In an industry where a product's life cycle is at most a year, it is rare to find something that lasted. The consumers not only expects change, they crave it. They know that their $1000 dollars computer will be junk in a few years and only a few components can be salvage. I had the same mentality until I brought a Thermaltake Xaser V.
It was more expensive than the other retail PC Cases but after looking at the specs, I couldn't pass it up. I brought a AMD 3000+ Barton, 9800 Pro with an Asus motherboard, that was nearly 10 years ago.
To give an idea of how durable this tank is, here is a stock picture of the case.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQfH56Lp65JKNaW8qN9dIAro6nz0q5poiWe5Ks_PYXzmEKeaZcZITi1qnu5COOdnDRSe3qcSHs_Kb25bgJhntk0V3wdDvRB2yVeFplgyT4_xG9hRFXfo67vOzlHiIN-ZDFF0vEq4GA0s/s320/v7000d.jpg) |
Stock Photo via Thermaltake site, case release in 2003 |
Here is the case right now.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJEWWSPv71xMCnaFQhFsaENP61PsEvrbbwdk0C6nthhjKWaC3FVDG_Nh3xPNKHQqeJ62DhAEwgd22tcWNdxge8NOa5d1oVHnc6x1JNY7y4xrlemGV5B7ArObuiLdZlQIyBFQoxle_dD4/s320/Thermaltake2.jpg) |
Currently 2012 July
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