Real Quick! Should I get this case..

YES !!

It's probably the best case for a silent pc and that is a terrific price.

I looked at it too and had the same conclusion. About 1" too long and too high for my new desktop. Otherwise I would have bit.

Its hideous!!!

No sorry I just hate the look. I never really liked shuttle style cases. Especially this one with the square on the front what is that a piece of acrylic? Just not my thing but its just personal preference.

Dude........that is a coffee maker. But I looked at the newegg email so I know what your talking about.

Is it me or is the link a coffee maker?

You talking about the fractal designs case ?

Wow, what a deal! I have an Intel e5200 sitting around, so this is perfect. I'm using one computer right now as HTPC and server, and I've meaning to split that load.

I used an Antec 300 for my server case. Nice case with lots of room and very quiet due to the large diameter fans.

I was looking at that case as well, very tempting

BTW there is now the new and updated Antec Three Hundred Two which has some nice upgrades (tool-less design, Usb 3.0, better cable routing, side facing drive cage) ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129180

Love these cases...at least the original design. Need to get one for the next project.

Me too.

The new one sounds even better: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5462/a...et-enthusiasts

Assassin, I wondered, have you ever used a Corsair Carbide 400R case? I was thinking of getting one of these for an upcoming build and wondered if you had any thoughts.

Corsair cases have usually been pretty expensive, but this Carbide line is pretty reasonable.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4690/c...ing-in-reverse

I use this Bunn: http://www.amazon.com/Velocity-10-Cu...8896639&sr=8-5

With this burr grinder: http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-Lin...8896759&sr=8-2

It works great

The only way to make coffee:



BTW, the factory refurbished ones are as good as new and half the price. Highly recommended:


http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/Jur...shopping_feeds

Another BTW, I use mine to make great coffee. I leave the expressos, cappuccinos and fru fru drinks to the wife.

Haven't used that one.

Looks massive.

Looks pretty nice for $89 (which is the current price at Micro Center, $99 at Newegg) and it includes two front and one rear 120mm fan, plus fan mounts and vents on the top and side. I could see using 5 or 6 fans turning less than 1000 rpm; would probably be pretty quiet that way. (Note, this is for a regular all-purpose desktop build, not an htpc, but just thought you might be familiar with this case.) But it also looks like it would work well as a server with room for 9 disks plus an optical drive, and a full ATX mobo.

It could be as easy as vacuuming the fans to remove the dust. The other options are buying new quiet and/or larger diameter fans, but that is throwing money at an old case.

Reminds me of this guy at work that said his HDD was failing and wanted me to help fix it. I went out to Microcenter during lunch and grabbed a HDD and went to his house after work. Turned on the PC and it sounded horrible. However, it didn't sound like a HDD and instead sounded like a bad fan. Using a screwdriver to stop each fan to determine which was bad it turned out to be the power supply fan. I took it out, peeled back the sticker, and dropped a couple drops of lube on to the bearing. Put the sticker back on and put it back together and it was nice and quiet again. In other words it cost this guy two drops of lube to get a quiet PC.

Looks sweet!

I like cases that are large enough so you don't smash your hand on anything working on them.

Nice storage bays too

Obviously the shell shocker deal is over, but I just wanted to comment on my experience with the Shuttle SG41J4. In short, this little case is great! Easiest PC installation of my life. The motherboard and PSU are included and already installed. I dropped in an Intel e5200, 4 gb of RAM, an ATI 5670 and an old IDE hard drive. I didn't encounter a single issue. Wake from sleep via my USB IR remote works too. Even at $140, this is still a very good deal. I also think it looks better in person. The only potential issue I can think of is that it doesn't support ACPI, which is important if you're using an ssd.

What do you have your eyes on ?

Nice $10 fix