I'll take this on . Ill admit to having a special love for my Spedo but I've had to mod the crap out of it to get there .

Looks wise youll get a million different opinions. I prefer the sleek look, and youll probably find as cases get more expensive your target audience probably would too. You dont see many "gamer" cases here .

Rad wise I picked the spedo because it took the rad at the top (with minimal modding) and the dual at the back. More options are always better, and limiting rad support to only 240mm's limits appeal to those with loops that need to get rid of a lot of heat (sli for example).

I wouldnt suggest preinstalling anything - thats half the fun tbh! Theres no reason you couldnt offer a case with and without preinstalled cooling of course.

Width behind mobo tray is always welcome. The Spedo has this nailed without a doubt. The one change i would make there though is mounting the 120mm cpu socket fan on the side panel instead of the mobo tray. You can then have a cutout on the mb tray so you can take the cpu cooler/block off without having to pull the motherboard. That is pretty much essential on any wc designed case and the one major flaw with the Spedo.



I'd quite like to see inverted atx make its way into your range. If you could design a mobo tray so it could run either way and the side panels so you can flip them thatd be a pretty neat and unique feature.

Keep the psu at the bottom to give us space at the top for rads.

Pre-installed lit acrylic midplate? I dont think thatd be a very expensive mass produced addition and if you can get it right in terms of soft light glow (and interchangeable LEDs) then youd have a big plus point there.

No bare metal - essential.

Stop putting loads of plastic crap in the cases . We dont need tool storage drawers and advanced air chambers. We need room for rads and a basic case structure to build in. The more complex the internal design the harder it is to get an efficient loop in it.

No plastic panels on high end cases. And for god sake stop putting fans in side window panels - it ruins the look of the panel.

If possible all aluminium to save weight. A watercooled rig weighs a damn ton and steel cases are just backbreaking to build in .


And finally thanks for giving us the oppurtunity to have a say .