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DIYPC branded cases

JamGorby
By JamGorby
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Does anyone have any experience with DIYPC branded cases? 

I'm doing a build for someone on a shoestring budget and these cases keep popping up. 
I have to say, they're some pretty attractive cases for cheap and seem to check all the right boxes. 
I'm mainly concerned with the materials, though. Are the panels wobbly and thin? Are the plastics crap? 
How are the included fans? Do they actually move any air/do they sound like blow dryers?

This person is a very basic PC user so expand-ability  is not a concern. I doubt she'll ever even open it herself. 

Share your thoughts. 
 

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My view is to look up reviews on YouTube if they are all done by stuttering 9 year olds filming in grainy 480p with crap onboard sound then it's safe to say the cinematic quality of that video will be just as good as the build quality of the case.

Yeah, I find it funny that there are tons of those sorts of "unboxing" type videos, all of them are crap, and all of them their faces are being shown. If their parents had any sense at all, they wouldn't be allowed to show their faces. It's interesting that the vast majority of these videos are done by americans. I'm not starting a flame war, just i'm saying it's interesting.

 

As to @JamGorby, what specs are you going with for a shoe-string build?

If I've said something wrong, please correct me

 

My Builds:

Peripherals: 
Keyboard: Roccat TKL Pro Cherry MX blue, Mouse: Roccat Kone XTD, Headset: Currently apple earbuds, planning to upgrade to hyperx cloud or hyperx cloud 2 
Really Old Desktop 
 Processor: Intel Core i7 920, Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-FX58-DS4, RAM: 9GB Corsair XM3 (3*3GB in triple channel) 600 or 800mhz, Graphics Card: Asus 8400GS passive, Asus GT630 4GB if i can get it working, Case: Cheapo Throwout case with most of the standoffs missing, HDD: Some old 80GB hard drive, PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 550w, Monitor: 32" Kogan TV, OS: Fedora 13 
 Laptop Which I Use For Everything: 
Processor: Intel Core i5 3337U, RAM: 8GB (2*4GB) 1600MHZ, Graphics Card: Nvidia 710m HDD/SSD: WD Black2 Dual Drive, OS: Windows 8.1 
 40 GB/s Network Tester
Processor: Some really good Intel Core i3, Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3, Ram: Corsair Value Select 4GB (2*2GB) 1600MHZ, Graphics Card: Integrated, Case: Some 1U rackmount mini-itx case with no front bays, HDD: Seagate Momentus 5400, 250GB 2.5" 5400RPM, PSU: Enchance 250W 80+ Bronze 1U power supply, CPU cooler: Cooljag double ball bearing 1U cooler (70DB! 70DB!), NIC: Mellanox 40Gb/s QSFP+ PCIe 3.0 8x NIC, Monitor: any ones lying around, or 32" Kogan TV, OS: CentOS 6.2 (I Think)
Planned 100Gb/s Newtork Tester
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790k, Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Impact, Ram: Kingston or G.Skill 8GB 2400MHZ Low Profile, Graphics Card: Integrated, Case: 1U Rackmount ITX case, HDD: Samsung 850 EVO 120GB, PSU: Enchance 250W 80+ Bronze 1U power supply, CPU cooler: Cooljag double ball bearing 1U cooler (70DB! 70DB!), NIC: Mellanox 100Gb/s PCIe 3.0 16x NIC, Monitor: Any lying around or 32" Kogan TV, OS: Fedora 22 or CentOS
 
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