Recommend Me A Case For - PC Repair Business

Tesla · 31 Mar 2007 at 18:53

Hi chaps,

I started my AV business almost 18months ago now. In that time I have taken on more and more IT work and it's started to overtake the AV side of things.

I am going to be building up a few basic rigs for component testing and also used to repair HDD's and the like.

I am looking for the following features in a case:

Plain design, no fancy doors, lights or flashy bits that could easily break off.
No sharp edges, don't want to cut myself.
Easy to add and remove drives (this is quite important, my own Lian Li case has a nice HDD cage which slides out)
Relatively cheap/well priced. I don't mind buying second hand as long as I can get 2-3 identical cases.
Not too compact so components are easy to get to, sometimes removing a PSU can be a pain!

Alternatively, if you can think of a better setup than a couple of base units then please recommend them. Perhaps I am missing something obvious?

Thanks guys!

Chris

w3bbo · 31 Mar 2007 at 19:13

Why have any cases - its much easier and less time consuming to test hardware 'out of the box' so to speak.

Tesla · 31 Mar 2007 at 19:32

w3bbo said:
Why have any cases - its much easier and less time consuming to test hardware 'out of the box' so to speak.

I have been thinking this.

However, what surface would be safe to use to place the hardware onto? Anti-static, grounded mat? I am refitting the garage over the summer into a workshop.

I was considering getting some motherboard trays but did a search on ebay and couldn't find anything.

Thanks for the reply, hope you reply back some more

Nick1881 · 31 Mar 2007 at 20:26

Rubber antistatic matts will be fine, anything none conductive.

When I was a tv engineer we used flat bits of wood under the tv chassis.

Paolo · 31 Mar 2007 at 20:43

I use 2 of these myself (had to crop it,competitor logo splattered accross the top)

breamy1990 · 31 Mar 2007 at 20:50

Paolo said:
I use 2 of these myself (had to crop it,competitor logo splattered accross the top)

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i use a few of those myself at home and work top quality well worth the cash IMHO

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 31 Mar 2007 at 20:55

madman045 · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:06

I could certainly do with a few of those too.....

Would like to know the make/model

Thanks

Tesla · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:24

markyp23 said:
What make/model are they?

They look fantastic.

Many thanks.

Paolo · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:53

HSPC Tech Station

28ten · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:58

I just use a anti static mats and a couple of home made stands

Mikebert4 · 1 Apr 2007 at 12:02

you could butcher an old lay-down type case (older ones where the monitor sat on top)

For testing I just cut the sides off a larger one of these and used it as a base.. you'd have to sand/grind down the corners (can be quite sharp) but it's a simple and functional platform, cheap, easy to move... everythign really.

Goold luck!

-Nick- · 1 Apr 2007 at 17:54

Paolo said:
I use 2 of these myself (had to crop it,competitor logo splattered accross the top)

^^£75.00 inc VAT

here's a bigger version of it

^^£110.00 inc VAT