They are specifically making the case similar in style to certain older Japanese computers, that's the retro aspect. They do not act like they are first to market, they made a joke ps pseudo-pc98 product and people liked it enough to make it real
The dream. One side for the MB/CPU and the other for the GPU with a weird little pcie bridge in the middle. Pleasssse.
It's odd living in the tech designs of the past. While thinking of the x68000 Elite I remembered the "BMW Design Level 10 Case by Thermaltake" (just say no to the GT and GTS versions) and started wondering if/how long before that complete goofball of a case gets a cult following and a remake. Then I started wondering what are the designs folks younger than myself have fallen in love with? I'd love to know.
Your last point is really a sore point of mine nowadays, it appears I can only get aquariums instead of a proper PC tower like in the good old days.
For anyone not feeling like building a custom PC tower around my region, it is either a proper case with sucky hardware like i5 CPUs, or proper hardware configuration, packaged in rainbows from all forms and colours.
I have a Meshify 2 for my main desktop with a 5800X and a 3090 for airflow, and a Define 7 for my home server with 10x HDDs, for quietness’s sake. The frustrating part now is opaque sided cases are lower volume parts, and usually more expensive as a result :/
From the look of it evercases do not include last 15 years of discoveries around cable routing, variable screw slots for fans, etc. SilverStone case seems to be modern intestines in retro outfit.
EverCase (http://www.evercase.co.uk/) has been selling 'retro' cases for years, though I don't think they would call them that, more like utilitarian.
Since when have PC cases been required to have acrylic windows and rainbow lighting? I've always thought it was foolish.