Cube mATX case in shipment now


  1. Posts : 89
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    Cube mATX case in shipment now


    This case was $80 off at Newegg so I thought why not. This should be interesting to build and I ordered a MoBo to go with it.

    Xigmatek GIGAS Series CCC-MD26TA-U02 Silver Aluminum MicroATX Desktop Computer Case - Newegg.com

    Anyone got one?
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    Not a bad looking bit, that.

    Do you plan on painting it? I don't know what it is, but I can't stand the sight of beige enclosures these days.
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    Where do you get beige? It says silver aluminum.
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  4. Posts : 89
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    It's got a Newegg symbol superimposed on the case so I can see the beige in there. :)
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  5. Posts : 545
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    Dragonfly said:
    Where do you get beige? It says silver aluminum.
    Well that's the most beige "silver" aluminum I've ever seen.
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  6. Posts : 11,424
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    I would scotch pad that bad boy for a industrial look taking great care in the direction of the scratching, then either leave it natural or clear coat it lightly. You can call it the "Delorean" !
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    Or I could leave it alone.
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  8. Posts : 315
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    That's a pretty spacious case! It might be a interesting build.
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  9. Posts : 89
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    Thanks, I think it's gonna be fun.

    Some guys told me it's a hassle to be upgrading in it. What they didn't know that I upgraded my newly built system part by part and I'm already done. I have a MoBo in shipment as well and this completes the upgrade.

    Nothing wrong with the first build but I was taking advantage of sales at Newegg. Like this case, it's $80 off and a fella on another forum spotted it for me. My hat's off to him. :)

    I saved $75 + $80 so far and I upgraded the CPU, memory, OS, HDD, DVD-RW, PSU and video card. The case and the MoBo completed it. This also gave me the parts to build another system.

    This is what I did:

    Intel Celeron G540 to Intel i3-2105
    Asrock H61M-DGS to Gigabyte GA-B75M-HD3
    2x2 Gskill to 2x4 Corsair Vengeance
    Corsair CX430 Bronze to Seasonic M12II 520 Bronze
    500GB WD Green to 1TB Seagate Constellation
    Lite-On 16x DVD-RW to Asus 24x DVD-RW
    Vista x86 OS to Win 7 x64 OS
    Rosewill FBM-O2 Dual Fan case to Xigmatek GIGAS cube case
    Intel HD Graphics 3000 to Sapphire Radeon HD 6670

    The Gigabyte MoBo has a PCI slot so I can use my Soundblaster Audigy card and that replaces the onboard sound.

    The 500GB HDD, the Lite-On 16x DVD-RW and the Audigy came out of my old AMD X2 3800 system (still working) so they're 4 years old and the only used parts (except the sound card) in the second build. I don't know what I'm going to do with it. :)

    I just like to build computers so I guess you can call it a hobby.
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  10. Posts : 11,424
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    Building rigs is like a drug for some and I count myself as seriously addicted !
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