why is everyone into aluminium casings? i have no clue why.. and i would juz want to know. well, all i know is aluminium is lightmeight. thats all.. in terms of build quality, that must be referred to the design. well, i don't understand...

This post has been edited by ahmeduk88: Nov 13 2008, 09:41 PM

Alluminium have:

- light weight
- easy to shape (DIY)
- easy to cut than steel
- better heat channeling
- STRANGE sense of touch due to the STRANGE textures feeling

WHERE IS MY ALLUMINUM !!!!! Damn who the heck stole it ?!

For me I like its light in weight and its finished... it looks better in Aluminium compare to steel.

because black brushed aluminium is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexy

owh..

lightweight making it good to be carried into LAN parties..

steel easy to shape? i thot it was a type of metal that is hard to be welded.. hurm...

really is easier to cut than steel? but duzn't the steel made into cases fairly thin? not those construction type steel ayte?

smooth finish.. waa... being hypnotised by the touch of brushed aluminium.. MUST resist.. but the prices for such cases are expensivoo!!

expensive!?

Lancool Metal Boned = RM198
Lian Li PC-7S = RM245
Lian Li PC-7 = RM298

thats the cheapest brushed aluminum case from Lian Li

same price tag if u compare with those steel case namely CM690

nowadays alu case not expensive anymore la. so many choices, great texture and feeling good....

anyway, lightweight and brushed textures is my choice...

i like it when u on the light, like crysis da nano suit lmao!

and its light

I got the cash, and curious.

one of the biggest let down of aluminium cases: vibration resistance is very poor. You won't find many alu cases in the spcr community...

i like it coz its lightweight and easy to cut.
and brushed alu is very2 nice

alu = better heat channeling n easy to cut..

black alu == sexaayy!!

that's true

just don't mount any fan on the side panel

& the vibrations problem gone

Aluminium casing more shining than a steel casing and it's more lighter

owh.. i c.. price is kinda ok too if u are bale to get it under RM200.. aluuring.. hurm..

its lightweight so maybe we can bring it to starbucks and get wireless connection and surf the internet and stuff. hehe..

easier to cut.. well, because its hard to weld, i thought it was hard to cut. can we use primitive tools to cut it? like a coping saw?

brushed finish kills man!! its really cool. but if we plan to paint it, maybe better to try to avoid such cases with brushed finish. then rugi laa cuz we covered the brushed finish..

vibrating problem? put the case on a small piece of carpet laa.. hehehe

lighter and easy to bring it to lan party :thumb:

and easier to carry to ianho..

I think Alu is less DIRT-DISTRACTOR, my Raidmax Saggita got the Super-Glossy-Black-Finish and... Dust easilly stick on them... Any solutions ? T_T

aluminium can be staticly charged easily.. one way to maybe reduce this is to put a conductor between the case and the ground. than the static charge will move and not get static anymore. or u can wipe it..

Wipe it is very headach, cuz I **touch-touch-touch** it all the time... LOL!
Static charge? I think you means connect a ground cable? Hmm, maybe? Would try out.

This post has been edited by M1X: Nov 3 2008, 12:42 PM

When those aluminium casings first came out, they were measurably lighter
than the other cases of the same class but today, I really doubt so.

The biggest reason today probably would be that since the manufacturers
could charge a premium on those alu cases that the focus is on them.
You'll be hard pressed to find a "nice" case that is not made of alu.

Manufacture like it so much because of it's weight, easy to bend or shape thus reducing their production cost and at the end enhanced the output by adding this & that so they could mark-up their price even more...

however, plzz remember material cost for aluminium is higher than SECC...
better appearance and lightweight is main point for their marketing. Quality build also better....

This post has been edited by rainingzero: Nov 13 2008, 12:49 PM

this is just an idea. if we wanna build a light casing, why don't we build a frame out of aluminium and drape it with cloth. the cloth should be nice kain. not sum shabby kain buruk.

cloth=lightweight+good ventilation. how about that? the new bmw concept. the GINA. uses cloth as a cover. and boy its amazing!!

I suppose there's no end to creativity but there's a prob with
using cloth tho. Imagine adding some fans ...., the cloth
juz become vacuum cleaner bags

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Added on November 14, 2008, 12:29 amI think that too much attention had been spent on the Alu cases,
Many factors contribute to the end product.
For example comparing Lotus cars (mostly aluminuim) to other
supercars, can u say the rest don't look or perform as well or maybe
even better?

This post has been edited by Alpha700: Nov 14 2008, 12:29 AM

Aluminium casing looks much prettier than SECC casing... Ada ooommpphh...

for maybe future cases, made with cloth, maybe what is needed to be done is to have a positive pressure case. so that dust will be blown out and not sucked in.

and for adding fans, can easily cut a hole in the cloth and make a bracket for the fan to stay in place. i wish i had the time and money to experiment in these ideas..

and alpha700, yup, no end to creativity.. maybe there will be cases that are modded with materials that we haven't even thought of. now, there are cases made of wood, and even paper. papier mache!! there is no limit!! go on modders!

Steel rusts, tin doesn't

thats why there are treatments like painting and anodising. but nowadays, there are mods that are looking for the rusted and war-torn effect.. but aluminium has its disadvantages like bad sound dampening and alluring-feel-good-feeling whenever touched. hahaha

Although rust is a rare case among us here, somehow when hunting for chassis in the junkyard you'll most probably end up with aluminium chassis as steel chassis might be too rusty to be salvaged

Aluminium is easier to mod with than steel. I would like to see a chassis made of titanium

maybe aluminium is colder then steel that is why so many ppl will like to get a Alu casing aldo it is expansive.

Take a look at this http://forum.coolermaster.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8331

cardborad case.. it actually looks really good... no need to airbrush.. hahaha!! that is ryte cool. never thot of making the panels of a case out of cardboard. astounding..

one thing about aluminium, if you intend to mod it 'kaw-kaw punya' and wants to weld it. its really hard to weld it. cutting it may be easy but for steel, its easier to mold into shape with the proper equipment. a lotta good looking mods out there are made of steel cases. and it turned out really well. so i think, whether the case will turn up better if its alu is out of the question. that is dependent on the skill.

and in other forums, i found out that they used a lot of bondo to sculpt and shape the cases as well as adding detail.. or 'all purpose putty'. what is its common name? is it available in normal hardware shops? it seems like a really good material to be used if we wanna add detail and maybe sculpting those big air vents!!