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CoolMaster
any one know if those prebuilt acrylic cases are any good like at all?

if so which ones are the best to get?

cause I want one lol
HoLoDreaM
just grab one from xoxide or frozencpu theyll all be good.. they seem to be pretty popular and well built
Mr_Yuck
I can only imagine the nightmare of wire management. laugh.gif
bishop245
well mine was a do it yourself kit all the stuff was precut and ready for assembly and it went together pretty easy but as Mr_Yuck stated wire management is a pain
HoLoDreaM
u save money not getting a prebuilt one
kobalt
Mine's an aerocool, i dont think anyone sells them anymore huh.gif but i've heard the ones with rounded top edger are good, i dont remember the name but i think holodream is right they sell them at xoxide.
As for the wire management, it's a real challenge but i always say once you're done, you can say your case is unique, everything you do in there is not only for performance but also for looks.

I like mine very much, i completely changed it a few times and it still looks good
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Ruenin
I just bought a Sunbeam acrylic from newegg for $65 (no PSU). I also bought cable wraps so that the cables that will be very noticable won't be so ugly.
kobalt
One good advice i give to new clear case owners, get a soldering iron, and get rid of everything you can.Buy all your stuff and the unused molex, extra psu cables etc, gone. Cut resize and solder,no long unnecesarry cables if you can hide,or replace the big ugly 4 pin molex with smaller connectors for everything else but devices and you'll end up with a good clear case cable management . wink.gif
Ruenin
Or you could just buy a modular power supply like an OCZ or X-connect. My Antec Neopower works well to that end as well.

That Sunbeam case I bought came last night. It came with a ton of parts and cotton gloves to avoid finger prints. Fairly easy to put together, though it still took awhile. The main set of screws are flat head which sucked because at one point I actually slipped out of the groove and put a small scratch in the case. It's tiny, but I know it's there.... Tonight I should be getting all the parts for the build so I'll post up when it's finished. I already got the DVD and CD-RW drives and painted them a deep metallic blue to match the power supply. Turned out pretty ok, except for the activity lights which didn't come as clean as I would've liked.
Vaelen2001
Being a plastic fabricator myself, I know what to look for in a good acrylic case.

Clean heat bends, clean flame polished edges, precision drilled screw holes, ect.

I have the mATX blue one from PC Club ( Click here for a pic of my case. ) and I love it, when I get my own CNC Router (within the next two months) at work I'll be routing custom vents into it tongue.gif

Neener Neener Neener im a CNC Machinist.... tongue.gif laugh.gif

JK, U know ill hook any of u up with custom machined plastic when needed.

Anyways if you get scratches on the acrylic use a product called NOVUS numbers 1,2, or 3... its a plastic polish that can buff out heavy to fine scratches in Acrylic.

--\/@eLen2oo1
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