Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation

[vox]

Hi both,

Can't do right as it fouls the memory on the x86 board and the picoPSU on the SAM460...

The mouse is also in the way and so it's its wire. Removing card (media cards) from the card reader was a pain. But mainly this way all the four motherboards I have tested fit and we get extra space for a low profile PCI/PCI-Express card.

White with left and black with center. Just to make it different, small choice but important :-)

[outlawal2]

VERY nice looking case!  (Thanks Darrin for posting these pics)
DADDY:
Really nice job on these very professinal.  (I agree with the folks above that LED's should be left mounted rather than centered.)   Do you have a price for these as of yet?  (And if it has been stated already please forgive me)

Here's some pics I managed to snag.  None of them say "Amiga" (There is AmigaOS which is Hyperion's and "Amica"):

[jj]

that made me laugh a lot

[outlawal2]

What exactly made you laugh alot?  Thought it was a reasonable question..  

[jj]

And what exactly is C=USA doing to help the Amiga scene?

(clue: answer includes the letters f,c,u,k, ,a,l,l, )

That made me laugh a lot

[jj]

What exactly made you laugh alot?  Thought it was a reasonable question..  

sorry deleted post. its now as i meant.  

And yes I think to the left is much better

[Karlos]

Keep it plain, alot of ppl really like the glossy white surface..

Also I dont like the name X500..

Meh, I thought it looked pretty decent on the case:

[TheDaddy]

VERY nice looking case!  (Thanks Darrin for posting these pics)
DADDY:
Really nice job on these very professinal.  (I agree with the folks above that LED's should be left mounted rather than centered.)   Do you have a price for these as of yet?  (And if it has been stated already please forgive me)

Thanks.

No price just yet, I have got one or two things to sort out first and now the LEDs need to be moved to the left it might add a bit to the price but I like it now. Also waiting to get prices for the plastic and aluminium plus all the other bits that make the case (switch, LEDs, cable ties, screws, USB adaptor etc...etc...). I am considering the inclusion of a DVD-RW and 3.5" card reader...what do you all think?

[commodorejohn]

I am considering the inclusion of a DVD-RW and 3.5" card reader...what do you all think?

Would it come with the drive bays in any case? If so I'd say keep it simple, anybody using this will have no trouble acquiring their own drives.

[outlawal2]

Would it come with the drive bays in any case? If so I'd say keep it simple, anybody using this will have no trouble acquiring their own drives.

I agree, keep it simple and as affordable as possible...

[Darrin]

@ The Daddy

As I keep saying, and as CommodoreJohn says, leave the drives out.  We can install our own if we need them.

If you put them in then you open up a can of worms with people complaining about type/style/colour/brand/etc plus it will jack the price up.

Some people won't want an optical drive at all.  It would be no use to me with an FPGA Arcade.  If I want one later it will probably connect to the daughterboard so I'll need to see what connections are needed.  Might even use an external.

Keep it simple.  The less options and less parts the better.

[ToddH]

@ The Daddy

As I keep saying, and as CommodoreJohn says, leave the drives out.  We can install our own if we need them.

If you put them in then you open up a can of worms with people complaining about type/style/colour/brand/etc plus it will jack the price up.

Some people won't want an optical drive at all.  It would be no use to me with an FPGA Arcade.  If I want one later it will probably connect to teh daughterboard so I'll need to see what connections are needed.  Might even use an external.

Keep it simple.  The less options and less parts the better.

This.

[Crom00]

I showed the case design to a late teen early 20's student who never really had exposure to wedge cases. He likes this design becuase as long has he can fit a desktop board and related components in there with access to a couple of PCIE slots he is happy.

He says its a great LAN party machine as it's console like. All desktop class parts in one unit.

We are all old farts on here with nostalgic ties to wedge cases. I was curious to get a young bloods opinion.

[Duce]

Adding drives by default will just lose sales, IMHO.

Many people won't want optical drives at all.  If they do, most drives come with white and black faceplates, so getting a fair match color wise should be OK should they choose to add one.

Other than when I build a new gaming machine, I rarely, if ever - put optical drives in my machines.  Just as easy to have a directory full of .iso imaged discs on my NAS box that all the machines in the network can access.

[odin]

Meh, I thought it looked pretty decent on the case:

Ding dong! Sold!

(Only if there are no blue LEDs on it though. I absolutely hate blue LEDs. They're always far too bright and make my eye focus go all weird).

[Karlos]

Ding dong! Sold!

(Only if there are no blue LEDs on it though. I absolutely hate blue LEDs. They're always far too bright and make my eye focus go all weird).

That particular image was just a mockup I made out of TheDaddy's original photo, btw.

Obviously we have similar taste in wedges :-)