Case weight: what it tells?

[autumn_suns3t]

I am going to buy a case, and noticing that even if all made of steel, those about $100 cost weigh about 6/9 kg.. while those costing $150 or 200 weigh much more even 15/18kg. With same size.
What makes the difference?

 

[hunter315]

Generally the design of the case. You can make a very simple old style case with no real cutouts for cable routing, no rounded edges, nothing special, and make it out of pretty thing metal and it will be light, its going to sound like a drum if you tap on it though. The more expensive cases will have grommited holes for cable routing, removable drive bays, thicker material for better stiffness, and are often physically larger which also amounts to a lot of weird.

Weight doesn't tell you much in terms of a case, its like judging a CPU on its frequency, its just numbers without context.

 

[autumn_suns3t]

by the way man, let me congratulate you on your signature about knowledge and illusion, and thx for the answer.

 

[geofelt]

Less expensive, lighter cases will use thinner panels and are a bit more flimsy.
Aluminum cases, like from lian li are very light weight but are sturdy and constructed of aluminum.
For a lan box, that is very good.