Would you buy a dual system computer case?

Would you buy a dual system computer case?
 

 
 
 
 

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Manic Mouse
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Nah. Does nothing for me.

Pros:
* Geek-appeal of having 2 separate systems in the same box.
* Separation of systems lets you power one down while leaving the other running for server functions.
* Separate hardware platforms for two systems and only need to lug a single box around.
* Bragging rights

Cons:
* Security (from someone that has lived thru the heartbreak of losing their baby to burglars) – somebody steals that box from your house, they are essentially ripping you off for two computers.
* Can’t have one without the other
* Weight – you are essentially lugging the weight of 2 whole computers in that one box if you need to transport it.
* Kinda hard to install each system on its own circuit. Separate ones can be installed in completely different rooms/floors from each other
* If one side is your gaming rig, you can’t take it to lan parties without lugging that other hardware as well.

I personally like to have each system packaged in its own box and handled separately.

Mark Baker

Asus Maximus VIII Hero, Intel i7 6700K @4.2Ghz (stock speed), 32gb Corsair Vengeance Black 3200MHZ, MSI 970 Gaming 4G, Samsung 840 Evo, Vertex 4, Intel 510 & Adata SX900 SSDs, wrapped in a CoolerMaster HAF XM case. Monitor 27″ Samsung SyncMaster SA850 2560 x 1440

WesleyNL
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dual systems is quite old though, but fun to have indeed, but sepparated psu perfered

here some cases when i heard this i thught at 1st about mountain mods i think they started this dual system but it is not realy a hit to have dual systems,

AZZA 4000 arround 2012
mounainmods (custom)
Lian Li PC-D666 arround 2014

most stuff you can do with 1 system so why 2 systems if 1 system is powerfull ennough to do everything , cpus get faster, there is already build in gpu in the cpu so aditional gpu can add sepparated screens for adding a dual account on 1 computer , i always used vmare and splitted my notebook, one used the hdmi with an sepparated keyboard/mice, and the main used the notebook compartments , ofc it caused alot stress but it worked fine

i perfer indeed if a dual system to have 1 atx/e-atx and 1 mini itx/micro itx but a sepparated psu not 1, i think 1 single psu can’t be stable with 2 systems,
in the past there was coolermaster stacker witch had dual psu for some reason eventhough it didn’t had an option for dual motherboard, i have one of those cases