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> I usually assemble my desktop cases from mail order parts. Doesn't everybody? I mean unless you are building a case from scratch. I also don't know of any pl
by llampx 7y ago
> I usually assemble my desktop cases from mail order parts.
Doesn't everybody? I mean unless you are building a case from scratch. I also don't know of any plastic desktop cases, they're either steel or aluminum.
- WalterBright 7y ago> I also don't know of any plastic desktop cases I have many in the basement housing older desktops.
- jessaustin 7y agoYeah plastic seemed more common in the past. If I had to speculate, I would say that as all the guts got cheaper and cheaper, and at some point a fairly low-powered desktop was more than most people would need, manufacturers didn't want to drop the price of the system any lower. At the same time they had to keep margins reasonable in order to compete. So, they spent more on the case.
- paranoidrobot 7y agoMy first PC - an Acer 486 had a plastic case. It's also why I kinda screwed up the construction of my second PC - studied the construction of the acer one, saw it was screwed into the case. So I screwed the new motherboard into the new case... I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't power on. Took it to a friend's place, he just about fell over laughing when he realised I'd missed the copper risers.