Why don't case manufacturers use carbon fiber instead of plastic or iron?
Why don't case manufacturers use carbon fiber instead of plastic or iron?
Grayson Garcia
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Daniel Green
how are you supposed to see leds through carbon fiber?
Brayden Flores
lol wtf just make holes desu
Colton Rogers
why waste carbon fiber on stupid nerd shit
Parker Fisher
Good question, I assume it costs more than standard materials.
Christian Hughes
This basically. Lenovo started using carbon fiber at the very top of their Thinkpad line (X1 Carbon) and it's trickling down to the cheaper models over time.
James Morales
>iron
lol
cases are mostly made of steel, so they don't vibrate too much from spinning fans and drives.
Hudson Foster
Steel literally is iron and carbon.
Carson Cruz
but it's not just iron.
Lincoln James
Aluminum is cheaper and the thickness required for computer cases is such that carbon fiber isn't advantageous to use.
And people like horrible steel and tempered glass shit boxes. Companies can barely sell $200 minimilistic aluminum cases. How do you think they'd do selling $500 carbon fiber cases?
I had to buy LianLi's new PC-V720 on faith alone because there were no video reviews or even written reviews. I think I might be the only person in the country with it.
Jackson Evans
it has shitty thermals that's why
Daniel Brown
pls
Jeremiah Russell
Rosewill cases are just as good and cost under $30.
Leo Myers
Do you want $1000 PC cases? Because that's how you get $1000 PC cases.
Luis Murphy
>very top of their Thinkpad line (X1 Carbon)
HAHA good one.
Chase Howard
Show me a $30 100% aluminum case from Rose will that has the finish and unique size/layout inside that the PC-V720 has. I'll wait.
Xavier Adams
it's expensive to make in large sheets, and even more expensive to mold into an unbroken complex shape. Also, the strength of carbon fiber depends on how dense it is, and denser carbon is more expensive than less dense carbon.
Carson Lopez
there is no need to be lightweight. because they don't move.
Luke Green
Why only the very top? What if you drop it and hits the bottom?
Hudson Myers
they used to use aluminum but then realized you idiots would just buy steel and plastic cases any way if they looked "cool" enough.
look at lianli most of their cases now suck but some of their older models are keno like the PC7 etc.
Sebastian Hernandez
cost idiot.
Ethan Reed
maybe stop being unique snowflake fag
Gavin Evans
What dont manufactures use wood?
Josiah Morgan
One does but the case is poorly laid out and $700 IIRC.
Jace Thomas
This is one of the dumbest things I've read today. Think of the advantages of carbon fibre and now think of how they apply to a static box.
Do we need a case to be extremely lightweight? Do we need the fatigue strength of it? Do we need the tensile strength? What benefits, if any, does carbon fibre have over steel or aluminium?
Kayden Wood
nah, you can get an entire bicycle frame made in china for like 600. a box with all flat surfaces would surely be much simpler to manufacture
t. a person who spent 3 years making carbon fiber aircraft parts for a living
Benjamin Foster
aluminum sux tho
Nathan Bennett
>full sized ATX case
>2 fans mounts
>2 3.5in drives
>2 2.5in drives
>$200
There really might be a good reason no one wants to review this case or buy it and its not because everyone just wants tempered glass
Jose Moore
probably because it would lose the perception of it being a "premium material"
it is probably more expensive because it's not as mass produced/ readily available as aluminium or plastics
Hudson King
Don't need to, they have better ones, I'm sitting right next to one.
Cameron Wilson
Magnesium alloy is the true patrician case material
Carter Howard
I like my shitty pewter case smells like China
Juan Russell
$1000 PC cases are steel
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ffs my SC743 was 500 plus probably an extra $100 for the optional fans, and an extra $200 for the 2.5" SAS3 bays.
Colton Garcia
It's expensive
Ryan Murphy
It would be pretty shit since a metal case doubles as a RF shield.
Alexander Miller
Carbon fiber is fairly cheap as a material but special shapes like for PC cases would require CNC or some sort of specialized injection molding. That's probably why you see it in higher-end laptops, since they have CNC'd metal enclosures anyway, but for PC cases it's probably either prohibitively expensive. Steel can just be stamped from sheet stock, which is by far cheaper for manufacturing. I mean you could even do it at home with a little bit of finesse and the right primitive tools.
Ian Taylor
Iron implies iron oxide.