Clear Acryllic Cases- Good or Bad?

[abnorml_chylde]

Has anyone had any experience with the two Clear acryllic cases on newegg?

Powmax has one HERE
and Logisys also has one HERE


please tell me if you had any experience or had heard anything... about them




thanks


Jason

EDIT: Wait, Scratch the Powmax case, i just realized that its a micrp ATX case.... but please tell me what you think about the seond one.... thanks

oh and i already have a PSU lined up- the enlight 420 watt...

[Cricket]

You gotta be real careful not to scratch them. Your wire routing skills have to be real good because there's no place to hide wires. They might cause interference with other electronic equipment if placed to close to them (no EMI or RF shielding). Other than that, nice case.

Cricket

[abnorml_chylde]

i think im gonna be a bit messy for my first pc, so ill eventuaally try that out. but for now ill stick with another case, thanks for the advice cricket, ur right about the wires and not being able to hide them...



thanks again,



Jason

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

Personally I like my case with a side window, it sort of gives the effect the clear ones do but I have a place to hide wires and stuff.

[Nickoli]

I've heard that most motherboards like to use their screws for grounding to the case. since acryllic cases aren't conductive it's a good idea to run a wire from one motherboard screw to the PSU.

[SuperBeastDJ]

even on this psu? becuase I cant realy see any metal on it..

http://www.xoxide.com/ps500cl.html

[Nickoli]

that was just something I heard, and it sounds reasonable to me at least.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by Nickoli I've heard that most motherboards like to use their screws for grounding to the case. since acryllic cases aren't conductive it's a good idea to run a wire from one motherboard screw to the PSU.

The motherboard and drives are grounded to the power supply, not to the case. The power supply in turn is grounded to the power outlet.

Cricket