (upgradable).

My plan ifi can manage it is to use the fascia off an old 90s AT case and line up the bays with the current case I have, I know it can be done as the bays inside are fully removable so i can play around with the measurements 😀 Or if i really wanted i can try the dremel route, i have access to power tools 😀

Just a thought, maybe in a larger AT case even, you could use PCI extenders to take advantage of some of the slots.

But I'd imagine there would need to be enough room for the board and something(wood) that could help support the card in the slot with just an extender.

Dremels are fun! I've used mine to mod an old case and help build a cargo trailer.

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Interesting, I have the exact same case, but after taking off the label and founding it to be pearly white underneath I dismissed it as yellowed. Is this it's original color?

That isnt my case 🤣, it was just an image i found online so im not sure

Virtue wrote:

tayyare wrote:

Virtue wrote:

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

Wow, very nice workmanship, I loved it!

This is an ATX case though 🤣

no he had an old IBM case from 1995 and chopped it all up 😜 this is how it used to look compared to now:

I intend to be less drastic and use the fascia off an old case and line the internals up on an ATX case.

Wow, thats not just chopping up, he created the complete back side from scratch. I'm amazed 😲

Virtue wrote:

I mean I know its tricky but its been done before: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/vCHNnQ

That is heresy.