Translucent acrylic cases?

[jordan12]

Guys,

Would you all recommend one of these?
Are they easy to scratch?

What has been your experience?

 

[Staticax]

I've never owned one personally..

My HS computer teacher owns one however, and after sitting there for several years, with all the damn students, it still looks pretty clean.

Then again, he doesn't take it down and tow it around to LAN parties or anything, so I would guess it depends on how much you plan on abusing it =P

 

[Sobek]

I really don't like mine. I have the black one from FrozenCPU. (Mobo side and top are black, rest is clear)

Things I don't like about it:

-scratches easily if you aren't careful. I have only tiny scratches on mine.
-can see all the dust and fingerprints
-fan filters look awful so they can't be used
-very hard to hide wiring
-fragile
-have to be super careful when transporting it
-expensive for not that much stuff
-have to put it together


biggest complaint:

It is a major pain in the ass to add/swap drives out. I had to unplug everything, remove the PCI and AGP cards (they screw into the rear panel), remove my motherboard panel, front panel, and other side panel just to add another drive. That's when I decided I was deffinetly going to replace the case down the road (currently working on my new LL PC-61 for my project).


positives:

looks cool, that's about it.

I wouldn't advise anyone to get one. I wish someone had told me not to get mine a year ago. That's why I'm telling you the same. Spend the same amount of money (mine was $99ish) and get somthing like a Lian-Li, Coolermaster, etc.

 

[kuyaglen]

Sobek pretty much summed it up.

They're also heavy since most use thick acrylic. But they do look cool. If you do get one
you should also get a microfiber cloth (to wipe clean the plastic).