Originally Posted by Leo99
I'm debating if I should use my old case and keep the optical drive or move to a fancy new case with glass window and abandon the optical drive.
I would say take a look at your current case and evaluate what it offers vs the new ones, not just the looks. Take front USB port, as an example. Does your current case have USB3.0 or batter? Would you like to have USB type C up front? If this is important a new case might be a good idea.
Another thing to consider is HDD space. A lot of new cases don't offer this option at all, or might have a cage option for three 3.5 inch HDDs that you have to purchase separately. Most offer 2.5 inch SSD mounting options instead, which is fine if you don't need HDD as storage.
My old Lian Li case can fit six 3.5 inch HDDs and is the reason I keep it. I figured instead of fiddling with external drives, why not use all that space inside my case? I have quite a lot of family videos from my camcorder and DSLR pictures that I need to store. SSDs aren't cheap enough for this kind of storage yet.
I'm debating if I should use my old case and keep the optical drive or move to a fancy new case with glass window and abandon the optical drive.
I would say take a look at your current case and evaluate what it offers vs the new ones, not just the looks. Take front USB port, as an example. Does your current case have USB3.0 or batter? Would you like to have USB type C up front? If this is important a new case might be a good idea.
Another thing to consider is HDD space. A lot of new cases don't offer this option at all, or might have a cage option for three 3.5 inch HDDs that you have to purchase separately. Most offer 2.5 inch SSD mounting options instead, which is fine if you don't need HDD as storage.
My old Lian Li case can fit six 3.5 inch HDDs and is the reason I keep it. I figured instead of fiddling with external drives, why not use all that space inside my case? I have quite a lot of family videos from my camcorder and DSLR pictures that I need to store. SSDs aren't cheap enough for this kind of storage yet.