Kingwin KT-424 Aluminum Case
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 18, 2003 11:18 PM EST- Posted in
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Quite often, we overlook the removable panel or door to a case. Usually, we do not need to talk about this. However, once in a while, it slips by us and three months later, someone asks us, "Why did you give such a high rating to a case with a panel that I can’t remove or put back?"Kingwin went with a very traditional panel door. The insets are oversized and the case does not produce any unnecessary complications to close or open. However, it is unusually heavy. The 8mm acrylic cutout is not flush with the rest of the panel, so the panel is slightly difficult to put back if you do not lay the case on its side.
The largest problem we have had with aluminum is its malleability. Whereas steel cases have sharp edges everywhere, aluminum cases have bent corners and creased paneling. Particularly, the side removable panels like to bend the most. The excessively think acrylic on the left side panel seems to keep the side panel from creasing, but carelessness can and will bend the right panel.
One of the more unusual little items was the carbon fiber insert along the top of the front bezel. This same insert makes itself present on almost every Lian Li case.
All external components on the case were removed with thumbscrews. The resemblance to Lian Li’s budget aluminum line is certainly present, but the inside differs greatly.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - link
#3 - no need for a grounding cable, remember there's two grounds in the power connector.kris - is the typo the only comment worthy of a response from you?
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Yak,Thanks for the typo! I have fixed the article.
Kristopher
yak8998 - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
On the benchmarks page, under decibel measurements, you list "Kingwin KT-436-BK-WM Aluminum" as the first and last case. I'm assuming one of these should be the 424...?Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
i want to adress something off topic does anybody know if the case from ocsystem the OCSystem Diamond Warp Super 10bay Tower Case anygood its for 55$ sounds pretty good looking at the specsAnonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Wouldn't the harddrives need grounding cables? (because of the rubber mounting grommets)Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
you make fun of them for typos, why not fix your own? think? thick? etc...Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
one thing that would make this review a lot better - higher res pictures. MUCH higher res. just make them clickable to enlarge like the old days of ATaodfan - Sunday, January 6, 2019 - link
I have had this case for 15 years this month and I still love it. I have managed to have several builds in it and it never fails me. Though I through multiple moves I have been able to maintain most of the parts, but albeit some HDD screws have been lost, but that doesn't really seem to matter at this point since mounting SSD are more flexible. I have even contacted KingWin themselves to see if they have and NOS parts and they were so surprised that I still had one and going strong, that says something for a product that they designed and built so well. I have thought of getting a different case at some point when a new build refresh comes along, but I cannot help but not love the aesthetics of this case. I mean it doesn't seem like they make them like this anymore! I will definitely, even if it does ever get replaced, keep it around.