![]() This is where Lian-Li has a huge competitive advantage when it comes to making new models, as they have a limited amount of fixed tooling. This is also why you'll find the same internal case design reoccurring with different fronts, as even making the tooling for the stamping of the metal for a case doesn't come cheap. If you're going to produce 10k cases, you either need a highly specialised factory like Lian-Li where you have all the machinery in-house and have trained staff that knows what they're doing, or you end up outsourcing it, which is what most case makers do. It's obviously still possible to make aluminium cases outside of Taiwan, but for whatever reason this doesn't seem to be done.Īs for why the case frame is done in stamped metal, well, it's fast and it's cheap. In Asia, no-one likes to be taken to court, unlike the US. I've met case manufacturers who have told me that Lian-Li found out that they were working with certain aluminum suppliers/vendors and went and threatened the suppliers/vendors, as Lian-Li claimed they had exclusive rights to make aluminium cases and they'd take both the suppliers/vendors and the case makers to court over it. I get that most people care zero about the rear of the case but I mean, at that price, and the expected "craftmanship", it seem kind of cheap.I guess these are the things that never make into stories, as no-one likes to burn bridges with potential advertisers. Still though, at $300+ cases, why aren't they doing better "body" frames on some of these cases? The nice & unique part is the facade, while the cores seem fairly standard and stamped, in general. I'm starting to see random Chinese brands doing fairly nice cases on Alibaba & Aliexpress. The only other brands I can think of that do similar quality is Jonsbo & In Win. Posted on Mar 12th 2018, 0:19 Reply #4 Kyle DaantosĬheapMeatWhat, really? Never heard of this didn't know. So saying their products are more premium, well, it's because they won't let anyone compete with them.Īs for this monstrosity, am I the only one that thinks it looks like you can fit an ATX and a mini-ITX board into it at the same time? In fact, they've put a lot of smaller case makers out of business due to their dodgy business practises. ![]() But, it'll be cool to see custom loops in it.I take it you're aware that Lian-Li is/was going after anyone trying to make aluminium cases, as they think they have the sole right in the entire world to make aluminium cases. ![]() ![]() I have a feeling super cases like this have become even more of a niche than when say the 900D came out. It takes a bit away from the "quality" aspect for the price and doesn't look as clean/sleek and strong. Seems like Corsair and others use practically the same stamped steel technique, especially noticable for the rear. You can install E-ATX and everything smaller, but longer 10-slot form-factors such as HPTX and XL-ATX are a notable exclusion.ĬheapMeatYou can see the difference between most Lian Li and cases like this at these kind of price points. The rear I/O can be configured to be perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard with 8+2 slots, or parallel to its plane, with 5+2 slots. The case is highly modular, and you can either choose between storage-heavy configurations, or cooling-heavy configuration that frees up room for multiple liquid cooling loops. Connectors are framed by RGB lighting diffusers. The front-panel features four USB 3.1 type-A, and two type-C ports in addition to audio jacks. The front, sides, and top panels are made of curved tempered glass with aluminium inserts, and enough discrete air inlets for the countless fan mounts inside. The feature-set of this full-tower will blow any high-end case out of the water. The Obsidian 1000D retains the "for grownups only" styling of the series, with a beautiful combination of curved tempered glass, matte black aluminium, and subtlety in the amount of RGB LED lighting elements on use. Corsair is careful not to just make a mash of glass and RGB lighting when designing its upcoming flagship case, the Obsidian 1000D super-tower (model: CC-9011115-WW), which leaked to the web thanks to an eager Amazon listing, in which it's priced at USD $500. The Obsidian 900D has held the fort since 2013, but could be getting dated in the wake of newer standards such as tempered glass, RGB lighting, newer connectors, etc. It's been a while since Corsair pushed the upper end of its Obsidian series high-end PC cases.
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