You’ll be able to lastly get your palms on Teenage Engineering’s completely tiny and completely orange Pc-1 PC case once more, months after it initially went on sale and sold out. When you had been actually hoping to purchase the $195 build-it-yourself mini-ITX case, you possibly can head over to the company’s website and add it to your cart — although earlier than you do, it’s most likely price refreshing your self on the Pc-1’s… particularities.
When Teenage Engineering introduced this case, we had some considerations. It has barely any room for a contemporary graphics card (even this tiny RTX 3060 is greater than Teenage Engineering recommends), the airflow scenario appeared a bit suspicious, and the “assume twice, bend as soon as” warning in meeting information made the constructing course of appear high-stakes.
Individuals who have since built systems in the case say the bending and the airflow aren’t big issues, however additionally they found that the holes don’t come pre-tapped. That signifies that screwing into them is likely to be a time-consuming forearm exercise — not precisely the expertise you’d count on with such an costly piece of equipment. (High quality Mini-ITX {cases} vary from under $100 to around $200 — however these often come pre-assembled).
With all that stated, the Pc-1 is undeniably a style assertion, one thing that may’t be stated concerning the relatively plain containers most PCs name residence (there are, in fact, exceptions). And whereas there could also be higher methods to spend $200 on an orange flatpack PC body — the Playdate that TE designed with Panic appears pretty fun and lots fashionable too — you don’t have many different choices in case you completely want a pc case that appears impressed by the Half-Life HEV suit. Simply be prepared to spend so much for one thing it’s important to bend and construct your self; magnificence doesn’t come low-cost.
