no way, that case is absolutely the best thing ever
9 or 10/10 scores at every place, its the best case recommended by CusomPC magazine, and every single modding site i've ever been on, its also undoubtedly the best in my personal opinion, and if you head over to fh.org, you'll hear exactly the same in the clone of this thread

That case if undoubtedly the one thing that no one can argue against in that setup, except... well you seem to have just done I'm sure if you saw or read up on it, you'd change your mind immediately or at least not doubt.

No I'm not overstating how awesome it is, I like cases with lots of room

edit:
fanboys of it can be heard here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showth ... ost4553597
Here's a pretty tame review:
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/re ... 9JRD05MDc=


The case is stunning, there's so much space, and you can take everything out. The HDD housing is great, loads of space, the mainboard tray comes out, all the sides come off. Dead quiet. Eclipse is better by far than that antec in my opinion.

edit2: looking at that case you posted, it came in number two after the Eclipse in CustomPC magazine. Sure it doesn't look as good (Eclipse), but if you see inside the case, its sooooooooo much easier to work with.

Oh and this will be my main work with pc, I have my existing one which is pretty solid (if getting on a bit now) which Is my always on one.

Well, the additional cooling apparatus space is pretty cool, but I think they are both good cases.

I don't think I can get the Akasa one in the US though.

Either way, I don't have money for it, so no biggy.

all done, everythings come. I made a few extra purchases to go with it. This includes a very expensive keyboard and mouse set (don't ask), a new DVD writer (pioneer 109 - saw it in black ) and a floppy disc drive after the pain that was RAID drivers on XP (M$... get a clue please).

Oh yes and a gigabit ether card for my other pc to speed up connections.

Now i'm looking for network administration software. I've used VNC for a bit, but i don't like it. I'm using ed2k linker to send link clicks directly to my always on pc and setup azurues on my other machine with a torrent scan directory. Java yes, but i don't actively use that machine now so what do i care!

Just trying to make the new machine feel like home

Anyway, the saga of Spud never ends, I got a ai deadline tomorrow

ps. TFT with multiple video inputs is a god send, using dual montors for my main, D-Sub + composite for my server and S-VHS for my capture and tv. Coolness... and that's amazingly thanks to Dell of all people. I'm scared too.

Hmmm...maybe a little late...

but what about a case from Thermaltake

http://www.thermaltake.com/

I've heard from my friends that they are great

going to make a new pc myself in 2-3 months time

yes, very late. But i wouldn't change this case at all, its brilliant, air flow is superb, you have space for two 120mm fans (!!) front and back for excellent cooling, and there's great airflow round the psu which you just don't get in other cases. Lots and lots of space too, so i'm happy with it

I'm having slight network problems. I'm on my new pc now and i can access the internet and the twisted paired computer its connected to no problems; i can't reach out into the outer network on this one though, so have to switch monitor and go to my older pc which can see all the network.

Set up ed2klinker which sends ed2k clicks on this pc to my server. I've also now switched to azureus, and have it scan for torrents in shared folder Running dvd-rb a lot more now, doesn't really matter since i don't actively use the other pc.

Just in the middle of setting migration, i got some of the apps installed. Some of them i can actually run off of the other pc, since i set the pc to share all the drives as hidden network shares for this.

Pcs done and is great. My mainboard seemed to think the ram wasn't as advertised, it said it was 2,3,2,7 (or one of them was a 3 instead of 2 and the 6 was a 7). So i've clocked it to the advertised specs with no problems. I also put the ram in the wrong slots, so now its in full dual channel mode.

I put the clock speed to 360Mhz too. CPU fan i got is very quiet, it automatically adjusts to get the right coolage, its not overly low, but its more than adequet.

I've plugged my nostromo n52 in and this keyboard is awesome. Its bluetooth, so the charger is a hub that i can connect into, the keyboard is extremely well made, and the numpad is seperate so i can actually use it as a remote control, which comes with an excellent media center software. There's also a display that tells you when you've got a mail The keyboard is indeed the excellent diNovo 2.0 for those that hadn't already guessed, got it at a slightly reduced price, but i've had my eye on it for ages now.

Haven't played a game yet, had some deadlines which continue for another two weeks.

Okay played hl2, i can make it lag on 1600x1200 but its very impressive.

I just started, or will when i program my nostromo n52 with the right keys, Rome Total War and put all the settings to high, looks very nice and didn't lag. Will stresss test it and see.

Its very nice, money well spend although i'm working on some network bugs.