Cases cases cases!!!

[Ritesh]

Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
http://images.novatech.co.uk/ev-cm-scout1.jpg
CM Storm is celebrating the deployment of the Scout™ true gaming chassis, created in close cooperation with the world’s leading professional gaming teams and eSports organizers, including Kode5, Team Fnatic and mousesports. Like all gear developed in the CM Storm Labs, the Scout has been heavily injected with Storm Tactics™ to ensure complete Strength, Security, and Control to the discerning gamer. Developed with elite engineering skills, and reinforced by the highest grade materials, your Storm gear will perform and deliver with unfailing reliability, letting you focus on your game and worry less about your hardware. The Scout has been built around a solid steel body, and comes equipped with a 140mm front intake fan, as well as 140mm top and 120mm rear exhaust fans, providing an accurate airflow to efficiently manage the heat from your gaming hardware. The aggressive window side panel, with its dark automotive tint, provides mounting locations for yet another 2 x 120mm fans to deal with thermal hotspots from overclocked CPUs and GPUs. The Scout has been fortified even further with the patented StormGuard™ accessory; this unique and widely acclaimed security solution from the CM Storm Labs consists of a specially designed PCI-bracket located at the rear of the chassis body. By locking your peripherals and side panel firmly in place, Storm Tactics and the StormGuard will protect your PC and gaming gear from thieves and other thuggish individuals whenever you are AFK. Never again return to your seat at a LAN-party, only to find that some villain has grabbed your gaming mouse and headset, or even worse, your entire system.

- Solid Steel Body for strenght and stability
- Features sturdy carry handles for taking to your favourite LAN events
- Unique security feature protection for your system and peripherals
- 4 x 5.25" drive bays
- 5 x 3.5" drive bays
- Bottom mounted PSU support
- Front I/O Port: eSata, FireWire, 4 x USB, HD audio
- Front Cooling: 140mm intake fan
- Top Cooling: 140mm exhaust fan
- Rear Cooling: 120mm exhaust fan
- Side Cooling: 2 x 120mm intake fan

BUY NOW FOR ONLY £83.88 inc Vat (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CM-SCOUT#)



Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU)
http://images.novatech.co.uk/ev-cm-haf9321.jpg

With pure innovative strength, Cooler Master, the leader in enthusiast computer components, has unleashed yet another prevailing arsenal to compete in the full-tower chassis segment. Proud and robust in its appearance, the HAF 932 presents its sturdy sentinel housing and revolutionary High Air Flow structure to enhance and protect any hardware component that is worthy of the highest performance. The HAF932 features a fully-rugged appearance and is housed in a tough casing to offer outstanding protection. A rugged HAF932 comes equipped to operate with unparalleled thermal performance. Patented finger-press buttons for quickly maintaining or upgrading 5.25 inch drive devices. Removable HDD racks and cable management system for better cable routing and neatness.

Features:

Colour : Black
Dimensions : (W)230 x (H)545 x (D)575 mm (W)9.0 x (H)21.5 x (D)22.7 inch
Material : SECC, Plastic
M/B Type : Micro-ATX / ATX / E-ATX
5.25" Bays : 6 (without the use of exposed 3.5 inch drive bay)
3.25" Bays : 5 Hidden 1 Exposed (converted from one 5.25 inch drive bay)
Cooling System : Front : 230x30mm red LED fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19 dBA
Side: 230x200x30mm standard fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19dBA (supports 120mm fan x 4)
Top: 230x200x30mm standard fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19dBA (supports 120mm fan x 3 or 120mm x 1 + 230x30mm x 1)
Rear: 140x25mm standard fan x 1, 1200 R.P.M, 17dBA
(supports 140mm fan) I/O Panel : USB 2.0 x 4, IEEE1394a x1, eSATA x 1, Mic x 1, Audio x 1
Expansion Slots : 7


BUY NOW FOR ONLY £104.98 inc Vat (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CM-HAF932#)



Coolermaster Cosmos S Black Silent Full Tower Case

http://images.novatech.co.uk/ev-cm-cosmoss1.jpg


Since its introduction, Cooler Master's COSMOS PC Chassis has garnering numerous awards and accolades around the world. Today, the best just got better as Cooler Master unleashes the COSMOS S Chassis, featuring a new racing design, a touch-sensitive panel, and a gamut of user-friendly features, the COSMOS S is the evolution of the ultimate PC enclosure.
When laying eyes on the COSMOS S for the first time, one is immediately drawn in by its sleek contours and exhilarating styling. Inspired by the some of the world's finest race cars, the COSMOS S exudes both speed and sophistication. From the meshed front and side panels to the brushed aluminum finish, the COSMOS S is pure lust, offering an enclosure fit for evolved sensibilities of the discriminating PC enthusiast.

BUY NOW FOR ONLY £167.90 inc Vat (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?CM-COSMOSS#)



Silverstone Raven RV01B-W Large Case With Window
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The mission for SilverStone's RAVEN team is to design products with styling and features that exceed classic originals in boldness and intention. So a brief look at the first RAVEN chassis, the RV01, one can easily see that the mission was accomplished with spectacular results. The RV01's stealth fighter inspired outer shell is styled aggressively but with a small hint of SilverStone's famed reservation by the use of only matte finish. This gives RV01 an unmistakable wow factor and a look that will remain pleasing for years to come. For the interior, a revolutionary layout was utilized to take advantage of a very simple natural phenomenon ? heat rise, by rotating the motherboard 90 degree for air to rise up more smoothly over graphics card area. Equipped with dual 180mm fans and a 120mm fan, the RV01's has excellent cooling potential with its factory tuning perfectly balanced between performance and quietness. If there is a breakthrough chassis to be had for several generations of components upgrade, the RAVEN RV01 is definitely the one.

Key Features


With window side panel
Compatible with Expansion Cards Up To 12 Inches
Extreme enthusiasts chassis
Revolutionary 90 degrees motherboard mounting
Natural airflow layout with positive pressure design
Dual 180mm silent fans included
RADsupport included for optional liquid cooling
Flexible drive storage options with hot-swappable SATA adapter
Compatible with expansion card up to 12 inch
Twin ***** locking system for top panel cover
Removable power supply fan filter
Top 120mm exhaust fan tuned for quietness
Top mounted stealth front I/O ports
Top mounted power and reset buttons
Expansion card security clips
Tool-free 5.25 drive bay push bottons
Side panel intake vents
Liquid cooling tube pass-through holes

BUY NOW FOR ONLY £147.99 inc Vat (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SIL-RAVEN#)



Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W Black Case + Window
http://images.novatech.co.uk/ev-sil-ft01b1.jpg
More than two years after the introduction of the world's first uni-body PC chassis, the SilverStone Temjin TJ07, a new product line was created to extend this unique construction further into other applications. The first model for this line is the Fortress FT01, which sports the same super strong uni-body frame as its predecessor but with even more sleeker profile thanks to its smaller size. Designed with positive air pressure concept, it enables better cooling performance than traditional chassis but also helps to prevent dust from penetrating into the chassis by use of filters on intake fans and forcing air out of the chassis through unfiltered vents and gaps. Comprised of modern touches such as quick release drive cages and dual 180mm fans, this case is easily the top choice for anyone looking to assemble a top of the line midsize system.

Special Features:

Positive air pressure design optimizes cooling performance
Uni-body frame construction from the flagship Temjin TJ07
Artful, understated design with excellent ergonomics
Dual 180mm silent fans included for outstanding cooling and quietness
Minimal use of rivets for maximum serviceability
Highly flexible drive storage options with hot-swappable SATA adapter

BUY NOW FOR ONLY £135.70 inc Vat (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SIL-FT01B#)

[doug7131]

love that silverstone raven case:agree:
mmm(counting pennys)

[Vigoro]

That fortress case is tempting, how long the prices staying like this?

[gatecrasherlok]

The fortress case looks so sexeh

[AntiHeroUK]

The Fortress would look sooo good with an orange powdercoat :D

[Ritesh]

prices will stay like it while we have stock, no idea how they will move until I purchase more cases in but will do my best to match or better them.

[gatecrasherlok]

Excellent move there indeed. I'll probably be purchasing a case or two over the coming weeks for a few builds I have lined up for some clients and with these offers its hard to not over look. Keep it Novatech.

[lechuck]

Ocuk

scout = cheaper @ ocuk
haf 932 = cheaper @ ocuk
cosmos s = cheaper @ ocuk
raven = cheaper @ ocuk
fortress = cheaper @ novatech

I have history with OcUK, however I feel that with the price differences between Nova and OcUK on these lines with the acception of one I would go for the OcUK buy everytime.

[kylzer]

I like novatech at least they delivery your products OCUK had me waiting 2 weeks on a board i ordered cause they said they "lost it" in there warehouse.

[The Underdog]

GIBBO might try and price match items but remember that you get what you pay for. I rather pay that little bit extra and buy from someone I trust than worry about getting stiffed by another supplier.

[Ritesh]

Ocuk

scout = cheaper @ ocuk
haf 932 = cheaper @ ocuk
cosmos s = cheaper @ ocuk
raven = cheaper @ ocuk
fortress = cheaper @ novatech

I have history with OcUK, however I feel that with the price differences between Nova and OcUK on these lines with the acception of one I would go for the OcUK buy everytime.

before I posted this i checked all the prices against OCUK...they have seen this and reacted, they have a habbit of undercutting so far they ruin their margin and the market...its pathetic!

[Ritesh]

all costs now matched but with us all of these cases qualify for free shipping and we HAVE customer services..they dont!

[Helios1234]

Lol good move!

[wuyanxu]

love the idea of the silverstone raven, hot air goes up.

[koolpc]

Nice cases!

[skunksmash]

:(:(......I JUST BOUGHT A CM590 3 DAYS AGO FOR £80, & I COULD OF HAD THE ''STORM SCOUT''



:)sk

[tobes]

Good work again Novatech, nice prices !

[shaffaaf27]

lol i love how you think its bad the competition is reducing the prices IMO its good, (for us customers) and sayign they haev no CS isnt right as they have been near golden (as have NT) for me

[koolpc]

Waw. Nice pricing Novatech. Getting better all the time!

[tundra]

oh i really want that cosmos case

[koolpc]

It looks nice but not my first choice

[magichater]

wouldn't be my first choice but very nice all the same.

[DarkstarUK]

yeh tht silverstone at the end looks sweet. somethin about it bein simple just makes it look good. some r tryin too hard lik the scout one in my opinion.

[coursemyhorse]

before I posted this i checked all the prices against OCUK...they have seen this and reacted, they have a habbit of undercutting so far they ruin their margin and the market...its pathetic!

Well it's not pathetic is it? It's an attempt to maintain market share at whatever cost. If they can afford to do it they will.

[M4cc45]

all costs now matched but with us all of these cases qualify for free shipping and we HAVE customer services..they dont!

I feel like knocking both yours and your competitors heads together. Do you really need to stoop to insulting other companies. It shows a distinct lack of profesionalism. Who cares what any other company does.

If people can get it cheaper else where then they will. I'd expect you to check prices online elsewhere and price accordingly just like every other company out there does.



M.

[shaffaaf27]

thank you! thats exactly how i feel aswell.

[InvaderGIR]

I feel like knocking both yours and your competitors heads together. Do you really need to stoop to insulting other companies. It shows a distinct lack of profesionalism. Who cares what any other company does.

If people can get it cheaper else where then they will. I'd expect you to check prices online elsewhere and price accordingly just like every other company out there does.



M.

My thoughts too. I don't favour either company (although haven't used Novatech yet), but when I've had problems with products from OcUK I've had them dealt with quickly and efficiently. A member of staff here saying that their competitors have no CS (essentially), looks very bad on Novatech as it's not prefessional at all.

As for the cases...wish I had lots of money. :(

[The Underdog]

Not really agreeing with you on that - GIBBO used to work there, surely you he left for a reason..? It's the Novatech Forums, surely you must expect some bias from the members of staff - after all if no one bought from here, they wouldn't have a job...

[InvaderGIR]

Not really agreeing with you on that - GIBBO used to work there, surely you he left for a reason..? It's the Novatech Forums, surely you must expect some bias from the members of staff - after all if no one bought from here, they wouldn't have a job...

There is bias, and then thee is slandering the competition.

Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread or make it look like I don't like Novatech, as I do like it. :)

[Cnr]

The Silverstone Fortress looks pretty smart. Can you buy one without the window in the UK?

[M4cc45]

Not really agreeing with you on that - GIBBO used to work there, surely you he left for a reason..? It's the Novatech Forums, surely you must expect some bias from the members of staff - after all if no one bought from here, they wouldn't have a job...

I've moved companies several times in the past not because there was anything wrong with them just for my own improvement both for further progress and salary.

I expect bias towards Novatech here - by that I mean really they shouldn't allow competitor talk as it would make life easier. What I don't expect is a distanct lack of professionalism from staff - I expect comments like that from the members here where it is there own personal view. I have never seen any comments by staff on other forums making comments about competitors.



M.

[The Underdog]

I've moved companies several times in the past not because there was anything wrong with them just for my own improvement both for further progress and salary.

I expect bias towards Novatech here - by that I mean really they shouldn't allow competitor talk as it would make life easier. What I don't expect is a distanct lack of professionalism from staff - I expect comments like that from the members here where it is there own personal view. I have never seen any comments by staff on other forums making comments about competitors.


It's business - plus forum members / staff are free to express there views on different companies, welcome to freedom of speech. Ritesh's views may be based on his own or others experiences, it doesn't really matter - he is entitled to voice them. As a Novatech employee I understand that you consider it unprofessional, but it's to be expected. Novatech allow free speech here, you don't get banned for saying there lousy providing you back it up. It's a good business practice imo - I rather thoughts are open with complete honesty tbh.

[Solari]

I really want a Fortress... are these cases as good at keeping noise in as people say? I have the pennies waiting to be spent :p

[Solari]

The Silverstone Fortress looks pretty smart. Can you buy one without the window in the UK?

The one without a window isn't black inside IIRC ('tis silver)

[M4cc45]

It's business - plus forum members / staff are free to express there views on different companies, welcome to freedom of speech. Ritesh's views may be based on his own or others experiences, it doesn't really matter - he is entitled to voice them. As a Novatech employee I understand that you consider it unprofessional, but it's to be expected. Novatech allow free speech here, you don't get banned for saying there lousy providing you back it up. It's a good business practice imo - I rather thoughts are open with complete honesty tbh.

Theres no such thing as the freedom of speech. Potentially slanderous remarks about other companies should stay off public boards. It's one thing for a user to say it and another for a competing company to say it. You have to think that when a Novatech employee does this (I don't know his position) he is voicing the opinions of the company. The reason why I say that is it's on the companies website and done in the companies time.

It's beyond unprofessional in my opinion. It's good to have a little freedom but when you open the door to these kind of remarks you have to be careful as to who is looking and also the trouble that this could bring.

I don't see this happening on other boards and, in my opinion, it has no place here. It puts people off using this website because it's like a little kiddie war and no-one wants to deal with kids when they are spending a lot of money.

I know people here want to side with Novatech which is fine this was the bias that was mentioned earlier but you have to think long term damage that these type of comments make.



M.

[Cnr]

The one without a window isn't black inside IIRC ('tis silver)
That sucks, although I guess I could always paint the inside black. Does having windows on a case make your case any louder than a case without windows?

[The Underdog]

Theres no such thing as the freedom of speech. Potentially slanderous remarks about other companies should stay off public boards. It's one thing for a user to say it and another for a competing company to say it. You have to think that when a Novatech employee does this (I don't know his position) he is voicing the opinions of the company. The reason why I say that is it's on the companies website and done in the companies time.

It's beyond unprofessional in my opinion. It's good to have a little freedom but when you open the door to these kind of remarks you have to be careful as to who is looking and also the trouble that this could bring.

I don't see this happening on other boards and, in my opinion, it has no place here. It puts people off using this website because it's like a little kiddie war and no-one wants to deal with kids when they are spending a lot of money.

I know people here want to side with Novatech which is fine this was the bias that was mentioned earlier but you have to think long term damage that these type of comments make.



M.

Absolutely rubbish - freedom of speech is here much more than it is elsewhere. These forums are well maintained by a good set of moderators (not all of them work at Novatech) to which free speech is permitted to an obvious degree- if you have a problem with Novatech by all means complain, make hateful posts - just give good reason and they will do there best to resolve it, compared to ban you like other sites. Plus, a Novatech employee does not always post on behalf of Novatech, they have lives too you know and opinions as well. I'm also highly doubtful anyone here is "scared" what other companies would do on the basis we express our opinions about them here. Let me give you my experience with eBuyer:

Ordered case.
Arrived damaged.
They did... nothing.
No apology.
No business from me.
I don't recommend them to people.

Do I care if they see that? Nope not in the slightest, it's my opinion based on previous experience trading with them. Good customer service = loyal customers, that's where eBuyer failed. Novatech has never let me down yet, so I recommend them. They provide us all with a forum to use, competitions to take part it plus actually give a dam about the customers themselves - not something I found elsewhere. By all means continue complaining about how you don't like this "kiddie war" but tbh I don't think anyone really cares - some of us will be loyal to the company we purchase from regularly on the basis they never let us down, plus are there if we need them. I'm sure there are people on these forums who have easily spent over £2000 with Novatech over a period of time - maybe you should wonder why... Novatech has the best customer service I have seen from ANY company and if I choose to voice my opinion on that and share my previous, negative experience with other companies I'm well within my power to do that, as demonstrated in this topic :).

[M4cc45]

Without quoting your post. Freedom of speech does not exist. Go outside and make racists, homo-phobic, slanderous remarks and see what happens.

I'd say you were wearing novatech branded blinkers if you can't see the reasoning behind my post. Yes you are perfectly well within your rights to bring up past experiences with other companies. I'm not doubting any poor service by any company what I was and, apparantly, I am still trying to get through to people is that for someone who obviously works for Novatech to come out and say stupid comments like that is unprofessional. There is no doubt in any rational persons mind that it's unprofessional. The entire debacle about 'we lowered our prices and now they've lowered theres to even lower than us' comment was very stupid as well - obviously they're going to try and compete. I used to work reselling hardware and know that the markups are crazy - 40% in some cases so thats why other people can compete as they take the lower margin.

If other companies were so bad and gave every one the same level of CS as you have recieved would anyone use them? If the forums there were so bad and so intrusive on your percieved right of freedom of speech would anyone use them? You only have to look at the active users to know the answer to that question. I used to live in Stoke so for me it was a very easy place to get to and get new bits from. I've had great CS from there and average CS from there (they missed an item out of my order and I had to wait 5 minutes while they fetched it from the back - though they were very busy at the time).

What I'm painstackingly trying to say is if they cut the ****, concentrate on competing and get down to the business of running the site, concentrating on there own things and not worrying about what other sites are doing then they more people will come here. It's for there own good I was making out the points.

The reason for all the competitions is to get people to come to the site (as seen by the recruit a friend) and if the first thing they see is a company representative slagging of the competition then they will not be placing orders as it gives the distinct impression that you're dealing with kids.



M.

P.S. I think it's pointless going over the same thing as we don't agree.

[Mungo]

:ZZZ: overreact much?




Ordered case.
Arrived damaged.
They did... nothing.
No apology.
No business from me.
I don't recommend them to people.

I think you were unlucky with ebuyer, i bought virtually my while pc there, and, like you, the case was broken. Fortunately my Dad was in Portsmouth and popped into Novatech for a new one, but Ebuyer were great about it, picked it up, and refunded me :)

[The Underdog]

P.S. I think it's pointless going over the same thing as we don't agree.

Yup, I can't be bothered to write a huge post again either.

[coursemyhorse]

Without quoting your post. Freedom of speech does not exist. Go outside and make racists, homo-phobic, slanderous remarks and see what happens.

I'd say you were wearing novatech branded blinkers if you can't see the reasoning behind my post. Yes you are perfectly well within your rights to bring up past experiences with other companies. I'm not doubting any poor service by any company what I was and, apparantly, I am still trying to get through to people is that for someone who obviously works for Novatech to come out and say stupid comments like that is unprofessional. There is no doubt in any rational persons mind that it's unprofessional. The entire debacle about 'we lowered our prices and now they've lowered theres to even lower than us' comment was very stupid as well - obviously they're going to try and compete. I used to work reselling hardware and know that the markups are crazy - 40% in some cases so thats why other people can compete as they take the lower margin.

If other companies were so bad and gave every one the same level of CS as you have recieved would anyone use them? If the forums there were so bad and so intrusive on your percieved right of freedom of speech would anyone use them? You only have to look at the active users to know the answer to that question. I used to live in Stoke so for me it was a very easy place to get to and get new bits from. I've had great CS from there and average CS from there (they missed an item out of my order and I had to wait 5 minutes while they fetched it from the back - though they were very busy at the time).

What I'm painstackingly trying to say is if they cut the ****, concentrate on competing and get down to the business of running the site, concentrating on there own things and not worrying about what other sites are doing then they more people will come here. It's for there own good I was making out the points.

The reason for all the competitions is to get people to come to the site (as seen by the recruit a friend) and if the first thing they see is a company representative slagging of the competition then they will not be placing orders as it gives the distinct impression that you're dealing with kids.



M.

P.S. I think it's pointless going over the same thing as we don't agree.


I am also in agreement with you M4cc45. To "The Underdog", from some of your posts on this forum it's almost like you are in some way affiliated with Novatech or that you are expecting brownie points for sticking up for them. You don't need to take it as far as you do. We post here because we have an interest in novatech. Nobody is directly here to bicker about them or make negative remarks. We actually welcome the freedom of speech here and appreciate the ability to discuss directly with novatech about making improvements and keeping things good for the customer.

The point above you seem to be missing, is that novatech don't NEED to make such remarks about their direct competitor. As said, this does look unprofessional and almost like "panic tactics". No need for it.

In contrast to the probably overly exagerated comments about OCUK, I have always had good service from them if you can call it service. I have had to RMA things, so sent them back as per RMA instructions and...you guessed it..got a replacement in quick time. No problems. Just because you have an opinion on OCUK having bad CS and novatech having good CS, it doesn't mean everybody else has ahd that experience. With respect, I could make posts all over this board about how OCUK have better stock availability and cheaper prices on certain ranges...but I don't. What would be the point in that?

[robyrantor2]

there are some nice cases here

[Penfold_90]

there are some nice cases here

Getting back to the point of the topic then.... :-)

I agree and if I needed a new one I'd be looking at these