HACKER Q&A
📣 dusted

Where are the good PC cases?


Requirements:

* Beige (okay, it can be any color, but why would I want anything but beige?)

* Fits modern full-size Motherboard/CPU/GPU/PSU

* Good airflow

* At least 4 5.25" bays for optical and floppy drives.

* At least two 3.5" bays for floppy and zip

* At least a few internal 3.5" bays for HDDs

* Some internal 2.5" bays for SSDs

  👤 not_your_vase Accepted Answer ✓ 

  > At least 4 5.25" bays for optical and floppy drives.
  > At least two 3.5" bays for floppy and zip
I mean sure, everyone has different requirements, buy it seems you are not looking for a PC case that counts good today. You are looking for one that counted good in early 2000s. Zip drive has been dead for good part of the past 2 decades, and finding a _modern_ mainboard with ide connection for the Floppy would be quite a challenge (I won't even mention finding a new internal floppy drive...)
👤 superchroma
Sounds like you're looking for full-tower PC cases. They're massive and seem thoroughly unnecessary to me in this modern age but everyone's requirements are different.
👤 zzleeper
It seems you want something like a Fractal Design R5: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-...

(or a larger alt like this one: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-... )

That said, be aware that these things are heavy and bulky, as other commenters posted. I used to have one but replaced it with a SFFPC and have been quite happy with the change.

👤 Kelteseth
Does this match your color preference? https://www.alternate.de/be-quiet/PURE-BASE-500-Tower-Geh%C3...
👤 ianai
https://pcpartpicker.com
👤 jaclaz
Given that there are adapters for 2.5" and 3.5" drives in 5.25" bays, maybe you want an all 5.25" external bays one?

like:

https://diymediahome.org/the-search-for-a-12-bay-5-25-full-t...

👤 yuppie_scum
They’re in 2001.
👤 warrenm
>* At least two 3.5" bays for floppy and zip

Floppy and zip drives?

>* At least 4 5.25" bays for optical and floppy drives.

a 5.25" floppy drive?

Are there even any motherboards that still support floppy drive cabling? Are their any BIOSes that support floppies any more?