Anyone waiting on Black Friday for purchases?

[megabyteme]

I do hope it works out for you the way you expect. With the one I had, I ended up selling the PC instead of keeping the unit long-term like I tend to do with computers. Sadly, it was the nicest looking case I've owned. Just could not stand fighting with the door. Certainly did not help that the hinges were on the left side, and the unit sat to my right. I was always reaching around the door- even the dvd burner tray bumped into the door.

[pootystomp]

Agreed, I used to have a Silverstone htpc case that had a big ass door on it. Hated it so much I bought pretty much the same case without the door and rebuilt it. I did look at that fractal case and it looks pretty nice for a sub $100 case. I like that it has 9X3.5 slots, that's gotta be a record for a mid tower.

[IdolEyes787]

I bought a cool looking case with a door covering the front once. Once.

Explain.

The idea seems nice. No looking at drives, USB ports, power buttons, etc. Unfortunately, EVERY time you need to use one of these things (and it ends up being more than you realize), not only do you have a door to open, you have a door to keep out of the way. I started disliking the case on a practical level very soon.

I ran what Meg said through my prototype "What he said/what he really means" machine which I bought from some guy on the street who swore he stole it from the NSA (clearly demonstrating my need for something like this ) and I can tell you with a great deal of certainty(+/- 8%) that what Meg actually meant was that he finds your actions in this,questionable to the point of stupidity.

And he just worded it like that to be as inoffensive as possible.

That he wasn't straight up with you about this now has me questioning his motives and looking into if there are any motive revealing machines for sale anywhere.

[Skiz]

I don't think Newegg is as good as they used to be. Their "big" sales rarely entice me anymore.

Exhibit A.

I do hope it works out for you the way you expect. With the one I had, I ended up selling the PC instead of keeping the unit long-term like I tend to do with computers. Sadly, it was the nicest looking case I've owned. Just could not stand fighting with the door. Certainly did not help that the hinges were on the left side, and the unit sat to my right. I was always reaching around the door- even the dvd burner tray bumped into the door.

The front I/O panel is on the top of the case. Again, no need to open the door unless I'm using the optical, which at this point is almost never.



All external walls covered in sound dampening materials. pic

HDD trays can be turned multiple directions or easily removed completely. Probably no need for that unless you're an all SSD system or need to install a Titan (which I will not be doing)

Built in fan controller.
Silent Series fans included, which actually get good reviews.
Case is an extra 1" wider than normal to accomodate cable management behind the motherboard.
Completely tool-less.

Pics will follow in the appropriate thread if I decide to do it.

[megabyteme]

Exhibit A.
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Pics will follow in the appropriate thread if I decide to do it.

Perhaps previous design difficulties have produced something more livable. Keep us posted on whether or not you feel the aesthetic appeal of the door is worth the remaining "trouble". I was merely giving you a heads-up I wished someone had been kind enough to do for me on my earlier case purchase.

I am still a subscriber to NewEgg's daily/big specials. I saw the one you posted, and spent a bit of time with it earlier this morning. Better than the bigger sales, and more like old NewEgg than they have been in the past year+.

Enjoy the deals, it is a good time to have money set aside for when companies like NewEgg offer some real deals.

Heads-up- NewEgg has a fantastic relationship with Polk. Their 60's Model floor-standing speakers at $99 each (I have a pair for our living room) is a STEAL. Good sound at a price you could not build them yourself for.

[Skiz]

That was a pretty disappointing BF. Now that it's become such a hyped up shopping day, I don't think the sites even try anymore. Seeing as most of them still have their BF site banners up, I'll assume they aren't doing much of anything for Cyber Monday.

Gonna wait till mid-day and then hit Amazon with free 2-day shipping (Prime).

[megabyteme]

I did a bit better with the "week of" sales while doing some shopping for the family. I mentioned in another thread I scored some Sennheiser 239's for $39 (with an additional -$5 rebate on a free external tablet speaker), had to pass up on a 128 GB Samsung SSD for $85 due to budget ( ) constraints. There was also an Asus router for cheap that I missed out on. Some of the older console games (PS3 specifically) are going at closeout prices today on Amazon.

All in all, there were enough deals to keep me looking, but on "the day" those seemed to dry up at Newegg, Amazon, Toysrus, Harbor Freight, Kohls (still some deals for kids' stuff, etc.), Woodcraft, Home Depot, and Lowes. I realize you are mainly interested in PC hardware here, but the larger picture is also not as exciting as the hype. Get in early seems to be the best move, IMO.

[Skiz]

I think I mentioned it before but watch for deals on Slickdeals for your SSD. Lot's of deals to be had, and their "alerts" system is pretty darn helpful.

I bought memory on Newegg and the mobo and GPU on Amazon. Their prices were the same as Newegg but free shipping made it less overall. Case came in today and everything else should be here by the weekend. Spent far more than I was planning to as I just bought everything for a brand new build when all I started out to do was buy a new case. Upgrades have a way of snowballing like that I guess.

Unfortunately I think the missus wants to get Christmas decor completed this weekend so I might have to just stare at all the boxes full of goodies for another week.

[megabyteme]

While it pains me to keep passing up deals on SSDs, I realize they are just getting bigger and better- for less.

It's hard to be selfish with our tight resources during Christmas season. :justkillme:

[Artemis]

While it pains me to keep passing up deals on SSDs, I realize they are just getting bigger and better- for less.

It's hard to be selfish with our tight resources during Christmas season. :justkillme:

Your not the only one bud, but then there don't seem to be any el cheapo deals for my current project anyway , but I commiserate on having to pass up on cheap SSD deals with the Christmas season upon us..... and you don't have a teenager to deal with.