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[Kizzume]

Original post redacted.  I may make another post later when I have my s**t together.  Sorry about that.

Edited May 2, 2020 by Kizzume

[BobVonBob]

See you've sorta gotten yourself into a catch 22 with your requirements here. You want a case that can fit an NH-D15S, which limits you to big cases, but everything else you want is exclusive to ultra cheap cases nowadays, which aren't big because people that need big cases generally aren't buying ultra cheap cases. Your best option is probably to search ebay or craigslist for old cases or try to find the elusive big ultra cheap case.

[Kizzume]

3 minutes ago, BobVonBob said:

See you've sorta gotten yourself into a catch 22 with your requirements here. You want a case that can fit an NH-D15S, which limits you to big cases, but everything else you want is exclusive to ultra cheap cases nowadays, which aren't big because people that need big cases generally aren't buying ultra cheap cases. Your best option is probably to search ebay or craigslist for old cases or try to find the elusive big ultra cheap case.

Agreed.  That's why I redacted my post.  Sorry you had to see the original post, it was rather pathetic.

 

With an NH-D15S, I guess I need cable management, as much as I loathe it and didn't originally want it (far more time is spent doing cable management than assembling the machine, I hate the idea of spending 2 hours just working with cables). 

 

Here's the thing: I have two hard drives, two SSDs, and a DVD-RW, and I want easy access to them.  So many cases I see anymore don't even have hard drive bays at all (just SSD mounts), some don't have DVD bays at all, and often the ones that do have all those bays don't give easy access to them.  If I want to re-install Windows, I want to be able to disconnect all the drives except the boot drive, and then re-connect them after Windows is installed.  The idea of having to spend 20 minutes just to disconnect some drives is maddening.

 

The reason I wanted screws instead of sliders to lock cards into place is because I've had countless sliders break on me, particularly if they're made of plastic, and then I have to jerry-rig a way to keep the cards in place or buy a new case.

 

Thanks for your response though.

[BobVonBob]

1 minute ago, Kizzume said:

Agreed.  That's why I redacted my post.  Sorry you had to see the original post, it was rather pathetic.

 

With an NH-D15S, I guess I need cable management, as much as I loathe it and didn't originally want it (far more time is spent doing cable management than assembling the machine, I hate the idea of spending 2 hours just working with cables). 

 

Here's the thing: I have two hard drives, two SSDs, and a DVD-RW, and I want easy access to them.  So many cases I see anymore don't even have hard drive bays at all (just SSD mounts), some don't have DVD bays at all, and often the ones that do have all those bays don't give easy access to them.  If I want to re-install Windows, I want to be able to disconnect all the drives except the boot drive, and then re-connect them after Windows is installed.  The idea of having to spend 20 minutes just to disconnect some drives is maddening.

 

The reason I wanted screws instead of sliders to lock cards into place is because I've had countless sliders break on me, particularly if they're made of plastic, and then I have to jerry-rig a way to keep the cards in place or buy a new case.

 

Thanks for your response though.

The secret to fast cable management is not caring. Sure if you want a show piece it might take you an hour to cable manage and get everything in perfect arcs and straight lines, but if you just want to plug all the cables in where they fit it will take a few minutes at most. The only one that occasionally gets tricky is the CPU power, since it's generally in a pretty tight location, but once that's in it's smooth sailing.

[Kizzume]

Just now, BobVonBob said:

The secret to fast cable management is not caring. Sure if you want a show piece it might take you an hour to cable manage and get everything in perfect arcs and straight lines, but if you just want to plug all the cables in where they fit it will take a few minutes at most. The only one that occasionally gets tricky is the CPU power, since it's generally in a pretty tight location, but once that's in it's smooth sailing.

My primary experience with cable management was where it was a tight fit for literally everything, and if the cables weren't straight, they simply wouldn't fit.  It's good to know that's become easier with newer cases.