I tend to be indecisive, so I'm turning to [H] for some advice or affirmation.
I am going to be purchasing a new case some time soon (next month or two). The ultimate goal is to have something that I can build my first water cooling system in, so keep that in mind. I've listed a few cases that I'm interested in below, as well as all the stats for each.
I then went through a series of analyses that weighted each "feature" according to its importance to me, and then broke each feature out into a category. From there I normalized the scores and weighted again, this time with the importance of each category to me. The end result is interesting.
Here's the cases I looked at and the values I entered for each feature.
Here's the totals with each feature weighted individually.
Here's the totals with each category normalized and weighted.
All things considered, it looks like I'll be going for the NZXT Switch 810. What do you think?
EDIT: 6/10/12 - updated all pics with additional cases. With the new choices, it still looks like the NZXT Switch 810 is the best option.
EDIT: 6/16/12 - updated all pics with additional cases. Expanded sheet to allow for more entries. Refined scoring summaries and added conditional formatting to categories.
Also, the sheet was too big to fit everything on my screen for a proper screenshot, so below is another screen capture that shows the feature weights and intermediate calculations.
EDIT: 6/17/12 - updated all pics with additional case per request (Khaos), including image in second edit. Also changed some values on the Switch 810 to more realistic values. It's still coming out on top for my needs.
EDIT: 6/24/12 - updated all pics with additional cases per request, including image in second edit.
EDIT: 6/24/12 - updated all pics because I forgot to include price on the colossus. oops.
EDIT: 7/1/12 - updated all pics with new numbers per [H] feedback from Tony Ou (thanks). Also, this will likely be the last update to these images - putting together the screenshots is taking too much time. If anyone wants the spreadsheet or wants to take this over, let me know!
EDIT: 8/4/12 - PLEASE NOTE: the FT-02 is not an entirely aluminum case. This was my mistake when putting everything together. It should be combined aluminum/steel as the outer body is aluminum but the internal frame is steel. Sorry, just don't have time to keep the spreadsheet updated any more , but I wanted to put this here to avoid confusing anyone else. This one field will have a negligible effect on the overall scores for the case though.
I am going to be purchasing a new case some time soon (next month or two). The ultimate goal is to have something that I can build my first water cooling system in, so keep that in mind. I've listed a few cases that I'm interested in below, as well as all the stats for each.
I then went through a series of analyses that weighted each "feature" according to its importance to me, and then broke each feature out into a category. From there I normalized the scores and weighted again, this time with the importance of each category to me. The end result is interesting.
Here's the cases I looked at and the values I entered for each feature.
Here's the totals with each feature weighted individually.
Here's the totals with each category normalized and weighted.
All things considered, it looks like I'll be going for the NZXT Switch 810. What do you think?
EDIT: 6/10/12 - updated all pics with additional cases. With the new choices, it still looks like the NZXT Switch 810 is the best option.
EDIT: 6/16/12 - updated all pics with additional cases. Expanded sheet to allow for more entries. Refined scoring summaries and added conditional formatting to categories.
Also, the sheet was too big to fit everything on my screen for a proper screenshot, so below is another screen capture that shows the feature weights and intermediate calculations.
EDIT: 6/17/12 - updated all pics with additional case per request (Khaos), including image in second edit. Also changed some values on the Switch 810 to more realistic values. It's still coming out on top for my needs.
EDIT: 6/24/12 - updated all pics with additional cases per request, including image in second edit.
EDIT: 6/24/12 - updated all pics because I forgot to include price on the colossus. oops.
EDIT: 7/1/12 - updated all pics with new numbers per [H] feedback from Tony Ou (thanks). Also, this will likely be the last update to these images - putting together the screenshots is taking too much time. If anyone wants the spreadsheet or wants to take this over, let me know!
EDIT: 8/4/12 - PLEASE NOTE: the FT-02 is not an entirely aluminum case. This was my mistake when putting everything together. It should be combined aluminum/steel as the outer body is aluminum but the internal frame is steel. Sorry, just don't have time to keep the spreadsheet updated any more , but I wanted to put this here to avoid confusing anyone else. This one field will have a negligible effect on the overall scores for the case though.
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