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The Antidote To Tedium: 11 Midi Tower Cases Bring Excitement to the Desktop

07:00 - Wednesday 20 October 2004 by Siggy Moersch

1. Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
2. The Test Candidates In Detail
3. Little Room For Drives
4. Little Room For Drives, Continued
5. Codegen ATX-6089: Lightweight, And With A Handle
6. Upgradeable Interior
7. Coms-Com CF-707: Lightweight Model
8. Enermax: Milk-White Case
9. No-frills Interior
10. Foxconn TH-202 Electric Blue: Hellish Encounter
11. Illuminated Interior
12. Jeantech JNAF600 Visco: Aluminum Case With Strange Air Filters
13. The Filter System Takes Up A Lot Of Space
14. Nexus Breeze: Plastic Case With Soundproofing
15. Drives Under Construction
16. Pros

17. Kingwin Mutant X: Gamer Case With 420W PSU
18. Room For 11 Drives Total
19. SilverStone SST-TJ06: Totally Tubular
20. Upside-down World
21. Hard Drives Are Installed Vertically In The Case
22. Uneec 602BLK: The Best Of Many Worlds
23. Lots Of Room For Drives
24. Pros
25. XGBox Viper: A Case With A Bite
26. Muzzle For The Back
27. Bright Red Paint Job Inside And Out
28. Evaluation
29. Features Table
30. Features Table, Continued
31. Features Table, Continued
32. Test Procedure
33. We Used This Hardware For The Test, Continued

When it comes to cases, you need to decide where you stand. Weight and design always play a big role in making the right gaming machine. The crazier the design, the more attention the PC will grab at LAN parties or when visiting friends. However, down-to-earth users are more likely to appreciate a traditional design, without the built-in light show or weird gimmicks. For these people, workmanship and usefulness are key.

In this article, we review 11 midi towers, providing a glimpse into the big world of PC cases. From the flamboyant to the conservative, there's bound to be something here for every taste.