[SOLVED] Recommended late 90s-early 2000s gaming PC cases?

[SebCS]

I've been wanting to slap my main editing rig into an old PC case, but don't want to sacrifice an old beast of a machine to do so! Does anyone know of any place I could get my hands on an awesome looking vintage case?

 

[alceryes]

The thing with vintage cases is that the I/O panel, front power switch and LEDs, motherboard form factor, power supply form factor, etc. will be incompatible with newer hardware.
Just make sure whatever you get is compatible with the hardware you have.

vintage computer case: Search Result | eBay

 

[hotaru.hino]

eBay's your best bet if you want to find an old computer case. Just keep in mind that your front I/O is going to be limited to USB 2.0 at best and the cooling options aren't going to be that good. Most cases of the time only had one or two 80mm fan mounts.

I recommend looking into retro-inspired cases.

 

[USAFRet]

Does anyone know of any place I could get my hands on an awesome looking vintage case?

Craigslist or your local equivalent.
Shipping on a case would be expensive.

Problems with "vintage" cases - Not ATX, and poor airflow.
You'll almost certainly have to do a lot of cutting and modification.

 

[Karadjgne]

Depends on what you are after as far as 'vintage'. You could probably find an old AT full tower for cheap, and if you are any good with a drill and dremel, could make a decent airflow case out of it. There's also the whole mod fan club who take anything from a red-bull fridge to microwave to record player etc and turn them into pc cases.