So I need this case TODAY to get the wife off my back about the computer junk laying around(building a htpc, waiting on some parts)
So I decide fine, I will go to compussr and pick one up. Its not TOO bad looking, and Antec (usually) builds GREAT cases.
I go, and even though it was listed in stock, its not.
They have one on the shelf, floor model, all scratched up on the sides, I dont care, as it will be in an entertainment center anyway, the front and top are fine.
I get a manager, they agree to sell it for $30 off. Great. He will get someone to get it down and take it to the counter so that they ring it up for the correct price.
10 minutes go by, no manager, no sign of any one doing anything with the case.
(fast forward 15 more min and MUCH frustration and me venting at the manager when I found him sitting in the back)
I get back to work, make 4 trips from accross a LARGE parking lot to build this machine (on company time of course ) and it takes me 10 min to round up enough standoffs for the mb, I fight the MB down in (its a VERY tight fit, they should have made the case 1/4 wider front to back) I get the front USB headers on, which for no good reason are all seperate leads, I guess they wanted me to work for it if I want the front usb to work.
I mount the floppy drive in the VERY flimsy slot, after fighting the cover off (pita)
I mount the AGP card first, and immediately see that although there are 2 case sizes in general, half height and full, this case is NEITHER. The video card sticks up 1/4 taller than the sides of the case and I cant put the lid on
Now I realize that the gigabyte 6800 has those heatpipes and is a bit larger than normal, but NOT BY MUCH. Why in the name of god did the idiot designers not make the case 1/2 taller? it would still be VERY slim. But no, they design a case that if your PCI card sticks out AT ALL beyond the 90 deg bend part, you cannot fit it in this case.
Mind you this ISNT a half height case.
Ok I feel better. Thank you for your time and for I am sure laughing at my troubles.
IBSTOPWHINING
So I decide fine, I will go to compussr and pick one up. Its not TOO bad looking, and Antec (usually) builds GREAT cases.
I go, and even though it was listed in stock, its not.
They have one on the shelf, floor model, all scratched up on the sides, I dont care, as it will be in an entertainment center anyway, the front and top are fine.
I get a manager, they agree to sell it for $30 off. Great. He will get someone to get it down and take it to the counter so that they ring it up for the correct price.
10 minutes go by, no manager, no sign of any one doing anything with the case.
(fast forward 15 more min and MUCH frustration and me venting at the manager when I found him sitting in the back)
I get back to work, make 4 trips from accross a LARGE parking lot to build this machine (on company time of course ) and it takes me 10 min to round up enough standoffs for the mb, I fight the MB down in (its a VERY tight fit, they should have made the case 1/4 wider front to back) I get the front USB headers on, which for no good reason are all seperate leads, I guess they wanted me to work for it if I want the front usb to work.
I mount the floppy drive in the VERY flimsy slot, after fighting the cover off (pita)
I mount the AGP card first, and immediately see that although there are 2 case sizes in general, half height and full, this case is NEITHER. The video card sticks up 1/4 taller than the sides of the case and I cant put the lid on
Now I realize that the gigabyte 6800 has those heatpipes and is a bit larger than normal, but NOT BY MUCH. Why in the name of god did the idiot designers not make the case 1/2 taller? it would still be VERY slim. But no, they design a case that if your PCI card sticks out AT ALL beyond the 90 deg bend part, you cannot fit it in this case.
Mind you this ISNT a half height case.
Ok I feel better. Thank you for your time and for I am sure laughing at my troubles.
IBSTOPWHINING