equinox654
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I would like it more if it had a window. I like seeing my hardware.
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You might be a redneck if your gun safe is bigger than your refrigerator
I think most of the price has to do with three little letters...BMW
And it's good to see that they take steps to make sure that not even UPS can destroy it in transit.
UPS can destroy ANY package if they put their minds to it.....if you get a package from UPS that isn't destroyed, it's just because it was packed/delivered by UPS employees that were too lazy to do the job right......
The Level 10 is a nice case, and I'm glad Thermaltake had the courage to produce it. But after living with it for a couple of months, I see a number of niggling irritations, some of which seem to be the result of simple cost-cutting(!), and some simply poor design decisions. Bear in mind that the whole reason for this case's existence that it looks cool, and it does that very well. Functionally, though, you'll do a lot better with an HAF 932 for a fraction of the price.
Just looked up that HAF 932 and it looks like it would be noisy with that huge open grill on the side.
You should give the Corsair 800D and 700D a look. It is a pleasure to work in, maybe the best thought out case I've gotten my hands on.
The biggest mistake that I've made this year so far, is buying this case. The case has a wicked look and it is one of the coolest case in the market, but is not worth your money. The main reasons are:
- Extremely overpriced.
-Tall CPU coolers won't fit.
-Long PSU's won't fit.
-Very difficult to install a water cooling system.
-Need very long cables to power the video card.
-Need long SATA cables.
-No USB 3 and Firewire
-Very tall case. You'll need at least 27" under the desk.
Oh, I did. But the Level 10 looks so much cooler, and frankly the 800D looks kinda boring. But although I've only looked at 'em in stores I'd readily concede it's the superior case from a functional standpoint.
Ugliest case ever. I can only assume that Chris Bangle from BMW had something to do with the design of this thing (would explain a few things at least). Its literally like a board with motherboard standoffs on it and containers that close over the components.
Form over function is not a good case.
Depends on what you mean by "function", I guess. Building a computer in this case is more trouble than many other cases; but at the end of the day, your components are going to work the same whether they're in a Level 10, an HAF 932, an 800D, or some ten-year-old Chenming case you picked up for $5 at a flea market.
Sure, it's harder to build in, but the hours spent installing components pale in comparison to the hours spent looking at it; so I think it's worth the effort. Not that that's stopped me from minor customizations...
Conversation overheard at Thermaltake:
"Hey, let's make a fugly case and sell it for $700 dollars and then laugh at people who post it on forums!"
"Cool! You're a genius! Huh, huhuh, huhuhuh!"
I'd own it, if it was not $700.
The irony is that when SSDs become really affordable, the HDD slots on this will be "obsolete."
The irony is that when SSDs become really affordable, the HDD slots on this will be "obsolete."
Depends on what you mean by "function", I guess. Building a computer in this case is more trouble than many other cases; but at the end of the day, your components are going to work the same whether they're in a Level 10, an HAF 932, an 800D, or some ten-year-old Chenming case you picked up for $5 at a flea market.
Sure, it's harder to build in, but the hours spent installing components pale in comparison to the hours spent looking at it; so I think it's worth the effort. Not that that's stopped me from minor customizations...
Monday , March 22, 2010.. Author - Kyle Bennett "We will be doing a build this weekend and following up with our readers letting you know what we think of the Level 10 after we have had a chance to get elbow deep in it."