Chassis Buying Guide

[Clyne]

As I said, because Obsidian cases cost a lot of money they're in the 100+ list. I got both the 250D and 350D in these lists already so I really don't know why you're complaining about that...

As for the carbide I had the Air 240 in there somewhere and because it and the 540 were both over $100 they ended up in the Google Drive list. I've listed plenty of Corsair cases in the various price brackets already and chances are that if I didn't list it as a below $100 case then it either ended up on the expensive stuff category or falls in the "too many to even list" category.

Are you basing price off of MSRP?

[STRMfrmXMN]

Are you basing price off of MSRP?

Nah I'm basing the prices off the general rounded average among prices on PCpartpicker.

[Clyne]

Nah I'm basing the prices off the general rounded average among prices on PCpartpicker.

That won't work well as prices always change.....

[STRMfrmXMN]

That won't work well as prices always change.....

For this though they generally work as its rare to see prices move about by more than 20 dollars.

[Clyne]

For this though they generally work as its rare to see prices move about by more than 20 dollars.

Say that to my 750d...

[spwath]

What about higher end cases, like Silverstone stuff

[Vozella]

I wish we had a standard for DTX.

[STRMfrmXMN]

What about higher end cases, like Silverstone stuff

Added one, link me a couple you think should be added

[Curufinwe_wins]

Bump for SPARTA!

[STRMfrmXMN]

Bump for SPARTA!

Lol thanks my friend

[Curufinwe_wins]

Lol thanks my friend

Yea I just linked this thread and the fact that I had to dig to find it made me feel the need for bump.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Yea I just linked this thread and the fact that I had to dig to find it made me feel the need for bump.

If all else fails you've got the search box on the top right corner.

[Curufinwe_wins]

If all else fails you've got the search box on the top right corner.

Mobile site....

[STRMfrmXMN]

Mobile site....

I use the full desktop site when on mobile. It's clunky but I'm using it right now so I guess it's good enough.

[rjfaber91]

Not sure why there would be different lists for the US and Canada, to be honest... A good case is a good case regardless of whether you buy it in one of those two countries or the 95% of the world that isn't either of them, and if you are going to make separate lists for each country, before long you'll have a hundred separate lists for each price category.

 

Apart from that, I also think the $100+ category isn't very helpful. Since $100.- is actually a very popular price segment, I'd make that a separate list, and put all the really expensive cases in a $150+ category instead.

 

I know this sounds like I'm just bashing this thread, but for the record; I do actually very much appreciate guides like this being created, and would hope that a bit of constructive criticism helps get it to the level of your frankly excellent PSU guide.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Not sure why there would be different lists for the US and Canada, to be honest... A good case is a good case regardless of whether you buy it in one of those two countries or the 95% of the world that isn't either of them, and if you are going to make separate lists for each country, before long you'll have a hundred separate lists for each price category.

 

Apart from that, I also think the $100+ category isn't very helpful. Since $100.- is actually a very popular price segment, I'd make that a separate list, and put all the really expensive cases in a $150+ category instead.

 

I know this sounds like I'm just bashing this thread, but for the record; I do actually very much appreciate guides like this being created, and would hope that a bit of constructive criticism helps get it to the level of your frankly excellent PSU guide.

I have separate ones because the prices are so drastically different. For example you can see the Fractal Core 1500 jump price categories from USA to Canada just because of how much more expensive things are there.

 

I'll look into creating a separate price segment thing though.

[rjfaber91]

I have separate ones because the prices are so drastically different. For example you can see the Fractal Core 1500 jump price categories from USA to Canada just because of how much more expensive things are there.

 

Right, I see. Well, in that case the ideal solution would probably be to ditch absolute price categories, and go for more generically named categories instead, with the relevant prices in US$ and Ca$ (and € and £ as well, ideally) for each category added in brackets. After all, while the absolute price of cases may change between countries, the relative price difference from one case to another will be fairly constant across the globe. Anyway, that's probably a bit too much work...

[STRMfrmXMN]

Right, I see. Well, in that case the ideal solution would probably be to ditch absolute price categories, and go for more generically named categories instead, with the relevant prices in US$ and Ca$ (and € and £ as well, ideally) for each category added in brackets. After all, while the absolute price of cases may change between countries, the relative price difference from one case to another will be fairly constant across the globe. Anyway, that's probably a bit too much work...

Yeah, for now I'll just keep it as-is. $100+ is a really gross number to have to work with.