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So the ATX standard that's so common for motherboards came out all the way back in
1995 and while modern ones have become packed with features, our technology back then was so primitive that not only did we have to
clap our hands to turn our lights on and off, but sound chips,
networking, drive controllers, etc often required separate adapter cards.
Not only that but drives don't need as much space anymore both because
single drives are much higher capacity than they were 20 years ago and
because physically smaller SSDs have taken off in popularity. Plus
internal optical drives are becoming rare on desktop PCs thanks to digital distribution of games, movies, and music.
So why is it still so easy to buy large mid and full tower cases?
I mean who actually
needs
these things?
Well believe it or not there are still a number of reasons that you might want to consider an impressively sized case with perhaps the most
obvious being that you're building a powerful rig that needs more components.
Using your computer as a home server such as a NAS for storing video or as a big-time editing workstation can require multiple
high capacity hard drives,
especially if you're using a RAID array to back up your work or speed up performance.
Video footage tends to take up lots of space and bulky hard drives do hold more footage more cheaply than smaller SSDs and
more drives means you might need more drive headers to connect them to which will mean a higher-end motherboard with more of them built-in or
more likely an
inexpensive add-in card that has extra headers on it.
But what if you're not video editing or running a server?
Well
even though many smaller cases can hold up to two
graphics cards no problem, you might still consider a bigger case if you still need to add more adapter cards such as a sound card, a
video capture card, PCI Express SSDs, that drive adapter I just mentioned, or
legacy I.O. cards that can add older style ports to a new system for old devices you'd still like to use.
Scientific instruments are notorious for this and even if none of this applies to you, you still may have components that run
hot and a larger case may be able to help you cool things off.
Not only will larger cases give you more room for both air and water cooling accessories like pumps,
radiators, and fans, they can provide more breathing space for your components,
especially if you're a tinkerer and you're into overclocking your CPU or GPU.
On the subject of cooling, larger cases usually offer more
flexibility in terms of how you configure them, with some of them allowing you to
relocate your CPU or GPU to your PC.
Some of them allow you to locate components like pumps or drive cages in a matter of minutes,
with some even going as far as to allow you to move the graphics card to a
flashier location next to the window, or even flip around the motherboard itself.
But we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about two of the most straightforward reasons.
One, large cases give you more space to work in, making building and upgrading easier.
And two, aesthetics.
Some people just like the look of an imposing,
beefy case, and you'll get more room to trick it out with RGB fans, custom lighting, or even fancy designs etched onto the side panel.
So while these behemoths of the battle station world aren't for everyone, there are definitely some cases
where bigger is indeed better.
Cases.
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