DO we really need that much plasic and all of those PCI slots?

I like the internal's of the case, its only the outside that let it down for me.

It seems I'm one of the few who actually quite like the look of that case. It was one of the two cases I was considering when I finally get around to upgrading my system (although I think I've decided to go for the Coolermaster Cosmo instead).

The tool-less drive bays look a lot better than the ones on my current case (TT Xaser III - which refuses to hold a half length Front-X USB bay).

I agree that the plastic flaps on the front need to go though, but I like the fact that you can re-arrange the front of the case so that the optical drives can go anywhere on it.

Is it just me or is this the same case as my Cooler Master Stacker CMS 830 covered in plastic to drive the price down? Oh no it couldn't be, It's the Cooler Master Stacker 810. Thermaltake get your own design and pick something original, like my next case the "U2-UFO Brushed Aluminum" (Google it). Or steal designs from someone smaller than Cooler Master, like someone in the modding section of bit-tech.net
I still think that WMD modd was is the best ever.

Case appearance is up to the users personal preference, so I believe Bit-Tech should be more subjective in the matter.

The fact that the case looks ugly to you might not be the case with the next person, I however like the Antec P180-190.

Never been a fan of those flappy doors on the front...fiddly city!

Never really been a fan of the armor for the front flaps..... any idea if we will get a review on the new Xaser 5?

Does anyone actually use E-ATX motherboards? Its funny how small your's looks inside it! http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/01/thermaltake_armour_/b1.jpg

Originally Posted by Nictron
Case appearance is up to the users personal preference, so I believe Bit-Tech should be more subjective in the matter.

The fact that the case looks ugly to you might not be the case with the next person, I however like the Antec P180-190.

Dude, shut up!! how much more 'subjective' do you want Bit-Tech to be, they clearly said several times that it wasn't to their tastes and that other people might like it...

LONG LIVE THE P182!!!!!!!

Is it just me or does Joe do all the work around here? Every review and news article seems to be from him at the moment. This is a Good Thing. Keep it up.

Originally Posted by Tomm
Is it just me or does Joe do all the work around here? Every review and news article seems to be from him at the moment. This is a Good Thing. Keep it up.

he must have drawn the short straw on who gets the extra long xmas holiday!!

It wasn't that long :(

I think he means everyone else got the extra long holiday.

:o
Me = smacktard

Originally Posted by Blademrk
I think he means everyone else got the extra long holiday.

I ****ing wish! :'(

I guess Joe has been naughty and he had to stay home from CES ;)

Not sure i really like any thing on this case, ok the inside is well setup for an air cooling layout, not much oppourtunity for a decent water cooling setup though, and the exteriour is plain ugly

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blademrk
I think he means everyone else got the extra long holiday.

I ****ing wish! :'(

Yeah, ironically I was the one who got extra holiday and took of the first three days of Jan

The hdd rack seems like something that could be useful, but as for everything else, the stacker 830 does it better. plus it has a door that is a door, a real mans door that requires the pinky strenght of a rock climbing jazz pianist to open! A case that would make Jeremy Clarkson proud, the Armour seems to be a bit Richard Hammond to me.

Too much plastic, sorry, but the amount of plastic on that case makes it look like some 5£ super budget china case.

Dont really like the case, but nice read none the less. On the pic of the external ports on the front of the case (first page), someone got caught snapping if you look in the bottom right.....photos are usaully good here, someone should mentor a little more.....and give the case a dust down too. :P

peace

i have been using the p182b almost exclusively now. just the best case i've ever seen. wouldnt even consider this one

f-f-f-fugly

What's with those silly flaps on the front?:? Other than those this case reminds me too much of the Antec 900 - I liked that case when I saw it (and even defended it when it got a not so great review) but after installing a system in one I wasn't too impressed.

Originally Posted by CardJoe
Yeah, ironically I was the one who got extra holiday and took of the first three days of Jan

So then it's only the moderators that are "locked in the dungeons and kept in chains"? :)

How in the hell did you give it a 9 in "ease of use" when you said it took you like 10 minutes to get the side door off?

Because that was only due to me not reading the manual etc. It was fairly easy to do once you spotted it and as long as you had long fingernails. Aside from that the case was really easy to work with - plenty of room, cable ties etc provided and a removeable motherboard tray.