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    Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Mid-tower gaming chassis reviewed and rated.
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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    I seriously cant believe their is still a market for this tat.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Good thing i skipped breakfast today... dry heave

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    I feel like case designs are getting worse and worse these days. They're either horrendously boring or so over-the-top like this one that you have to wonder about the mental state of the designers.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    i thought this thread was going to be about rich old women

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Even if it had a pretty face I wouldn't pay £40 for it, the chassis build and materials look pants.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Quote Originally Posted by TheVoice View Post
    I feel like case designs are getting worse and worse these days. They're either horrendously boring or so over-the-top like this one that you have to wonder about the mental state of the designers.
    I dunno i think there is some decent middleground between the reserved aluminim boxes and the outragous transformer rejects. Some of the Silverstone Raven cases, NZXT Phantom, Corsair Graphite and Bitfenix cases all spring to mind.

    Guess its a matter of taste at the end of the day though.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    That is a horrendous name! Sounds like some dodgy game show involving... well let's not go there, eh.
    It's also a horrifically ugly case. I'm willing to allow for a fair amount of ugliness in a case (although I prefer monolithic cases aesthetically myself), providing that cooling performance is decent and noise is as low as possible. Not the best case p/reviewed this month, methinks!

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    WOW that's ugly

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    damn, that's ugly tat.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    I did wonder on first glance whether any of the plastic additions were actually functional, it would appear not. If they're not actually going to do anything apart from stick some random bits of plastic around a standard layout case then that's exactly what it will be. I'll take mine sans the garish plastic bits, thanks.

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    Possibly one of the most horrific attempts at "styling" I've had the misfortune to expose my eyes to. Who actually buys this stuff or even said "yes that's it, that's what people want!".

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Is it an optical illusion or do both those graphics card look at a strange angle?
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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    Butt ugly,any price is taking a liberty.

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    Re: Reviews - Cougar Challenger

    2 and a half stars? Bit generous IMHO.

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    I dunno Jingee, that's the lowest score I've ever seen Hexus give, so it's all relative

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