Remember that Thermaltake enclosure that
blew your mind back in March? Of course -- you're still recovering, after all. Fast forward to today, and that very case -- which had a hint of BMW influence, by the way -- has morphed into reality, and it's far and away one of the most fabulous cases we've ever seen. Amazingly, the finished product looks awfully similar to the concept, with each compartment boasting its own ventilation. There's room for pretty much anything you'd ever want (yes, even room for three Blu-ray writers), and of course, enough LEDs are included to light up the average night club. You should also know that the shipping container weighed 66 pounds and the chassis itself is probably larger than your eight year old, so unless you've got more square footage than you know what to do with, you're probably better off viewing the unboxing shots (there in the via link) from afar.
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posted Sep 28th 2009 5:32PM
smexy
And so begins the end of the human race, for SKYNET has arrived
I can handle a bit of machine-led enslavement in exchange for those lovely curves.
This would have made a far more imposing (and believable) Turk 1 and 2 instead of the NAS that was used in the Terminator/Sarah Conner Chronicles. At any rate, the human race is doomed.
Finally a case that's not boring or old.
Yea... but making something like that without a gizz receptacle is an abomination. Guess that last HDD tray would have to be retroed.
NOT 700$ sexy.
D: !
After seeing it in proper scale, it's gargantuan, looks anything but sexy and is almost ugly. it was designed to be 3/4 the size they might have pulled it off.
Same issue as back then in March... that'll need a TON of cleaning. :(
Holy freaking hell. That thing is HUGE.
twss
I would still buy it in ten seconds. Sucks that i JUST bought a Haf 932, wish i would have waited and been able to buy this.
@God: This costs more than 5 times as much...
"...probably larger than your eight year old..."
they weren't kidding!
That's what she said.
It's probably bigger than raptor jesus.
That's what she said.
Looks amazing. A little pricier than I'd like, but hopefully we get what we pay for. :)
i've made do with a laptop for years now but still.....i think it might be time for a new rig!
I paid $350 about 8 years ago for an excellent, aluminum mini tower case from Lian-Li (8 internal 3.5 drives, 4 5.25 drives). I was thinking of reusing it for my next build, but this one may take the cake.
The $700 price tag is a bit steep and it seems a little tall for most applications/installations though.
A bit steep? That's a lot steep.
You can pretty much land a top of the line case today for $150. I could see this thing at $250 but not at 3x's that amount.
I don't think you can call a $150 case "Top of the Line" anymore.
A nzxt Panzerbox? An Antec p182 or nine hundred? All around 150 and seem pretty top of the line in their division to me. Sure you can pay 3x as much for one that's huge and has some more fans or a crazy shape, but is that really that much of an improvement?
You can also get a Cooler Master Cosmos or Cosmos S for that price
I'm still rocking the £17 xblade.
I'll wait for it to be on woot...
i'd rather have an ABS Canyon and $150
b u t didn't BMW design this case for thermaltake??? Every BMW owner paid alot for their beamer and this probably no exception.
b u t didn't BMW design this case for thermaltake??? Every BMW owner paid alot for their beemer and this probably no exception.
@chris_kalan
Yes, you can get a top-of-the-line case for $150. What you can't get at that price is a very overpriced case (like the one in this article)
Holy crap, this "thing" is awesome.
Looks like they took the PS2's styling and added steroids.
$700 is more than how much the rest of my respectable gaming rig cost.
Can't be too respectable if it only cost $700
Yes it can. You don't need i7 and GTX280 SLI and 6GB of RAM to play games.
Wolfdales and GTX260s aren't exactly "respectable", assuming that particular quality is directly proportional to the size of your epeen.
@mason
You're right, but I'd say a system with an i7, GTX280 SLI, and 6GB of RAM is more respectable than whatever system he's running for $700...
Beautiful design, but farkin' huge. Still, I like it in an anti-nettop, anti-all-things-small-and-light kinda way.
BMW may have helped design the case but Disney helped with the flash intro music...
I love the case though and think there should be more unique/designer PC cases for retail sale.
But I still like the style of Mac Pro boxes. Simple yet functional. Handles are The Godsend. (Disclaimer: do not own Mac Pro.)
The 'Level 10' design is a nightmare for the dust cleaning. I would never get it on the ground alone. Unless of course it comes with specialized vacuum. And for the price it really should.
It boggles my mind that manufacturers still can't get around the main problem all PC owners eventually suffer from: the dust inside of the box.
To me personally Level 10 doesn't improve anything. Even manages to make some things worse (weight, space considerations).
is going to cost 350 to have it shipped to me.
Blue LEDS please!
Blue is sooo 2008. Red is the new blue.
green is the new red.
everyone's gonna ask you where you got those 'leet green LEDs.
That's why you get color changing LED's like the LED's found in Alienware laptops.
you noobs. Black LED's are the way to go. I don't mean blacklights. I mean LED's that luminate darkness... That's the ultimate.
"It's the weird colour scheme that freaks me. Every time I try to
operate one of these weird black controls, labelled in black on a
black background, a little black light lights up black to let me know
I've done it. What is this, some kind of galactic hyper-hearse?"
-- Zaphod Beeblebrox
@Newone, I was seconds away from a Hitchhiker Reference
Mutated PS3 Slim
Outstanding.
hmmm looks pretty sweet, but since its one of the first cases of this type of design, I'm going to wait until all the reviews of people that have had this for 6+ months to come out to know if this case really is practical
That would be pretty cool to have. I'll stick with my Lian-Li for now. $250 for this case and it's on its 3rd rebuild/upgrade in 6 years. If that thing really costs $700, it'd better be able to withstand 10-15 years of upgrades to be worth it. (imagine what the system running in that would be 15 years from now....)
My god that's ugly.
here here.
Here? As in: you have one right there?
Beautiful. Well, except for the price tag.
said the guy with apple/bmw avatar.
Just a waste of money..
PS2 super edition
It's huge, but it certainly looks like it is a keeper for the ages. It would be cool to have more images of the compartments fully exposed, rather than just cracked open a bit. Guess we'll have to wait until October to see the nitty gritty details.
[Begins to clear deskspace for it...]
The case may be good in terms of cooling, but I do not find it 'beautiful' from a design standpoint. The promo site is also a mess with some really awful sound.
That's a sweet looking case. I'm about due to retire my Cosmos case and build a new rig. This will fit the bill perfectly.
Sweet, can't wait to put my micro-ATX system in it....
More small area's to collect dust... Great!
A case shouldn't cost more than a gpu + cpu...
Get a Core 2 Extreme and an Asus Mars then.
ASUS MARS? like the most pointless video card in existence? Barely outperforms a GTX 295...when it works?. Even a single 5870 makes it look bad, especially with next gen flagship cards around the corner there's nothing going for that card except it's epic folding and futuremark scores but for $1000 who'd buy that is what I'd like to say but some idiot on youtube bought two of them to put SLI config, come find out they don't scale at all (a second card is almost worthless). That Asus Mars?
A very cool design and I like the idea of the individual compartments. I wish I had something impressive enough to do on my PC that I could justify having one of these. Like controlling a space station or curing cancer.
get cracking?
Very nice how much =D
$700?? hahahaha! thats a lot of full atx cases I could buy.
For $700.00 I could have someone machine this hand made
Yeah a poor little Chinese boy in Shangai
Iam assuming the hd 5870x2 cant squeez into this baby?
Nice!
With so many deep grooves, cleaning it is going to be a pain in the butt. Esp. for ones who have issues with dust accumulating all over their electronics :(.
This case is going to have issues. The thermal properties are set a lot like the Zalman silent cases. Gamers and heavy graphics users will end up slagging their graphics cards and possibly their motherboards. Overclockers will also have the same issues but this really isn't an overclocker's case at all. In terms of accessibility, the level 10 is about as nice as the Zalman 500AF cases but I still think ThermalTake is lacking proper cooling for the usage they plan it for.
Maybe if I raked in a couple of hundred grand a year I can then see myself spending that much on just a case, but as it stands, I'll admire it from afar.
I'm putting an atom processor in mine and bypassing the LED's for X-RAYS !!!!
doesn't look like theres much room for my radiator/pump I may have to buy one of these though
Frack. I would go up to $500 for that case. $1000 is WAY too much though.
One thing. This was obviously designed to be a portable system. So why doesn't it have some sort of jack on the opposite side to place a 17" monitor.
Portable? Did you miss "You should also know that the shipping container weighed 66 pounds and the chassis itself is probably larger than your eight year old."? That is the opposite of portable
Umm... I think they're targeting this for business users. This would look great in my office, its a bit over kill, but it would turn heads.
"but it would turn heads"
Yeah, the Accountants' would do an exorcist when he saw the invoice.
That thing looks like it would have been cool in 1995. i cant imagine wanting to buy something as bulky as that.
Where do you position this relative to one's desk, monitor, keyboard, etc.?
Not only is the price impractical, one also needs to consider purchasing a new desk and chair just to accommodate this thing. Maybe also need to move to a new room so as to fit this thing?
what... no usb 3.0
That is one sexy looking computer, I wouldn't mine having one even though its GINORMous...
as cool as this is, i like being able to look through my rigs case window and see all the cool components basking in blue LED glory, not my components boxed away in separate compartments all lonely and what not
If this really has a $700 tag on it.. it's pretty much pointless.
Looking at the pics, i can guess that this thing will be garbage to the user when it can't fit his X2 GPU or Ultra PSU, which are way bigger than the psu compartment in that monster.
Don't get me wrong, this box looks OMG freakin amazing, but with this price and the possibility to not be able to fit some things - makes it kinda meh..
Why do people put such price tags on "custom" stuff.. with a $700 budget you can build yourself a case that will be way way more custom than this, assuming you have the skills and imagination to do it :)
I prefer to buy a 30$ case and a nikon 5000d
What a sexy tower! :)
It looks loud...but It is handsome
Daaamn!!
No fan?