First post, by root42
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- l33t
I am finally looking for a case for my 286, which is more or less complete now, but simply sitting on my desk so far. I already have a nice modular ATX power supply, plus AT cases are extremely hard to come by here, so I want to go with a modern ATX case. I want it to have a glass window, so I can see the retro hardware. At the moment my favorite is this beQuiet pure base 600 window:
https://www.bequiet.com/en/case/938
I think it might fit, since it has 7 slots. It also has two 5.25" external drive bays for real floppy drives or a modded GoTek.
Question is: will it fit an AT mainboard? I am willing to punch (or rather drill) some mounting holes, if necessary. Are there other cases that people have already used, and which have drive bays as well as a window?
I also want a rather minimalist looking case, no fancy gamer stuff or LED lighting. I do not want to distract from the retro components. The orange lines are still to be discussed -- same case is available in black. 😉