First post, by athlon-power
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I am getting a new case in the mail today, and it's in pretty good shape. It's a beige and teal case, of all things, but it's somewhat an oddball. I can't immediately tell you if it's from the late 90's or early 2000's, or if it's from even the late mid-90's. Because of this, I'm conflicted as to what sort of build I should put in it- it gives me a sort of home computer vibe, so I will most likely not be putting any server equipment in it. I can usually give a ballpark estimation as to the age of the case, but in this scenario, I'm somewhat confused. It has a shape reminiscent of some late mid-90's cases, like the placement of the 4 5.25" bays it has, as well as the one custom 3.5" bay. At the same time, it has a inbuilt 3.5" floppy drive, which I've only often seen on computers manufactured towards the late 90's. Now, I am in no means saying that there can't be those sorts of floppy diskette drives in earlier PCs, but I've seen a larger amount of that style on PCs made towards the end of the 90's. The Teal accents have also thrown me off- again, there's obviously earlier PCs that weren't just beige, but the particular style of this one gives me the "iMac" aesthetic that some PC manufacturers decided to copy in one way or another in the late 90's, to try and cash in on that. That might be a bit of a stretch, but it still seems probable. Here's the pictures that the seller posted:
I am happy that the yellowing seems to be minimal in this situation. A lot of times, used cases like this tend to get fairly yellowed- home computers from that era usually didn't get treated very well once the early 2000's rolled around, and people got newer ones and passed their old ones off as non-valuable; storage conditions for the ones that were kept were not ideal as a result. For example, an old case from 2000 I have was kept in very poor conditions, and as a result got very dirty, and very yellowed.
Other than seemingly missing the left (from the back) side panel, it's got everything to it. It appears that it also might be missing something that either covered that hole beside the rear expansion slots, or helped mount them to the case. But it's got all of its blanks, front and rear, and comes with a PSU- hopefully it's good quality.
With that out of the way, I'm not sure if I should go with a mid-90's, late-90's, or early 2000's build with this case. I figured that people here might have better eyes for this sort of thing than I do.
Where am I?