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

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!!

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

and easier to carry to ianho..

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..

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!!

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!

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

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!!