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Posted: 11 Feb 2012 at 8:57pm

Until its done Big%20Smile

But in seriousness, hopefully Alex can share some more details on the case, etc. before too long. Curious minds are intrigued!

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Posted: 13 Feb 2012 at 2:45pm

We'll be posting a sneak peek soon.

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Posted: 13 Feb 2012 at 2:51pm

Or the Diablo 3 forums lol

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 10:24am

Have you guys seen this?

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 10:45am

Isn't that the same thing you linked earlier in this thread? Or am I missing something.

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 10:47am

Alex is just playing with us

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 11:26am

Shoot, I must have been in a different world then. On good news, we're wrapping things up to launch.

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Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 12:50pm

Its about time Hahaha

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Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm

Anyone get their latest issue of PC Gamer? There's a surprise on the back cover,

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Posted: 21 Feb 2012 at 12:07pm

This is the first time since dropping gaming magazines in 1998 that I have regretted not having a subscription to one LOL

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 6:38am

Don't torture us so Alex! Gotta go get me the latest issue just for the surprise now.

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 9:33am

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 3:06pm

If anybody gets the issuse can you PLEASE scan the back page and post it. Alex this is so wrong

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 3:27pm

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Posted: 22 Feb 2012 at 9:58pm

Sorry my scanner isn't plugged in at the moment, but as requested:

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 10:47am

So does this mean the Aventum will be coming out in the next week or so Alex? Drooling

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 10:51am

It will be announced soon, before the end of March.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:05pm

Oh man the crinkle in Brewtus' top photo made me think the case had a funky curved design at first Oops

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:14pm

haha, like the XBOX.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:16pm

I was looking at the fan openings at the bottom of the case. The fans at one end don't have much of an opening. Seems like it would have been better to have all the openings the same size.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:38pm

Originally posted by Alex

haha, like the XBOX.

Yep pretty much exactly actually.

I'm stoked to see the final configuration, I'm curious how the airflow is going to work.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:43pm

@FrankW, there's actually a good amount of space between the fan blades and the door, it doesn't really restrict that much airflow. Plus, it gives off a very aggressive style

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 1:55pm

I hope you are right. In most cases when looks triumph over function, function loses. I personally would have preferred nor-restricted openings.

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 6:11pm

software controlled fans and lighting, are you guys trying to bring back ESA or something??

this looks literally insane, in a good way. What's the price point?

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Posted: 23 Feb 2012 at 8:25pm

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Posted: 25 Feb 2012 at 9:25pm

Really not liking the ports on the side and the overall lack of any front access to anything. I don't want to have to stand up to put in a disc, or keep the tower on the floor to do the same thing.

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 5:56am

Looks pretty nice =D The side window could be a bit larger tho =/

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 8:01am

Don't like the front either.

I buy a custom build mostly for looks and like to show of the front with some fancy looking addons 5.25 bays.

I have bought 10 -12 cases and always backed away from cases with front doors on them.

Other then that it looks good but need more specs on it.

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 8:55am

From the way it's being described that front is not even a door. They put the audio and usb ports on the side and Alex said the optical drive will load from the top.

Some serious issues/questions are: What about multiple optical drive bays? I know many people that have two, one DVD and one BluRay. What about hot swap bays? I use one of my two hot swap bays on my HAF X and it's not uncommon for people to need one or two.

Also with the lack of standard bays and ports on the front the case actually looks ugly. You will find a small minority of people who want simple ugly looking cases but soooooo many cases on the market have some styling to them because people like it and prefer it over a plan box.

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 5:53pm

For specifications, etc... we'll have to wait until it's fully launched.

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 6:53pm

Originally posted by Alex

For specifications, etc... we'll have to wait until it's fully launched.

Looking forward to this one, I'm glad you at least gave us a little bit more information than with the Cyro-Tec reveal Big%20Smile

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Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 9:39pm

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Posted: 15 Mar 2012 at 8:15pm

any news on a price point yet

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