Review : ClearCase DCi CM 42

With trends so frequently changing in the case modding scene, it seems like by the time I finish a mod – it has already been done. It is nearly impossible to come up with an original window idea. Frustrating? Hell yes! Rather than worrying about a window design, why don’t we all just buy fully acrylic cases like the DCi CM 42-BL from Ev-Web.at. Acrylic cases have been a little more scarce than the average aluminum and steel chassis’, not because of any design flaws, but because of price, assembly and fear of ESD onto system components.

With this chassis we have a chance to test it and it seems like all prior problems have been solved, but we’ll see about that! Shortly after speaking with Ev-Web, this chassis was laying on my front porch in a thin box. Unaware that this case required full assembly, I began to pull pieces of the case from the box. After pulling the pieces separately from their box, I began to pull the bubble wrap off each individual piece of acrylic and was quick to notice the quality. The acrylic thickness ranged from pieces at ¼” to 1/8.” I then began to check out the front ¼” acrylic...