Speaking about cases , anyone know of a 5.25"front panel expansion with a new power button/reset button. I know Lian li and Scythe used to have some models but either very hard to get or extremely expensive because comes with lot of extras.
<rant on>
Maybe I am just unlucky, or it is Antec but goddammit do power button on cases get crappier and crappier these days and every time I look at a review of cases these days the words "flimsy/weak" tend to be used or quality is ignored. On the plus side cooling and noise are properly reviewed.
Also quiet common to find the problem on the internet with following solutions : -get new front panel if the case still made -get new case("I GO UUURGRH inside")Speaking about cases , anyone know of a 5.25"front panel expansion with a new power button/reset button. I know Lian li and Scythe used to have some models but either very hard to get or extremely expensive because comes with lot of extras.
<rant on>
Maybe I am just unlucky, or it is Antec but goddammit do power button on cases get crappier and crappier these days and every time I look at a review of cases these days the words "flimsy/weak" tend to be used or quality is ignored. On the plus side cooling and noise are properly reviewed.
Also quiet common to find the problem on the internet with following solutions : -super glue -horrible mess because the enteir panel is one big hump of glued together plastics -get new front panel if the case is still made -get new case("I GO UUURGRH inside")
Sometimes I wishes the reviewer of a PC case put a robot on the button until it breaks :P.
PS Luckely it isn't all bad , there actually still cases to be bought where the idea is not look as a neo lighted up brothel with a stealth fighter crashed into it. <rant off> Sorry I will stop being grumpy now , I tend to get grumpy when a easy problem turns into a day of googling !
Sometimes I wishes the reviewer of a PC case put a robot on the button until it breaks :P.
PS Luckely it isn't all bad , there actually still cases to be bought where the idea is not look as a neo lighted up brothel with a stealth fighter crashed into it. <rant off> Sorry I will stop being grumpy now , I tend to get grumpy when a easy problem turns into a day of googling !
Any idea if Riotoro will expand distribution to Europe in the near future? For my next platform upgrade, I want a smaller chassis, and their CR1080 seems to be the _only_ compact, full ATX + full length ATX PSU case out there that doesn't look like utter sh*t. I don't mind moving to mATX, but the selection there isn't that much better, tbh. The Kimera Cerberus looks awesome, but it's not available (yet, perhaps ever), and $250 is a lot for a case.
If i was making a case today, i'd have a array of 2X USB type c's on the front panel. no way i'm buying a case without them these days, when next year, pretty much all mid-range to high end will have it.
The site's copy editor seems to go missing every few months, I fear he or she has disappeared again. There's a few extraneous word, or just the wrong ones (albeit correctly spelled), used in a few places on the first page already.
Otherwise, an interesting read so far. The flow of these case and PSU reviews is notably smoother than they used to be, without diminishing the amount of information.
On a slightly pedantic note, Riotoro (ignoring the fact that it's two words mashed together) doesn't translate to Bull's River but to Bull River... Rio Del Toro would be Bull's River (de being the possessive).
On a slightly less pedantic note... I'm not aware of a Rio Toro here in Puerto Rico, there's a Rio Toro Negro (Black Bull River) and a park under the same name tho (and Toro Verde too, which means green).
Quick Google search reveals there is a Rio Toro in Costa Rica tho, common rafting destination apparently. Could be what the name alludes to if the company has a South American distribution arm, since Puerto Rico isn't in SA and all...
Also, I specifically wrote that "Bull's River" is a rough translation, because "Bull River" just does not make any sense to me. Well, not any more sense than any two random nouns placed together. I do not pretend to be a linguist though and my Spanish is pretty horrible, so you are probably right.
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SaolDan - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
Neat!!Olaf van der Spek - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
You might be able to set the BIOS to power on after power loss and then use the switch on the PSU or an external switch.plopke - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
Speaking about cases , anyone know of a 5.25"front panel expansion with a new power button/reset button. I know Lian li and Scythe used to have some models but either very hard to get or extremely expensive because comes with lot of extras.<rant on>
Maybe I am just unlucky, or it is Antec but goddammit do power button on cases get crappier and crappier these days and every time I look at a review of cases these days the words "flimsy/weak" tend to be used or quality is ignored. On the plus side cooling and noise are properly reviewed.
Also quiet common to find the problem on the internet with following solutions :
-get new front panel if the case still made
-get new case("I GO UUURGRH inside")Speaking about cases , anyone know of a 5.25"front panel expansion with a new power button/reset button. I know Lian li and Scythe used to have some models but either very hard to get or extremely expensive because comes with lot of extras.
<rant on>
Maybe I am just unlucky, or it is Antec but goddammit do power button on cases get crappier and crappier these days and every time I look at a review of cases these days the words "flimsy/weak" tend to be used or quality is ignored. On the plus side cooling and noise are properly reviewed.
Also quiet common to find the problem on the internet with following solutions :
-super glue
-horrible mess because the enteir panel is one big hump of glued together plastics
-get new front panel if the case is still made
-get new case("I GO UUURGRH inside")
So in the end I was thinking of drilling a hole in a 5.25"bracket and putting for example one of these in it
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phobya-system-cabinet-but...
Sometimes I wishes the reviewer of a PC case put a robot on the button until it breaks :P.
PS Luckely it isn't all bad , there actually still cases to be bought where the idea is not look as a neo lighted up brothel with a stealth fighter crashed into it.
<rant off>
Sorry I will stop being grumpy now , I tend to get grumpy when a easy problem turns into a day of googling !
So in the end I was thinking of drilling a hole in a 5.25"bracket and putting for example one of these in it
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phobya-system-cabinet-but...
Sometimes I wishes the reviewer of a PC case put a robot on the button until it breaks :P.
PS Luckely it isn't all bad , there actually still cases to be bought where the idea is not look as a neo lighted up brothel with a stealth fighter crashed into it.
<rant off>
Sorry I will stop being grumpy now , I tend to get grumpy when a easy problem turns into a day of googling !
plopke - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
Woepsplopke - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
I kinda went a bit crazy with copy paste after logging inMurloc - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
yeah it kinda makes you look cray-cray.I don't push the button more than once a day but I've never had or heard of any issues with cooler master cases.
fluxtatic - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
That would have been pretty much exactly what I would have suggested, drill a hole in one of the 5.25" blanks and put in vandal-resistant switch.On another note, I think it's you - I've never had a problem with a power switch in any case I've ever owned.
JohnMD1022 - Saturday, June 4, 2016 - link
I only power off/on once a month or so.Valantar - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
Any idea if Riotoro will expand distribution to Europe in the near future? For my next platform upgrade, I want a smaller chassis, and their CR1080 seems to be the _only_ compact, full ATX + full length ATX PSU case out there that doesn't look like utter sh*t. I don't mind moving to mATX, but the selection there isn't that much better, tbh. The Kimera Cerberus looks awesome, but it's not available (yet, perhaps ever), and $250 is a lot for a case.britjh22 - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
Wow, having just built a system in a Zalman H1, I really wish I had seen this case first. I love the placement of the 2.5 & 3.5 drives.jasonelmore - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
If i was making a case today, i'd have a array of 2X USB type c's on the front panel. no way i'm buying a case without them these days, when next year, pretty much all mid-range to high end will have it.subtec - Saturday, April 30, 2016 - link
Where would you plug them in?Taristin - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
The interior reminds me a lot of my Phanteks Evolv full ATX case. But those similarities are probably common to many cases, eh?Galcobar - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
The site's copy editor seems to go missing every few months, I fear he or she has disappeared again. There's a few extraneous word, or just the wrong ones (albeit correctly spelled), used in a few places on the first page already.Otherwise, an interesting read so far. The flow of these case and PSU reviews is notably smoother than they used to be, without diminishing the amount of information.
Impulses - Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - link
On a slightly pedantic note, Riotoro (ignoring the fact that it's two words mashed together) doesn't translate to Bull's River but to Bull River... Rio Del Toro would be Bull's River (de being the possessive).On a slightly less pedantic note... I'm not aware of a Rio Toro here in Puerto Rico, there's a Rio Toro Negro (Black Bull River) and a park under the same name tho (and Toro Verde too, which means green).
Quick Google search reveals there is a Rio Toro in Costa Rica tho, common rafting destination apparently. Could be what the name alludes to if the company has a South American distribution arm, since Puerto Rico isn't in SA and all...
E.Fyll - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
I actually was not aware of the one in Costa Rica. I learned something new today.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Toro
Also, I specifically wrote that "Bull's River" is a rough translation, because "Bull River" just does not make any sense to me. Well, not any more sense than any two random nouns placed together. I do not pretend to be a linguist though and my Spanish is pretty horrible, so you are probably right.
Lolimaster - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
Rio Toro / Bull River make sense in spanish.And "rio toro" and "rio del toro" can be assumed as the same thing for a spanish speaker but semantically it is not and they know.
Impulses - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
BTW, wasn't criticising or taking issue with your writing Fyll, just making a note since I found it interesting... It's just semantics in the end.DominionSeraph - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
No external bays?I want Anandtech to start benching these cases against the cardboard box they came in.
darkfalz - Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - link
No airflow over the HDDs too...