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First post, by bristlehog

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What retro (or not-so-retro) PC chassis do you like? I can think of Highscreen Colani desktop:

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Reply 1 of 8, by Forevermore

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I personally liked DECs chassis' from the 486/P1 era. Nice clean lines.

Out of modern chassis' I do have a preference for Silverstone full size

So many combinations to make, so few cases to put them in.

Reply 4 of 8, by bristlehog

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Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4H:

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Epson APEX Plus:

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Commodore 386SX-16:

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Samsung Deskmaster 486S/25Q:

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Reply 6 of 8, by Tiremaster400

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sliderider wrote:
I'm partial to the Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop case (that's why I have 3 of them) […]
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I'm partial to the Dell Optiplex GX1 desktop case (that's why I have 3 of them)

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And the tower version isn't bad, either

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It's just a shame they're proprietary.

I have several of those towers and desktops, mostly PII and PIII. Only one of the desktops I have is a Pentium I that I haven't even tested yet and it only has a 3.5 floppy on it, the 5.25 bay has not been used, don't even remember where I got it from. They are great, durable computers. One of the Pentium II desktop models is an old Keytrack machine from a car dealership that ran for over a decade straight and when I got it, I put countless hours on it.

Reply 8 of 8, by sliderider

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I also like the desktop GX1 case because the way it opens and is laid out inside reminds me of the case to my Powermac 7500/7600 machines which are among the easiest to service Macs of that time period.