Other What's on Taobao

[SloppyCandy]

Im wondering if anyone has experience with either of these sellers: Seven.CME or Captain S?

Seven CME seems like it can do extensive customizations, looking at their A4 model I see customers with customized versions to fit thickers fans, taller coolers, or ATX PSUs. Has my interest but not sure how difficult communicating a custom order would be for an English speaker in the USA. Fairly basic panel + threaded cube construction.

Captain S looks interesting. Focusing on the mATX V3 case: I cant find any pictures of it with aluminum panels on both sides. No apparent customization options (A darker color would be nice). May also want to order an extra glass side panel so I have the option. Looks like better quality construction than the SevenCM but who knows.

 

[rainmaker33]

Im wondering if anyone has experience with either of these sellers: Seven.CME or Captain S?

Seven CME seems like it can do extensive customizations, looking at their A4 model I see customers with customized versions to fit thickers fans, taller coolers, or ATX PSUs. Has my interest but not sure how difficult communicating a custom order would be for an English speaker in the USA. Fairly basic panel + threaded cube construction.

Captain S looks interesting. Focusing on the mATX V3 case: I cant find any pictures of it with aluminum panels on both sides. No apparent customization options (A darker color would be nice). May also want to order an extra glass side panel so I have the option. Looks like better quality construction than the SevenCM but who knows.

Interesting. I like the Captain S v1.2. It's one of the few ITX cases with fan cut-out instead of slotted grooves for optimum airflow.
Plus it can use both ATx or SFX PSU. And the aluminum panels are 3~5mm thick.
Looks like you can even stick a 92mm AIO under the PSU if your graphic card is shorter than 180mm.

 

[rocklobster]

I'm looking for a Taobao case that can accommodate a thicker AIO (Corsair H80i v2, 49mm without fans). Better if it can accommodate a thinner 120mm AIO for the GPU as wel.

 

[Yugo555]

There is this clean looking Ghost S1 clone at JD: https://item.jd.com/100006200493.html
It costs around 140USD. Anybody bought it or has taobao link?

 

[tinyitx]

There is this clean looking Ghost S1 clone at JD: https://item.jd.com/100006200493.html
It costs around 140USD. Anybody bought it or has taobao link?

Do not seem to find a Taobao link but jd.com is just like Taobao and perhaps it is better in certain areas. Probably better delivery and higher guarantee of product quality. So, if you are serious enough, I would suggest just buying from jd.com. Or, you can use an agent like Superbuy if you are overseas.

 

[esca]

Do not seem to find a Taobao link but jd.com is just like Taobao and perhaps it is better in certain areas. Probably better delivery and higher guarantee of product quality. So, if you are serious enough, I would suggest just buying from jd.com. Or, you can use an agent like Superbuy if you are overseas.

Found one on taobao. https://m.tb.cn/h.Vlj2JrA?sm=ae3239

 

[thelaughingman]

finally have the Formula X1 on hand. it's gonna be a busy weekend for me guys

 

[hereforthefeast]

Nice @thelaughingman ! I also just received my Formula case (not the x1 though)

 

[Valantar]

finally have the Formula X1 on hand. it's gonna be a busy weekend for me guys

Looks nice! Color marching between the panels looks sub-par though, but I would expect that.

 

[Yugo555]

finally have the Formula X1 on hand. it's gonna be a busy weekend for me guys

What IEC power connector is that? Are they reliable? I was looking for such low profile PSU power cable. Is it sold separately on Aliexpress or taobao if you know?

 

[takatsu]

Has anyone tried to order 2 cases at the same time through Superbuy? Just wondering if I could order 2 cases and sell 1 in order to save on shipping costs and make a profit? I was thinking of getting the SGPC K55. Courier would probably be DHL as there are no other options right now.

As a side note, when do you guys think everything will start to normalize and PC parts stock will go back to normal, prices will go back down, international shipping fees go back down as well?

 

[ryanakata]

finally have the Formula X1 on hand. it's gonna be a busy weekend for me guys

I love that color and almost wish I had tried this instead of the M1. I am pretty sure I'll pick one up if you say it's decent enough for the money and use it on a build for my parents that they're due for at the end of the year.

 

[ChrisMCP]

There is this clean looking Ghost S1 clone at JD: https://item.jd.com/100006200493.html
It costs around 140USD. Anybody bought it or has taobao link?

Nice clone but holes look really rough. The quality is very much subpart things like Captain S, which is probably the best I've ever seen.

finally have the Formula X1 on hand. it's gonna be a busy weekend for me guys

What are those faint cutouts on the cover it seems (one bigger and the other smaller below)?
Also have you intentionally mixed the colors of the sidepanels and the rest (the front seems gunmetal and the sidepanels are like lighter gunmetal)?

 

[Valantar]

What are those faint cutouts on the cover it seems (one bigger and the other smaller below)?
Also have you intentionally mixed the colors of the sidepanels and the rest (the front seems gunmetal and the sidepanels are like lighter gunmetal)?

I would guess they are CNC'd sections to allow for more clearance for the riser cable and ... GPU power connectors? Or something? As fortthe color, my guess (see above) is just poor color matching from the anodization shop. It is pretty much to be expected unless all panels for the case are anodized at the same time or the anodization shop has excellent QC. For something small scale like this I would expect poorly matched colors. But maybe I'm just a pessimist?

 

[hereforthefeast]

I have another case from Formula and it has the exact same kind of mismatched color:

 

[thelaughingman]

@hereforthefeast thanks! mine is reversed though - front is darker than side panels!

@Valantar you are not wrong 1 bit. the seller took 3 weeks to ship my order, my guess is he used that time to collect as many orders as possible before turning on the CNC machine.

@Yugo555 haven't opened up the case yet, that is saved for this weekend but the connector looks like the same as in the Dan A4 with the obvious difference being low profile. Not sure where to buy it separately but you could probably find it after some effort searching Taobao

@ryanakata thanks! I like this colour too, more than the other options (black, silver). so far it's worth the money to me but for your parents' build maybe get a cheaper option? since this is pretty much the most expensive Ghost-like cases on Taobao

@ChrisMCP as Valantar said, 1 of the cutouts are meant for more clearance to Riser cable - it's quite long and there's a lot of slack in there so couple of folds will be there; not quite sure about the other one yet. And no, I did not make any request in terms of differentiating the colours, still it comes out quite nice IMO, I don't mind the 2-tone at all, kinda gives it some character.

Also just a teaser but it looks like I might be able to fit a slim 120mm above the PSU AND a thick 120mm below the PSU at the same time

 

[hereforthefeast]

@thelaughingman it's probably just the flash from my camera - in person my front panels are darker (closer to space gray) and the sides are lighter and slightly more silver

 

[thelaughingman]

@thelaughingman it's probably just the flash from my camera - in person my front panels are darker (closer to space gray) and the sides are lighter and slightly more silver

I see, then it's probably just the seller's preference of anodizing - darker front, lighter sides

 

[Valantar]

I see, then it's probably just the seller's preference of anodizing - darker front, lighter sides

It might be a consequence of metal quality - if the sides are sheet metal and the front is milled from a block, they might be sourced from different foundries and thus have slightly different alloys. And different aluminium compositions absorb dye differently after anodization; one might require more heat or soak time to reach the same level of dye absorbtion as the other. If they are then all given the same due bath, the less absorbent will look lighter.

 

[AcatFormula]

It might be a consequence of metal quality - if the sides are sheet metal and the front is milled from a block, they might be sourced from different foundries and thus have slightly different alloys. And different aluminium compositions absorb dye differently after anodization; one might require more heat or soak time to reach the same level of dye absorbtion as the other. If they are then all given the same due bath, the less absorbent will look lighter.

Correct. Formula X1 has been made to it's 12th version but color difference remains a problem in case of Grey color. Black and Silver/White color will have less problem on this.