Kingwin KT-424 Aluminum Case
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 18, 2003 11:18 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Final Thoughts
Performance of this case is not spectacular, but you do get a lot for under $100. When stacked up against the expensive ThermalTake Xaser III or the pricier Kingwin KT-436, the KT-424 does pretty well. We continue to keep a close eye on Kingwin, as they definitely are a worthy adversary to ThermalTake and Lian Li.The little touches on this case are what made it a much better case than it should have been. The rubber hard drive mounts, tool-less bay clips, removable tray and detachable motherboard leads were the 50-cent additions that made the case worthy enough for our recommendation. Of course, we would like to see this case hit the sub $70 range. But give them time, and we are confident that Kingwin can bring themselves to that point. The manual does need some work, especially if Kingwin wants to compete with ThermalTake’s excellent documentation.
Overall, the KT-424 is a well designed, aftermarket case. The price is right and the features are good. Congratulations to Kingwin on another excellent attempt in the consumer enclosure market.
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Anonymous User - Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - link
#3 - no need for a grounding cable, remember there's two grounds in the power connector.kris - is the typo the only comment worthy of a response from you?
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
Yak,Thanks for the typo! I have fixed the article.
Kristopher
yak8998 - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
On the benchmarks page, under decibel measurements, you list "Kingwin KT-436-BK-WM Aluminum" as the first and last case. I'm assuming one of these should be the 424...?Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - link
i want to adress something off topic does anybody know if the case from ocsystem the OCSystem Diamond Warp Super 10bay Tower Case anygood its for 55$ 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.