PC case market is in a big decline, where do you get your data from? Desktop sales in particular are only going to continue going down.
I doubt getting into the RAM market will change things for Antec or any of these vendors, especially DIMM modules with LEDs (puke). They just need to be better than the rest and possibly come up with new ideas, new case formats, etc. This is the one areas in PCs where things really haven't changed in the last 30 years.
The desktop market is shrinking. People hang on to a build for much longer and the case is one of the parts that doesn't need replacing too often. Unless you're changing form factors.
And it's not so much that their cases are horrible or worse than they used to be 15 years ago. It's that since then many other manufacturers have upped their game while Antec hasn't done much really. Although I have to wonder why they considered RAM to be a lucrative market for them. What's the incentive to buy their modules outside of brand loyalty? Price, performance, or presentation?
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ahtoh - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
Why unexpected. They probably see the PC cases market in declineChaitanya - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
PC case market isn't on decline rather its just Antec who is losing market share in case market due to their horrible cases.niva - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
PC case market is in a big decline, where do you get your data from? Desktop sales in particular are only going to continue going down.I doubt getting into the RAM market will change things for Antec or any of these vendors, especially DIMM modules with LEDs (puke). They just need to be better than the rest and possibly come up with new ideas, new case formats, etc. This is the one areas in PCs where things really haven't changed in the last 30 years.
bcronce - Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - link
When companies say the a market is "dying", they mean it's no longer exponentially growing. A saturated market is "dead".close - Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - link
The desktop market is shrinking. People hang on to a build for much longer and the case is one of the parts that doesn't need replacing too often. Unless you're changing form factors.And it's not so much that their cases are horrible or worse than they used to be 15 years ago. It's that since then many other manufacturers have upped their game while Antec hasn't done much really.
Although I have to wonder why they considered RAM to be a lucrative market for them. What's the incentive to buy their modules outside of brand loyalty? Price, performance, or presentation?
jimjamjamie - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
If they can offer DDR4 for a competitive price and a decent warranty, I'm all for it.rocky12345 - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
Good to see them expanding hopefully it works out for them. I also see the trend for everything TUF in the marketing now.Alexvrb - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
I think all this TUF nonsense is silly.Dragonstongue - Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - link
another maker stretching thin the supplies of what DRAM is available and of course slapping RGB crud on it ^.^jtd871 - Thursday, June 14, 2018 - link
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