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alexh · 10 June 2009, 18:34

Cons :

Most official A4000D tower cases are crap and overpriced
A generic ATX case will need a lot of metal working to get the motherboard ports to work.
A generic ATX case will need the motherboard plate drilling (and possibly welding) to align with A4000D mountings
You'll need a bus board to turn the slots 90' DAMN expensive.
If you dont get a bus board you'll have to live with wonky zorro cards which do not align with the case slots.
You'll convert an Iconic A4000D into a soul-less unrecognisable PC.
You'll need an ATX to A4000D PSU adapter.

Pros :

10 June 2009, 18:34	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Cons : Most official A4000D tower cases are crap and overpriced A generic ATX case will need a lot of metal working to get the motherboard ports to work. A generic ATX case will need the motherboard plate drilling (and possibly welding) to align with A4000D mountings You'll need a bus board to turn the slots 90' DAMN expensive. If you dont get a bus board you'll have to live with wonky zorro cards which do not align with the case slots. You'll convert an Iconic A4000D into a soul-less unrecognisable PC. You'll need an ATX to A4000D PSU adapter. Pros : Better heat dissipation. Less noisy and arguably more reliable PSU Screwless PCI/Zorro & screwless hard drive mounts Front facing USB ports (if you have a Deneb) Last edited by alexh; 10 June 2009 at 18:41.