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2/21/12 at 9:31am

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The title says it all basically.
I'm getting tired of my cooler master, so I've been searching around for some old school towers( you know, those white colored from back in the days

) but with little success. Is there any specific one with great build quality that you guys would recommend? Since I remember that the white plastic on some of them were really "cheap-feeling" and turned yellow really fast.
And no, I'm not going to mod it.

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2/21/12 at 9:47am

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I have a couple old cases collecting dust at home. One is a Gateway 2000 from 96ish and another beige one I built around 2001 or so with a pull down door. Both are heavy!

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2/21/12 at 9:54am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Angrybutcher

I have a couple old cases collecting dust at home. One is a Gateway 2000 from 96ish and another beige one I built around 2001 or so with a pull down door. Both are heavy!

I also have a Gateway 2000 sitting around. It's an interesting case, but it's going to require modding to fit an ATX mobo.

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2/21/12 at 10:00am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Angrybutcher

I have a couple old cases collecting dust at home. One is a Gateway 2000 from 96ish and another beige one I built around 2001 or so with a pull down door. Both are heavy!

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Originally Posted by Ferrari8608

I also have a Gateway 2000 sitting around. It's an interesting case, but it's going to require modding to fit an ATX mobo.

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2/21/12 at 10:05am

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LOL that's not the case I have, but pretty cool to see two of those in the same thread

Mine housed a Pentium 200mmx originally.

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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Crucial C300 128gb	Samsung F4 2TBx4 Raid5	LG Bluray Combo	GPU - HK GPUx3
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
CPU - HK Rev 3.0	360+120 Rads, Gentle Typhoon AP-15s	Win7 Pro x64	Samsung SyncMaster XL2370
Power	Case	Mouse	Audio
Corsair HX750w	Cooler Master HAF X	Logitech G9	Razer Barracuda AC-1
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2/21/12 at 11:17am

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The Gateway 2000 looks beautiful! I'll definitely look into getting one myself. Thanks!

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2/28/12 at 7:55pm

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You must be looking for cases similar to this:

* http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=570

* http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/aopenhx08/

* http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/inwin500/

* Unfortunately they're a rarity.

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2/28/12 at 9:31pm

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Thanks a ton for that! You're really helping me out.

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2/28/12 at 10:52pm

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Look for the name Chieftec for cases of 90's style. They have a inclination to the server side and so the style tends to be conservative. It is getting very hard to find them in the US. I have located 2 sources as below:-

http://www.zaplogics.com/chieftec.htm

http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.asp?c=236&s=970&ID=845373&P=F&GN=1

But I see you are in Sweden and you have a much higher chance of finding a Chieftec in Europe as Chieftec is still strong there. Its website lists a lot of European sales office.

http://www.chieftec.com/sales-office.html

The 2 in Sweden are:-

Gandalf

http://www.gandalf.se/GandalfTP/TradePoint/B2C/startpage.aspx

Deltaco

http://www.deltaco.se/

You might check to see what cases they carry in stock.

Here is my Chieftec back in 1999-2000 era

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2/29/12 at 4:49am

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Thanks for the information!

I'll look out for a full tower-Chieftec Dragon Series DA-01WD.

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