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**YMMV** CORSAIR 4000D RS Frame Modular Mid-Tower ATX PC Case (White) $57.86
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The back of it is also weird, with the standard way to screw in the PCI slots, there is a large gap in the back now. In the advertisement video at -0.22, you can see this gap when you look at the back of the case, as they are advertising the swap-able fronts.
All in all, I would recommend the original non frame version instead.
The back of it is also weird, with the standard way to screw in the PCI slots, there is a large gap in the back now. In the advertisement video at -0.22, you can see this gap when you look at the back of the case, as they are advertising the swap-able fronts.
All in all, I would recommend the original non frame version instead.
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But yeah, optical media is dead. A bit sad really, as we could potentially have 1TB on optical media by now. There were claims of a potential 200TB on the size of normal 120mm discs.
5.25" (and 3.5") bays are/were extremely useful though. Card readers, additional usb ports, LTO drives, hotswap bays for drives of any size, etc. Now everyone seems to want to run 30 cables out of their PC, using dongles for everything, on still-mediocre USB connections/signal conversions. Our computers perform worse than ever before, while we have more processing power at the desk than any time in the past. Things are NOT progressing in any meaningful way, and the loss of front expansion is not a positive thing.
Window (notably huge glass/aquarium) cases are terrible though. Poor EMI shielding without a full metal enclosure. Under-desk mount, especially on a sit-stand desk? Many clamps will shatter the glass from pressure, especially if there's any small imperfection in the glass. My computer has 50lb of amplifier and other audio equipment sitting on top of it - I wouldn't trust tempered glass to not spontaneously explode from that weight and movement of it on there. These things are all actively making a computer and its chassis worse; the case has one purpose - hold the parts and get out of the way for actual work.
I had to get a Fractal North with side metal mesh as the only "decent" option imo, in early 2025. I'd have purchased one with expansion bays if anything of any decent gauge was available (not the seemingly flimsier Define 7). I almost reused a Fractal R4, which I still use with two hotswap units in both expansion bays, with SAS controller, but that old computer remains plugged in due to the fact that it's the most convenient setup, and the direct attached drives perform far better than any of my USB 3-3.1 docks.
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but good price on the CORSAIR 4000D. At least this case has a decent metal frame for some structural integrity, unlike the more fragile aquarium cases.
A time when you could add whatever you wanted to your computer, and the case was just a box that sits on the floor to hold the guts? That's all a computer is - something that needs to take your input, do computation, and display output on your screen. Maybe add some sound while it's at it.
But yeah, optical media is dead. A bit sad really, as we could potentially have 1TB on optical media by now. There were claims of a potential 200TB on the size of normal 120mm discs.
5.25" (and 3.5") bays are/were extremely useful though. Card readers, additional usb ports, LTO drives, hotswap bays for drives of any size, etc. Now everyone seems to want to run 30 cables out of their PC, using dongles for everything, on still-mediocre USB connections/signal conversions. Our computers perform worse than ever before, while we have more processing power at the desk than any time in the past. Things are NOT progressing in any meaningful way, and the loss of front expansion is not a positive thing.
Window (notably huge glass/aquarium) cases are terrible though. Poor EMI shielding without a full metal enclosure. Under-desk mount, especially on a sit-stand desk? Many clamps will shatter the glass from pressure, especially if there's any small imperfection in the glass. My computer has 50lb of amplifier and other audio equipment sitting on top of it - I wouldn't trust tempered glass to not spontaneously explode from that weight and movement of it on there. These things are all actively making a computer and its chassis worse; the case has one purpose - hold the parts and get out of the way for actual work.
I had to get a Fractal North with side metal mesh as the only "decent" option imo, in early 2025. I'd have purchased one with expansion bays if anything of any decent gauge was available (not the seemingly flimsier Define 7). I almost reused a Fractal R4, which I still use with two hotswap units in both expansion bays, with SAS controller, but that old computer remains plugged in due to the fact that it's the most convenient setup, and the direct attached drives perform far better than any of my USB 3-3.1 docks.
Edit:
but good price on the CORSAIR 4000D. At least this case has a decent metal frame for some structural integrity, unlike the more fragile aquarium cases.
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