Joys of Owning a Parvum Case (L1.0)

[chris84]

Before I start this is by no means a complaint, I love the Parvum case. They're expensive but can be fully customised and look amazing. This is more an observation for those that currently own one or are considering buying one.

Dust

If you want to get some dust free pictures of the inside you best do it quickly because they're a dust magnet. This isn't helped by the fan mounts which have no dust filter built in. Now yes I know you could fit some yourself while installing the fans but that would completely spoil the look of the case.

The fan mounts look amazing, this is a problem you're just going to have to live with. The dust in the pictures was almost instantly there. I do have some white LEDs in the case which probably make it look worse than it is and the pictures are close but you get what I'm saying. Be prepared to clean it often

The pain we must endure to have sexy fan grills like these.

Front

Side

Top

Rear

Sharp Edges

These things are sharp. It's like working with unpolished glass edges. You seriously have to be careful when handling the panels and even more careful moving them about on your desk.

Get yourself some thick felt, spare carpet or something to build this on. I ended up putting the corners on rubber pads used typically for sofa or chair legs on wooden floors. Check out how sharp they look.

I've noticed others mention this on youtube etc... but I thought they were exaggerating until I noticed what they did to my solid oak desktop. Now before you check these pictures you should note that I have a Parvum L1.0 so it's a big heavy system that needed to be moved around a lot. A sheet of felt under it would have made working with this much easier. I wouldn't recommend transporting them too far without wrapping them in a blanket.

Now despite these issues I love the case. I can fit a 360mm radiator with push/pull fans and two D5 pumps along with some piping in the bottom compartment. I put a 480mm rad with push fans but you could fit push/pull if you wanted using a 30mm thick radiator. Up top you can easily fit a 360mm and depending on what other gear you fit inside it can be as thick as you like.

Lots of reservoir mounting space and really easy to modify. A simple spade bit will go through the material for bulkhead adapters. I used a wood drill bit to making small reservoir mounting holes with ease.

Anyway I hope you had a good read. I'll post more pictures of the case later in a separate post for anyone that's interested.

Chris

 

[Dawelio]

I've personally never liked Parvum cases and even more less so their designs. Personally never understood what people like about them, but everyone has their own preferences.

I'd personally not even get one even if I got it for free to be honest. Nice post though and will most likely be handy to some people who may be interested in these types of cases

 

[Dicehunter]

Looks great although the dust buildup on those first 2 pics is making my brain itch, Compressed air ASAP !!! ^_^

Best bet is to fabricate some type of dust filter for all the intakes otherwise cleaning will be a daily practice.

 

[Wraith]

Dust! It's acrylic, yes it's a dust magnet acrylic is a static nightmare that's just simple science, as for sharp edges well..... yes it's a machined hard material it's bound to have fine edges you could cut yourself on.

From a personal stand point I've always liked Parvum designs and all their builds to date have been brilliant, can't fault them one bit. Beautiful innovations in chassis design that should be accepted and praised not only for the sharp aesthetics but for being different and the customisable options are pretty much only limited by your imagination and your wallet.

 

[Dicehunter]

Dust! It's acrylic, yes it's a dust magnet acrylic is a static nightmare that's just simple science, as for sharp edges well..... yes it's a machined hard material it's bound to have fine edges you could cut yourself on.

From a personal stand point I've always liked Parvum designs and all their builds to date have been brilliant, can't fault them one bit. Beautiful innovations in chassis design that should be accepted and praised not only for the sharp aesthetics but for being different and the customisable options are pretty much only limited by your imagination and your wallet.

The custom watercooling case Parvum did with the res built into the floor was pure eye candy !

 

[RandomBadger]

I've always wanted a Parvum..
I even spoke to JR about getting a custom one made but there's only one thing stopping me...... Time.

I'm way to busy these days to have time to take my pc apart and take the time to put it in the parvum how I want lol

Yours look nice and clean bar the dust lol