What is your favorite case from 2010-2012?

[Tokeegee]

I'm looking into building a top of the line mid to late 2011 PC, so I can make the best PC I could have had when I first started to become interested in PC hardware; and I was wondering what cases people love from the 2010-2012 era. I wanted to choose the NZXT phantom, because I was totally the kind of person to get a case like that at the time, but I want to see what other interesting cases existed at the time.

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

The bitfenix prodigy is from around then, and its a pretty popular case with room

[TheSLSAMG]

My heart belongs to the Corsair C70. It wasn't the most popular case back then, but I had one and I miss it so much. Military style, latches for the side panels, handles and the reset button was under a cover. I've been looking for a while for another one but they never come up for sale.

 

[SpookyCitrus]

@TheSLSAMG The Corsair C70 was the shit! I had the OD Green that I painted yellow radiation symbols on, sadly sold the system a couple years ago, it was a great case and the military style design was my favorite part the switch cover was so cool I added one over the power button too, every time I powered my system on I felt like I was launching nukes. I have a picture somewhere I'll have to look for it.

[Guest]

Corsair 600T is a really nice case.

[StanicEnemy]

[Tokeegee]

On 5/6/2019 at 8:29 PM, campy said:

Lian Li PC 100

had the motherboard reversed, rear i/o and expansion slots faced the front of the case with the 5.25" bays

I may look into this one, that would have totally been my kind of thing at the time, less getting up to give the PC a reach-around.

[Tokeegee]

On 5/6/2019 at 8:35 PM, StanicEnemy said:

I remember seeing this case constantly, did the huge fan ever actually help with temps?

[Tokeegee]

On 5/6/2019 at 6:46 PM, TheSLSAMG said:

My heart belongs to the Corsair C70. It wasn't the most popular case back then, but I had one and I miss it so much. Military style, latches for the side panels, handles and the reset button was under a cover. I've been looking for a while for another one but they never come up for sale.

 

This one is interesting, I may look into it. I've always been a fan of handles on PC cases.

[Tokeegee]

On 5/6/2019 at 6:43 PM, KING OF THE DIRTY DANS said:

The bitfenix prodigy is from around then, and its a pretty popular case with room

I'm thinking I'll go with one of the Asus Maximus boards, so a mini ITX case might not be the best fit, but thanks for responding!!

[Tokeegee]

On 5/6/2019 at 6:57 PM, SpookyCitrus said:

@TheSLSAMG The Corsair C70 was the shit! I had the OD Green that I painted yellow radiation symbols on, sadly sold the system a couple years ago, it was a great case and the military style design was my favorite part the switch cover was so cool I added one over the power button too, every time I powered my system on I felt like I was launching nukes. I have a picture somewhere I'll have to look for it.

I'd also like to see that picture, I love custom painted cases.

[SpookyCitrus]

1 hour ago, Tokeegee said:

I'd also like to see that picture, I love custom painted cases.

Sadly I couldn't find my old iphone that it was on, I've moved a couple times since I saw it last and I'm hoping it's somewhere in a box or drawer, I'll definitely keep an eye out and I have this post favorited so if/when I find it I can post it on here.

[snowman89]

On 5/7/2019 at 12:46 AM, TheSLSAMG said:

My heart belongs to the Corsair C70. It wasn't the most popular case back then, but I had one and I miss it so much. Military style, latches for the side panels, handles and the reset button was under a cover. I've been looking for a while for another one but they never come up for sale.

 

Never had one of these, but I like the look of them a lot. Looks like a tank of a case.

[Pasi123]

Fractal Design Define R2, R3 or R4. I saw a lot of those cases on the internet back then and I always liked them which is why I bought a Define R5 back in early 2017.

 

Picture of R3 but they all look almost the same:

[Bananasplit_00]

I cant really pick one from that time, but if i can go back to 2005.... 

Spoiler

 

[Wh0_Am_1]

17 minutes ago, snowman89 said:

Never had one of these, but I like the look of them a lot. Looks like a tank of a case.

Same 

[ImNotDeViLzzz]

https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/full-tower/haf-x/

https://bit-tech.net/previews/tech/cases/cooler-master-haf-x-and-the-future/1/

 

I am sure there are other cases I am not thinking of that I liked from then but searching all over the internet for specific years of cases is not going to be a fun task right now.  Already sent too much time on the website tonight. LOL!

[TVwazhere]

8 hours ago, Tokeegee said:

This one is interesting, I may look into it. I've always been a fan of handles on PC cases.

You'd probably like my Level 10 GT (or maybe not, it was a bit of an odd ball aesthetically)

 

[StanicEnemy]

12 hours ago, Tokeegee said:

I remember seeing this case constantly, did the huge fan ever actually help with temps?

Yes but not that much.

[Princess Luna]

I'm surprised with the amount of replies for such a specific question.

[AmpedUpDad]

 

Did my first build in one of these bad boys. It was great.

[Tokeegee]

On 5/8/2019 at 2:46 AM, Bananasplit_00 said:

I cant really pick one from that time, but if i can go back to 2005.... 

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A PC from that time is also on my agenda, just after I finish this one.

[Tokeegee]

On 5/8/2019 at 2:41 AM, Pasi123 said:

Fractal Design Define R2, R3 or R4. I saw a lot of those cases on the internet back then and I always liked them which is why I bought a Define R5 back in early 2017.

 

Picture of R3 but they all look almost the same:

I already use a define R6 for my main PC, I kind of want something more flashy, or unique. Great case, though.

[Tokeegee]

On 5/8/2019 at 1:57 PM, Princess Luna said:

I'm surprised with the amount of replies for such a specific question.

Nostalgia is a powerful tool, especially with technology!

[Tokeegee]

On 5/8/2019 at 10:00 AM, TVwazhere said:

You'd probably like my Level 10 GT (or maybe not, it was a bit of an odd ball aesthetically)

 

It looks like that Razer Prototype modular case from a while back, I'll definitely look into getting one of these!