Not gonna lie, would seriously consider this case as an upgrade if it was available as a stand alone part. I love the retroness of it as well as the front hot swap HDDs as it could double up as a backup for my home NAS. I still have and watch DVDs and use the optical drive in my PC because I don’t want a TV and a PC in my bedroom. Also, that GPU bracket is essential in this day and age.
@@kiri3639 even better, add a blueray drive. Just like any other drive, they have power and sata connectors. You just need a case with an optical drive bay like Phanateks enthoo pro M
I am Japanese. I was one of the handful of my people to become a PC gamer back in the early 90s. The hardware and software was very hard to come by. I vividly remember, while our every electronic store was advertising DVD using PS2, I was asking around for Sound Blaster Card. I also remember smuggling Half Life 2 close to launch. I may have been the few or if not, the 1st Japanese to create Steam Account. And now, I see that my people are catching up. And all I can say is, never late than never. Btw, we pronounce Geo (Gay-O). I'm serious.
I think you mean better late than never😅, but that's great to hear it's finally catching on there, more, and more. Living in a more rural part of the southeastern US all my life, my experience was more like yours in the 90's where a fair chunk of my friends where console only gamers, and outside of school use computer ownership was more scarce till even the mid 00's than a lot of places, but I grew up with my family having owned computers since I was 2 in the early 80's, and I was even working my butt off after school at my first job to build a gaming PC, and trying to get parts for good prices like Sound Blaster cards, so I was the tech geek in my town. 😅
I've been living in Japan for nearly 8 years now and I'm always amazed when I spot a brand that I know back in the states for something specific, but they seem to do 90 different things in Japan. EPSON's watches are far from the craziest. Yahoo! is a popular mobile carrier out here. And about a quarter of my students walk around with Konami backpacks because the thing most Japanese people know them for are their "fitness clubs" (gyms).
I wasn't too surprised to hear about the watches - I mean they have some kind of close relationship with Seiko (as seen by references to "Seiko-Epson" in their printer drivers)
@@cyberking158 I'm an English teacher at N3, but most teachers here don't know much outside of simple greetings and reading katakana. N2 will get you some office jobs, but most prefer to hire N1 if they're going to bother with the visa process just because they can afford to be picky. But also, the JLPT scores will get you as far as an interview. But without having actual experience living in Japan, it might not be all you think it is. About half of newcomers only last a year before they go back to their home country. Those of us who have been here long term mostly consist of people who REALLY don't like their families, married someone Japanese, or turbo-weebs. A lot of companies will stay barely above the law with its foreigner employees and treat you as close to dirt and they can.
As someone who lives in Japan your intro made me laugh. I also live right next door to a Geo and can confirm, it's always got customers morning to night. Besides DVD and manga rentals, Geo also sells snacks, console/handheld games, and second-hand electronics too. Plus, their parking lot has an ice cream vending machine
What even is air flow? Certainly not this case. How to roast modern hardware 101. i commented before i finished the video folks, the thermals arent terrible. its still not a good case though. sound aesthetics and space matter too. i would prefer my game to be louder than my case fans thanks
ikr? There are so few good (especially cheap!) case options for home servers nowadays it's almost criminal. I just want a simple case that i can dunk a whole lot of HDDs or SSDs into, put some adequate internals behind them and have a place to store all my data on that way. This case would quite fit the bill for that!
I also appreciate the genuine hard drive activity light on the front of the computer. I feel like a lot of OEMs are going away from those and it is a real tragedy for someone trying to figure out if their computer has locked up or not.
@@Jehty_ It should only be on when you're using it and I think the monitor will be a lot brighter than the hard drive activity LED then. If it's really annoying you can always just put a piece of tape over it. It's one of those things that when you need it it's really annoying not to have it.
@@DoRC my PC only runs while it's doing some form of work. Downloading stuff, rendering stuff, etc. All while it's doing that the light flashes. All of that doesn't need the screen to be turned on.
@@Jehty_ Yeah in those cases I suppose it could be a nuisance but you can always just put a piece of tape over It or even disconnect it if you were so inclined.
Watching this from Japan gave me whiplash because my college is fully kitted out with EPSON desktops. Had no idea they basically don’t exist outside Japan anymore
They actually exist outside of Japan just not as prominent in the west there are still plenty of Epson stores here in the Philippines and they also have an e-store in our biggest online market platforms
@Zaydan Alfariz yeah they still have those but their prebuilts in my country is more of the "modern style" with aesthetics and case. I wish we got more of the classic types like we get in the video
It's the same with other brands as well. I knew Seiko as a premium watches brand but when I saw a Japanese or Taiwanese series, there was a Seiko wall clock in one of the scenes.
My Dell Precision T3500 is also built like a tank. I currenly am browsing the chasis available on the market and I can allready tell I am gonna miss how solid it is. Not to mention 3.5 inch bay that Ive installed a card reader in.
Kinda digging the case design. Im a huge sucker for the top handles and sturdy case design. The hotswap bay and video card support built in are also extremely cool. Would love to have more cases like that to choose from
I have a Antec case from 2004 I got for $10 at a thrift store that’s been my main PC case for years and is more or less setup similarly to the case in the video, clip in back fan mount and all. One of the great things about having a standard like ATX is that you can absolutely go get old cases and still use them.
I live in Japan. Great job in explaining why this type of PC still exists. Japanese also have a high preference for domestically made products, hence the effort that was made to put the ‘Epson’ branding on the board. Well done video.
@@yasunakaikumi The Japanese are notorious for knowing nothing about tech, which is why there are suckers paying $2000 for a tower with a 1030 and a floppy disk drive.
Actually discs (mostly DVDs) still get a ton of use in Canada through libraries! We still get the latest releases and it's so helpful for people who can't afford streaming services or don't have internet at home which is not uncommon in rural and low-income communities.
@@gaweyn Ah, yes. Let's just convince all the media conglomerates to rerelease all their IP on non-rewritable, heavily DRM'd custom USB storage devices for use by public libraries. I can't anticipate any reason whatsoever for them to not want to do that. It's not like corporations are evil money-grubbing wankers who throw a temper tantrum about their profits at the drop of any hat anywhere. /s @ajhb17 Same thing here in Murica! My mom works at a library, and DVDs are their most popular items. We only have a Netflix subscription and no cable, so we pull DVDs pretty frequently ourselves. Also, I just like having physical copies of things around. My box sets won't up and vanish one day just because someone didn't feel like renewing their contract with [insert streaming service]. And our collection of random kids' movies paid for itself the first time the Internet went out while my nieces were here. DVDs are _great._
I love sturdy and functional cases like this one. I'd need a tad more airflow to use it for anything modern, but as a NAS case or similar, these old style cases are sick!
@@chetanvmalhotra it's the intro, first 10 seconds. Linus saying "beautiful" and the way it's edited is a reference to bill's video about the history of japan
@@alpzepta indeed. But the mitsumi standard mechanical "KAM" switches in the apple m0110a are fantastic as are their KKR KPQ and other varient hybrid switches.
The surprise appearance of Arlo was awesome. Seeing all the dogs in the shoot on last Friday's WAN show, and then just Jake and Arlo appear was hilarious! He's such a chill kitty
If they sold this case individually I'd absolutely buy it. I much prefer this kind of look and feel to the tempered glass gamer-cases you get at the moment. I don't care about RGB or LEDs, I don't need a transparent side panel. Handles are very useful. GPU support brackets would be INSANE to have. This case, with a bit more airflow would be a very quick purchase for me.
I've been living in Japan for 17+ years. Epson is still a really big supplier, particularly for local and traditional Japanese companies. You often see them in warehouses, banks, and hospitals/clinics. Its not really the spec so much that attracts buyers, it's the quietness, readily available stock, and "Japan-based" support. (Fujitsu is also another manufacturer who sells in the same space.) No real gamers in Japan buy Epson for gaming. They either build their own, or buy pre-built ones from local companies (like from Mouse Computers). I've never seen anyone say "I'm going to Akiba to get and buy an Epson".😂
What are you doing in Japan? I wanna go back but don't know what i could do there professionally. I can speak the language so there is no problem when it comes to that
@@cyberking158 I work in IT (infrastructure). Lots of jobs available in the major cities in Japan, particularly if you speak Japanese to at least a business level.
I 100% want that case, love the aesthetic of it and as someone who recently got a 5.25" 4k blu-ray player I could actually fit it in the case instead of an enclosure.
Fun fact: SEIKO is a branch of Epson. Hence, SEIKO Epson Corporation They also use the same technology that their watches use (the piezoelectric crystal) in their heat-free "PrecisionCore" print heads as opposed to using a resistive heating element in each jet of the head.
Not quite, SEIKO is a completely independent company from Seiko Epson. Epson started out as a movement and watch manufacturer for Seiko (under the name Suwa Seikosha), and to this day makes movements and watches for Seiko and Grand Seiko, but they are completely independent entities. Orient Watches on the other hand is a subsidiary of Epson.
While I know there's a ton of stuff that the Japanese companies make in Japan purely for their own market, I had no idea Epson was still making PCs. That machine looks to have absolutely amazing build quality for something from the 2020's. Would be seriously interested in buying one of those cases if they or whoever makes them sold just the cases without any parts.
For anyone who doesn't know, Delta is like the King of power supply OEM. Whatever power supply you have in your house right now, they could make a top tier variant of it, from small tiny ones like a 12V DC brick, all the way up to a Level 2 EV charger.
Actually Delta also is high-tier fan manufacturer. You can find PSU and coolers in Macbooks, top HP and Dell laptops. And they LAST. I"ve replaced several cords, but 15yo power supply still runs my 2014 macbook (home mediacenter). It's as reliable as this case.
I love that case design. the handles, the optical drive bays, how it looks "gamer" but doesn't look like someone's taken a circular saw to some car panels that have had cheap aliexpress LEDs stuck to them - I would buy this PC just to gut it and put my own hardware into it
it really does look like it has a utilitarian philosophy to the design, with minor changes to make it more gamer as an after thought I guess this is the result or Japan getting more into PC gaming lately, going from an industry that would have been more focused on office use, hence how industrial it the build of the case seems to be
That's actually a surprisingly handsome looking case! And I kinda love the front-loading removable drive bays. Far easier to deal with than opening up the opposite side-panel to get to them! I do wish they had the option to replace the front optical drive bays with like a fan mounting option, but other than that this looks like it would last _quite_ a long time. And no RGB or glass side panel - yay!
@@Jehty_ I'm a digital artist, as well as a bit of a habitual short story writer (with a seeming inability to actually _finish_ a bloody story I start before starting the next one), so I actually tend to fill up hard drives quite quickly. And unfortunately my finances don't stretch to being able to afford the larger capacity drives - so I have a collection I usually rotate through and occasionally add a new drive to. So yeah - this feature is actually useful for me :)
@@DavidStruveDesigns hm, interesting. I would have never thought about physically swapping a drive when it's full. I would've just moved the files 😂 But I guess both options work.
man the approach to this case is really neat. I'd definitely trade some of the gamery stuff and pay more to have some of the QoL and rigidity features of this case.
I’d have said the same but the first time he opened the case it had the founders edition card in it and then magically swapped back to the shit card again lol
I wish more PC makers start revisiting this style of cases. This one is slightly edgier than I'd like but I'd love retro looking cases that actually has more thought out, modern cooling features integrated into it.
@@alexstromberg7696 I'm sure there are sleeper builds on customized retro cases that are actually quiet. That's why I added the part about "modern cooling features." :)
@Aarush Kumar obviously, yes. But building PCs for the last 20 years, I miss some of the convenient utility front bays had for standard ATX builds. Take one specific example: had an awesome dual-5" bay XSPC dual-D5 pump+res combo back in the day, all which fit away from everything else tucked in drive bays, and whose fill port was easily accessible from the front drive bay cover. Similarly, a fan controller on front of the case with RPM and temp probes and readout was nice. Hot swapping drives was also more convenient if that was a need you had. Aestethically, I prefer modern cases. But I do find myself nostalgic for the utility of front bays
After living in japan for 2 years and being in multiple barracks rooms, I can definitely say you can have a desktop and an entertainment center at the same time
Old rosewill cases are like that. I had an fbm 01 for my first PC. It looked and felt like an old prebuilt case and I loved it. Never did anything with the 5.25 in bays when I first built it.
Fractal does that - LianLi as well. Okay they don't lean as far into the 2000s for the design, and they don't have the cool 3,5 inch tray ffor HDDs.. but otherwise..
Back in the 80's in Japan EPSON manufactured a clone of the highly popular NEC PC-9800. In these times IBM was not super popular in Japan due to their lack of support for Japanese Characters (Kana and Kanjis) NEC and their PC-98 had support for this. On some model you had to buy expansion ROM board to include more characters.
The moment you mentioned Mitsumi I had flashbacks to the time my friend and I took apart our Gamecube controllers to clean them. Saw their branding all over the boards inside those things.
As someone who likes sleeper builds, although in my case probably better to say reverse-sleeper builds, i.e. retro systems in modern cases, I really love this case. Even has spots where you can put extra COM ports. That's certainly not something you see every day these days. Very nice.
@Zaydan Alfariz Well, a sleeper build is usually modern tech in retro/vintage cases. Reverse sleeper is just the opposite: retro/vintage tech in a modern case. :)
Revere sleeper builds .... Now there is an idea, I can actually put my original IBM PC motherboard (with cassette tape support) to use, as I've kind of given up ever finding a proper case for it.
I'm not a particularly big fan of RGB, so this chassis is quite attractive to me. Take out the disk and floppy drives and I'll choose this over those with side glass panels.
That case is some Japanese engineering indeed, I would actually love that kind of sturdiness in more modern cases. Sometimes I even miss the grey look, but I used to use cases with that look for a long time.
Geo is pretty cool because most of the Japanese TV broadcasters are incredibly slow/outright unwilling to make their back catalogues available for streaming. Even when they do, there's often giant holes in their collections for annoying "compliance" reasons so DVD rental places like Geo and Tsutaya are often your only choice if you want to watch a particular show.
Even here in Canada, some of us still want 5 1/4 drive bays for an optical drive. It's getting really hard to find them as streeming services push us as hard as they can toward the subscription services where we NEVER stop paying and our favorite content may or may not be there.
@@surferdude4487 I live in old neighborhood with shoddy electric grid and internet connection. I keep decent disc collection and break out PS3 to watch them when there blackouts
I really dig that case, would go nicely with my Sony E530 CRT, which I use as my main gaming display, OLED is still a ways of the IQ and performance of a top draw CRT monitor when it comes to gaming, especially when it comes to lag and motion clarity, and BFI is not the same thing as raster scan zero latency, in fact it adds a whole frame of lag (20ms).
I really *really* want to see built like tank no frills cases back. Corsair did do a few around 2015, but then just started making everything too fussy again. Kinda like a sleeper machine, but also because I don’t need all the other fancy stuff :P
@@bobbyb1647 Anything that is purely for aesthetics. For example, most cases are designed now to be completely clutter free as most have clear side panels to show off GPUs etc. When in reality, a solid GPU bracket like this case has is more practical than RGB. I want tonnes of airflow and bare bones but with modern USB headers. I don’t want a crazy angular ‘gamer’ case with tempered glass.
@@BBROPHOTO God yes to all of that. Hell, I'd love to have the case from the system shown in the video. The mounting bracket, the optical drive bays, and the hard drive bays would all be perfect for my "do everything" system project.
@@BBROPHOTO im with you but somewhere in the middle. I want a window but want the front to look more like a traditional computer with drive bays... in white.
I dig it, though I also still keep an optical drive bay as a core requirement for my case. I like playing older games that came on disc, plus gives access to these mysterious 'DVD' things
While not the best internals I would no joke love a case like that as a stand alone. The hot swap front hard drive bay drawer, expansion card support post and overall rigidity of it is something that's hard not to appreciate specially in this day and age of GPU units that are heavier than the motherboard, i would say "add a few extra air intakes" but then there's the upper drive bays that can easily be taken out and replaced with fan meshes, absolutely lovely.
I kinda have a fondness for computer cases that are just honest computer cases. Like, a box with all the functionality of a box that has a computer in it. Never been overly fond of the showcasing aspect of cases.
@@atomicskull6405 I've heard that Antec case is a bit thin and cheaply built, plus it's a bit _too_ bland for me. I'm a fan of the discontinued NSK-4480B II. It has a simple two-tone styling and also has a touch of front ventilation. I love that you can put it up against a wall or put things on it without ruining the cooling.
It was so wild to see GEO get represented here; I definitely got several random Vita titles there and wish I could've gotten more. From the year I spent over there, it was wild to see how expensive PC products were there. I forget specs and all, but it seemed like everything ran like 50-75% more expensive there than here in the US, so I'm not surprised at all at the ridiculous pricing for the PCs talked about here.
Ya know I actually really like the case design on this one, it feels kinda modern retro in a sense, I personally like white cases, and the little splash of color of orange is a nice touch imo, if it could have a nice window on the side panel that would be dope.
damn that case is better than most gaming PC cases these days (unless you want water cooling). the rear IO and pci panels are reassessed so that you can properly screw in pci cards and push the pc further against a wall without kinking the wires. Also the strongest part of modern cases these days is the glass side panel, I don't like seeing the top of my case bend when I put something heavy on it if the panel is off.
This was kind of interesting to watch because we use mostly Epson computers at work (spoiler: I work in Japan). It's usually 3 generations old stuff sold as new, with a markup comparable to buying last gen parts off Amazon. Their laptops are really funny, because the display is some of the crispest stuff I have seen on a laptop, but paired with a nearly 10 years old i5, and 4GB(!) of memory that keeps paging to the ancient HDD boot drive. It's also funny about the CDs, because I'm planning my wedding right now, but the wedding planner requires us to bring all music and video on physical CDs/DVDs. I was shocked when they mentioned it, and they just went like "this is the same anywhere, bruh".
The first PC I bought was from Escom in the UK in the early 90's. It arrived with the CPU socket hanging off the motherboard. it was returned to them, when it arrived back to me the socket was held on with a cable tie. It was at this point I got a refund and built my own PC, which cost me half the price. Thanks Epson, without that poor experience I may never have started building my own. 🙃
I think you have got confused with Escom (the budget computer brand we had in the UK). Epson were most famous in the UK for printers. (I am from the UK).
In Bavaria basically all city schools have a contract where every 5 years they get new hardware from either Epson or Fujitsu. From beamers to All-in-one PCs and stand-alones, everything is either Epson or (if it exists) Fujitsu. So yeah, they do still produce that stuff.
really wanted to know if the disc drive was a bluray or a dvd, in japan blu-rays are WAY more common (fun fact the majority of anime gets bluray releases and the majority of those have PCM audio, no truehd or dts hd or any fancy stuff, literally PCM, and no subtitles lol), if it had a blu-ray drive (with backwards compatibility with dvd and cd of course) it could be VERY useful for many people ngl
The Japanese PC community definitely is growing, and it's going to be definitely interesting to see where it goes in the next few years. I remember post 2008, I actually got a Fujitsu workstation with dual socket F Opteron's and 48GB of ram for an absolute steal, still weird as hell because they used the same board as the HP Z series workstations, minus VRM heatsink design, the board was 1:1, was able to even use HP bios's on that board strange enough.
Japanese corporations never cease to amaze me with the Japan only products and services they offer, I didn’t even know Epson did this many things outside of projectors and printers lol Also, excellent, EXCELLENT segway to sponsor at the beginning, thank you for giving me a huge smile on my face
In Japan, they are are as prevalent as Fuitsu, Dell and HP in the desktop market (in the Laptop market there are also Panasonic, NEC, and Sony). Epson are one of the go-to suppliers for businesses, that buy (or lease) desktops in bulk.
@@Freestyle80 : Actually it's a bit of a myth, that Japan is so expensive. It really is not. FYI, Living in the centre of Tokyo is actually cheaper than in most major European of American cities. Granted, the living space is smaller, but you're really not missing out on anything.
@@bikkiikun I meant PC parts and PC builds, the prices are expensive from what I personally saw them listed for I dont know about anything else, never been there.
I went to Japan a few months back, and I loved the big chunky laptops they had there. Modern specs with all the IO in the world. It was honestly refreshing to see more functionality over form for once. I defs want to buy one next time I'm there.
Whenever I look at the laptop market, it always surprises me that essentially nobody seems to be going after the "I need something I can carry around in a laptop bag, but I don't need to pretend it's a sheet of paper" market. Something that weighs one to three pounds, with plenty of room in the chassis for airflow and larger parts at the same performance.
Pozidrive (PZ) is also quite popular in the European Union. While the Phillips (PH) screwdriver is designed to "slip" when excessive torque is applied, the Pozidrive (PZ) can handle significantly more torque. This makes the Phillips screwdriver ideal for low-torque applications, such as in electronics. In European construction, the Pozidrive is widely used. Even though the TORX system is gaining popularity, having PZ1, PZ2, and PZ3 bits in a set is essential in this region.
@@hueanao well apple cant use lightning anymore in europe. they have to either get rid off it for the whole planet, or make 2 different pcb´s, one for europe, one for the world.
Is Philips head the default in the US and canada? What is, for example, IKEA using over there? They are pozi for the most things in Europe. I love Torx though.
I love this freaking case! i wish it was a standalone thing. The white, the handles, the 5.25 AND 3.5 bays....god this would be an amzing thing for us that have 1 foot in the olden days and 1 in the modern era.
Whoever made that classic anime ads (Goran no suponsaa no teikyou de, okurishimasu) deserve some praise 😂, man I haven't seen that for a long time, it's been 8 years I think the last time I saw it on anime called 'Charlotte', maybe it's the effect of watching streams instead of the usual pirated stuff from Japanese TV.
I found out that PC Gaming is actually growing in Japan. There are several manufacturers, some I've never heard of before, making desktops and laptops.
My very first PC was an Apex 286-12 and it was also built to deflect bullets. The thing weighed a ton, but it survived all kinds of abuse and still started up almost eighteen years after I bought it. I miss that slab of a machine.
I'm not sure what impresses me most... The exhaust fan, the hot swappable drive bays, or the GPU support bracket. It's actually an impressive design. I'm going to see if I can add a similar GPU bracket to my current tower.
That's actually a pretty cool case, from a pure functionality point of view. Put a card reader/usb c port 3.5in header unit in the floppy drive bay. Implement SSD boot. My first gaming machine (yes I'm old - this was back in the 2000's) with RGB lights (had their own controller - boards didn't come with rgb support then) and Perspex view panel was white. Tbh flashy cases never appealed to me that much. I kinda like the sleeper nature of this case. Very cool. Good work Epson.
I kind of want (really want, actually) that kind of case. Maybe a little more airflow in the front, but the all-metal solid construction and numerous bays of various descriptions looks awesome.
I like the design, almost looks like a sleeper build out of an old 90's case, good for those that aren't huge fans of constantly changing RGB lights everywhere.
Removable drive bays (using a 5 1/4" bay for a 3 1/2" drive. I had two in the late 90's. Back before USB existed, it was a very handy way to move data between PCs.
considering the very "local" nature of game development in japan in terms of how the offices and even indies work, that sounds like the kinda thing they'd love.
They never stopped making PCs, their super low end endeavor PCs are very common in city hall offices in Japan... Though the motherboards on those are actually made by pegatron.
Case could use a little more cooling/airflow, but I dig the retro vibe. A neat PC, and a fun insight into how tech markets are different the world over.
8:15 PosiDriv screws are used by IKEA and most if not all of Europe, so it really would be a good idea to include those bits! Japan does have JIS, or Japanese Industrial Standard screws though, and the bit for those works better in Phillips screws than even the Phillips bits do.
Well, as a Dutchman from the Netherlands (which is also in Europe 😉 ), I can't confirm that for my country. Pozidriv is almost exclusive here for woodscrews, anything non-wood is either Phillips (note the 2 L's) or sometimes more recently Torx. Unless you guys build your PC's from wood ? 😉
I have an HP z400 and Dell 3500T. those chassis are freakin solid just like this one and same plain jane looks. Heavy as hell, but designed to last. both of my machines are about 13 years old and still going strong
Not gonna lie, that case is sweet looking IMO. I'd take that over my smoked glass RBG case but that could be due to the massive, random isssues I encounter with it despite it being in for repair twice since purchased. Next one I will build myself but I was too busy at the time to build current system. Also, my GPU came loose on way back to me from the shop despite having the shipping foam in place... I don't mind a heavy case that securely holds GPU.
1:36 Fun fact: Japanese don't use those key assignments with the Japanese letters printed on them. They use IME phonetically just like Westerners do when typing romaji. They type in "nani" just like that. It comes out as なに or 何 after selecting from the IME list. Direct kana input is like their version of Dvorak or other exotic input systems. It's theoretically faster but hardly anyone uses it.
That's how I fumble typing through the little Japanese that I know. It works well enough when I have some idea of what I'm going to input, and easy enough to use for even the absolute newbie to the language.
NOpe, some users wil use JAPAN "JIS" layout, for pure Japanese input will faster, that layout will use kana (Japanese letter) input directly. ref : ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89 , JIS配列、
@@雪見琉璃 Sure, there are some JIS users, but but it's quite a minority. Check the figures from here: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AA%E5%85%A5%E5%8A%9B
@@ruby_R53 You're correct. As a result, most users of direct kana input/JIS are older. If you go back even further in time, there were enormous keyboards for direct Kanji input from before IME was created.
Chickony! I had a similar keyboard, years ago. It was noisy, loud, but so sturdy. It worked for five years and was my backup keyboard for six more years.
Would love a case like this. I have a bunch of old HDDs I'd love to be able to integrate into my system, and I miss having an optical drive. A lot of the movies I own hard copies of just aren't on streaming services here.
I understand that EPSON’s PC he’s pretty much in line with the design of the printers, but it actually feels nostalgic considering that it also looks like an older PC. But yeah, that GPU won’t cut it for gaming purposes.
It's probably not meant for gaming. Not really. You also have to remember, the popular games in japan are either played on consoles or do not need high spec gear
@@alext3811 ironically pc gaming is(was?) pretty big in japan... problem is: only for mmos and indies, they had probably THE most active indie scene up to the mid 2010s, afterwards it all amalgamated internationally. doesn't surprise me that epson is still popular nowadays if they were the only ones to keep support for pc98.
I really love the sponsor reference from Japanese tv shows. Really spot on.
i kinda wanna know which ltt employee read that
Thought I was watching an anime! 😂
I needed to stop and head to comments, I am still laughing hahaha. really spot on reference. Thanks for the laugh
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I think I need a Dennis sponsor but in Japanese now😂
Not gonna lie, would seriously consider this case as an upgrade if it was available as a stand alone part. I love the retroness of it as well as the front hot swap HDDs as it could double up as a backup for my home NAS. I still have and watch DVDs and use the optical drive in my PC because I don’t want a TV and a PC in my bedroom. Also, that GPU bracket is essential in this day and age.
100% would be awesome for a NAS
The case looks amazing
How the world does someone add a dvd drive to their pc?
@@kiri3639 external
@@kiri3639 even better, add a blueray drive. Just like any other drive, they have power and sata connectors. You just need a case with an optical drive bay like Phanateks enthoo pro M
I am Japanese. I was one of the handful of my people to become a PC gamer back in the early 90s. The hardware and software was very hard to come by. I vividly remember, while our every electronic store was advertising DVD using PS2, I was asking around for Sound Blaster Card. I also remember smuggling Half Life 2 close to launch. I may have been the few or if not, the 1st Japanese to create Steam Account. And now, I see that my people are catching up. And all I can say is, never late than never.
Btw, we pronounce Geo (Gay-O). I'm serious.
I think you mean better late than never😅, but that's great to hear it's finally catching on there, more, and more.
Living in a more rural part of the southeastern US all my life, my experience was more like yours in the 90's where a fair chunk of my friends where console only gamers, and outside of school use computer ownership was more scarce till even the mid 00's than a lot of places, but I grew up with my family having owned computers since I was 2 in the early 80's, and I was even working my butt off after school at my first job to build a gaming PC, and trying to get parts for good prices like Sound Blaster cards, so I was the tech geek in my town. 😅
@H Koizumi I know. Ne-yo G@y-yo (Neo Geo)
dude, sell these in the USA. I'd buy one just like a bought a honda over a chevy
im also surprised with how many artist, manga author, or actors turn out or become a pc gamer recently in japan. at least from what I've seen
Gay means happy
I've been living in Japan for nearly 8 years now and I'm always amazed when I spot a brand that I know back in the states for something specific, but they seem to do 90 different things in Japan. EPSON's watches are far from the craziest.
Yahoo! is a popular mobile carrier out here. And about a quarter of my students walk around with Konami backpacks because the thing most Japanese people know them for are their "fitness clubs" (gyms).
What are you working there? I wanna go back, i speak the language (N2) but don't know what i could do there professionally.
yahoo like the browser!? wow lol
I wasn't too surprised to hear about the watches - I mean they have some kind of close relationship with Seiko (as seen by references to "Seiko-Epson" in their printer drivers)
they suck so bad rofl
@@cyberking158 I'm an English teacher at N3, but most teachers here don't know much outside of simple greetings and reading katakana. N2 will get you some office jobs, but most prefer to hire N1 if they're going to bother with the visa process just because they can afford to be picky.
But also, the JLPT scores will get you as far as an interview. But without having actual experience living in Japan, it might not be all you think it is. About half of newcomers only last a year before they go back to their home country. Those of us who have been here long term mostly consist of people who REALLY don't like their families, married someone Japanese, or turbo-weebs. A lot of companies will stay barely above the law with its foreigner employees and treat you as close to dirt and they can.
As someone who lives in Japan your intro made me laugh. I also live right next door to a Geo and can confirm, it's always got customers morning to night. Besides DVD and manga rentals, Geo also sells snacks, console/handheld games, and second-hand electronics too. Plus, their parking lot has an ice cream vending machine
its a reference to bill wurtz if im not mistaken
don't mind me just doing tachiyomi at geo/tsutaya instead of buying at bookwalker lol
Ice cream vending machine?
I need one of those
@@dilianvt : You'll find them at basically every train station in Japan.
I hope you mean an ice cream truck vendor, and not a machine? Right?
I really like that case tbh. I wish more companies would make cases like that these days
I have a lot of good old cases like this whole room full.
What even is air flow? Certainly not this case. How to roast modern hardware 101. i commented before i finished the video folks, the thermals arent terrible. its still not a good case though. sound aesthetics and space matter too. i would prefer my game to be louder than my case fans thanks
I totally want a case like that. rig up my own preferred hardware though (Gigabyte Intel Board, Samsung SSD's)
@@antanis They give you the performance chart, it's fine, much better than many of the modern case from Dell or HP
that case can survive an earthquake lol
I love the fact that they use different colors of the case to indicate on which CPU team you are. Fascinating.
Absolutely how PC wars should be everywhere!!!
@@prysma2057 bonus points if the case has swappable parts or red/blue lighting in case you swap teams.
@@ashtonhoward5582never swap teams
@@RusticRonnie then you can be a spy instead. They'd never know.
If they sold the case here I would absolutely turn it into a home server, it's giving me a heavy dose of nostalgia 😁
ikr? There are so few good (especially cheap!) case options for home servers nowadays it's almost criminal. I just want a simple case that i can dunk a whole lot of HDDs or SSDs into, put some adequate internals behind them and have a place to store all my data on that way. This case would quite fit the bill for that!
buy beige case cheap shut mouth zoomer
For some reason this tower give me ThinkServer vibes.
Or just buy one of the many many older cases that are available here that look fairly similar
I also appreciate the genuine hard drive activity light on the front of the computer. I feel like a lot of OEMs are going away from those and it is a real tragedy for someone trying to figure out if their computer has locked up or not.
Those HDD activity lights are just annoying for everyone having their PC in their bedroom.
@@Jehty_ It should only be on when you're using it and I think the monitor will be a lot brighter than the hard drive activity LED then. If it's really annoying you can always just put a piece of tape over it. It's one of those things that when you need it it's really annoying not to have it.
@@DoRC my PC only runs while it's doing some form of work.
Downloading stuff, rendering stuff, etc.
All while it's doing that the light flashes. All of that doesn't need the screen to be turned on.
@@TalesOfWar most custom build cases still have them and the light is not solid it still blinks with even fast NVME SSDs.
@@Jehty_ Yeah in those cases I suppose it could be a nuisance but you can always just put a piece of tape over It or even disconnect it if you were so inclined.
That EPSON case is so calming. It's retro and modern at same time.
Watching this from Japan gave me whiplash because my college is fully kitted out with EPSON desktops. Had no idea they basically don’t exist outside Japan anymore
Japan is doing their best to keep the local companies afloat
They actually exist outside of Japan just not as prominent in the west there are still plenty of Epson stores here in the Philippines and they also have an e-store in our biggest online market platforms
@Zaydan Alfariz yeah they still have those but their prebuilts in my country is more of the "modern style" with aesthetics and case. I wish we got more of the classic types like we get in the video
It's the same with other brands as well. I knew Seiko as a premium watches brand but when I saw a Japanese or Taiwanese series, there was a Seiko wall clock in one of the scenes.
we still have Epson Printer here in Indonesia
That's actually a good looking case. Dell and MSI cases could learn a thing or two about simplicity and rigidity on their cases.
My Dell Precision T3500 is also built like a tank. I currenly am browsing the chasis available on the market and I can allready tell I am gonna miss how solid it is. Not to mention 3.5 inch bay that Ive installed a card reader in.
Yeah I quite like the way it looks vs the most common cases that are popular nowadays
it just a case my guy. u ain't gone see how it will be holding up when u drop from the second floor...
it looks like an old case, like the first pc i bought with my own money had a similar case.
Kinda digging the case design. Im a huge sucker for the top handles and sturdy case design. The hotswap bay and video card support built in are also extremely cool. Would love to have more cases like that to choose from
That case is lovely, tbh I would pay for such a tanky sturdy case.
I kind of love the whole thing. PITA to build in, and, you know, airflow, but I'd sacrifice a lot for that bank of hot swap drive bays.
It looks like a cross between a modern gaming PC and a 90s Compaq case
I have a Antec case from 2004 I got for $10 at a thrift store that’s been my main PC case for years and is more or less setup similarly to the case in the video, clip in back fan mount and all. One of the great things about having a standard like ATX is that you can absolutely go get old cases and still use them.
Came here to say the same. I love how secure the GPU is. Could jiggle the case by the damn GPU.
I live in Japan. Great job in explaining why this type of PC still exists. Japanese also have a high preference for domestically made products, hence the effort that was made to put the ‘Epson’ branding on the board.
Well done video.
also Japanese are notorious on Brand Loyalty so if it's not branded they wont even touch a thing
@@yasunakaikumi That makes sense but hopefully it's always loyalty to a good brand!
@@yasunakaikumi The Japanese are notorious for knowing nothing about tech, which is why there are suckers paying $2000 for a tower with a 1030 and a floppy disk drive.
@harfgarflarf these towers are aimed primarily at older people, hence the optical drive and 3.5" slot if you need a floppy drive.
@@harfgarflarf UMM they know A LOT about tech; they live in the most advanced nation in the world; so stop it troll
Actually discs (mostly DVDs) still get a ton of use in Canada through libraries! We still get the latest releases and it's so helpful for people who can't afford streaming services or don't have internet at home which is not uncommon in rural and low-income communities.
Underrated comment!
The libraries in my city also stock new releases of video games, it's basically the only way to borrow/rent games anymore here.
USB storage: exists (regardless of internet and optical disks)
yea so current media needs to go back to the year 2005 and die where it belongs :P
@@gaweyn Ah, yes. Let's just convince all the media conglomerates to rerelease all their IP on non-rewritable, heavily DRM'd custom USB storage devices for use by public libraries. I can't anticipate any reason whatsoever for them to not want to do that. It's not like corporations are evil money-grubbing wankers who throw a temper tantrum about their profits at the drop of any hat anywhere. /s
@ajhb17 Same thing here in Murica! My mom works at a library, and DVDs are their most popular items. We only have a Netflix subscription and no cable, so we pull DVDs pretty frequently ourselves. Also, I just like having physical copies of things around. My box sets won't up and vanish one day just because someone didn't feel like renewing their contract with [insert streaming service]. And our collection of random kids' movies paid for itself the first time the Internet went out while my nieces were here. DVDs are _great._
I love sturdy and functional cases like this one. I'd need a tad more airflow to use it for anything modern, but as a NAS case or similar, these old style cases are sick!
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Oh my god, the Bill Wurtz reference is just ON POINT! Cheers to the writing team! 🎉
What did I miss? Seems like everyone is doing it.
Timestamp please
Brown nosing comment of the year
@@chetanvmalhotra it's the intro, first 10 seconds. Linus saying "beautiful" and the way it's edited is a reference to bill's video about the history of japan
@@nexsin4681 0:02 its a reference to history of japan by bill wurtz
Fun fact, Mitsumi also made some great vintage mechanical (and even nonmechanical) keyswitches
Not the miniature mechanical switches model they are horrible 🤣
@@alpzepta indeed. But the mitsumi standard mechanical "KAM" switches in the apple m0110a are fantastic as are their KKR KPQ and other varient hybrid switches.
@@alpzepta Some people swear by them, when lubed.
I think my first cd- ROM drive was mitsumi. Connected to Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 soundcard.
and OG optical drives
The surprise appearance of Arlo was awesome. Seeing all the dogs in the shoot on last Friday's WAN show, and then just Jake and Arlo appear was hilarious! He's such a chill kitty
If they sold this case individually I'd absolutely buy it.
I much prefer this kind of look and feel to the tempered glass gamer-cases you get at the moment. I don't care about RGB or LEDs, I don't need a transparent side panel. Handles are very useful. GPU support brackets would be INSANE to have. This case, with a bit more airflow would be a very quick purchase for me.
Just poke holes in it.
Totally agree, GPU suppport is a must have imo.
I've been living in Japan for 17+ years. Epson is still a really big supplier, particularly for local and traditional Japanese companies. You often see them in warehouses, banks, and hospitals/clinics. Its not really the spec so much that attracts buyers, it's the quietness, readily available stock, and "Japan-based" support. (Fujitsu is also another manufacturer who sells in the same space.)
No real gamers in Japan buy Epson for gaming. They either build their own, or buy pre-built ones from local companies (like from Mouse Computers). I've never seen anyone say "I'm going to Akiba to get and buy an Epson".😂
What are you doing in Japan? I wanna go back but don't know what i could do there professionally. I can speak the language so there is no problem when it comes to that
Aren't mouse computers the ones who got really famous from that dance ad?
@@cyberking158 I work in IT (infrastructure). Lots of jobs available in the major cities in Japan, particularly if you speak Japanese to at least a business level.
@@saishowaguu2 too bad i suck at programming, thanks for the information tho
But what about the technical job there?
I 100% want that case, love the aesthetic of it and as someone who recently got a 5.25" 4k blu-ray player I could actually fit it in the case instead of an enclosure.
Fun fact: SEIKO is a branch of Epson. Hence, SEIKO Epson Corporation
They also use the same technology that their watches use (the piezoelectric crystal) in their heat-free "PrecisionCore" print heads as opposed to using a resistive heating element in each jet of the head.
Not quite, SEIKO is a completely independent company from Seiko Epson. Epson started out as a movement and watch manufacturer for Seiko (under the name Suwa Seikosha), and to this day makes movements and watches for Seiko and Grand Seiko, but they are completely independent entities. Orient Watches on the other hand is a subsidiary of Epson.
FURRY PROTOGEN UwU
Thank you... I was going to say... Uh Seiko-epson is one of the biggest watch companies in earth.....
@@OmairArif yeahhhh. Except my Seiko Solar watch was manufactured and warrantied through Seiko-epson... Ownership of the brand nonwithstanding
@@OmairArif as someone who worked for Epson I would like to correct you here. Epson own part of seiko.
While I know there's a ton of stuff that the Japanese companies make in Japan purely for their own market, I had no idea Epson was still making PCs. That machine looks to have absolutely amazing build quality for something from the 2020's. Would be seriously interested in buying one of those cases if they or whoever makes them sold just the cases without any parts.
For anyone who doesn't know, Delta is like the King of power supply OEM. Whatever power supply you have in your house right now, they could make a top tier variant of it, from small tiny ones like a 12V DC brick, all the way up to a Level 2 EV charger.
I can't imagine level 4 charger
now, imagine level 5
level 6 would be crazy
Actually Delta also is high-tier fan manufacturer. You can find PSU and coolers in Macbooks, top HP and Dell laptops. And they LAST. I"ve replaced several cords, but 15yo power supply still runs my 2014 macbook (home mediacenter). It's as reliable as this case.
@@pw5687 There have been many inhumane experiments to reach it, but none of them successful.
I love that case design. the handles, the optical drive bays, how it looks "gamer" but doesn't look like someone's taken a circular saw to some car panels that have had cheap aliexpress LEDs stuck to them - I would buy this PC just to gut it and put my own hardware into it
it really does look like it has a utilitarian philosophy to the design, with minor changes to make it more gamer as an after thought
I guess this is the result or Japan getting more into PC gaming lately, going from an industry that would have been more focused on office use, hence how industrial it the build of the case seems to be
every case from 2000s looks same. it can be yours for 5 bucks
That's actually a surprisingly handsome looking case! And I kinda love the front-loading removable drive bays. Far easier to deal with than opening up the opposite side-panel to get to them! I do wish they had the option to replace the front optical drive bays with like a fan mounting option, but other than that this looks like it would last _quite_ a long time. And no RGB or glass side panel - yay!
How often do you change your drives?
I mean with how often I do that (at most every few years), no easy access to them really isn't a big deal at all.
@@Jehty_ I'm a digital artist, as well as a bit of a habitual short story writer (with a seeming inability to actually _finish_ a bloody story I start before starting the next one), so I actually tend to fill up hard drives quite quickly. And unfortunately my finances don't stretch to being able to afford the larger capacity drives - so I have a collection I usually rotate through and occasionally add a new drive to. So yeah - this feature is actually useful for me :)
@@DavidStruveDesigns hm, interesting.
I would have never thought about physically swapping a drive when it's full. I would've just moved the files 😂
But I guess both options work.
@@Jehty_ Given that it's a workstation, removable drives are a security feature as much as anything else.
man the approach to this case is really neat. I'd definitely trade some of the gamery stuff and pay more to have some of the QoL and rigidity features of this case.
Bro give the editor a raise! That intro and sponsor segue was awesome and hilarious 😂
bro calm down, it was bound to happen given the context of what they came with 😅
I’d have said the same but the first time he opened the case it had the founders edition card in it and then magically swapped back to the shit card again lol
@@kealke calm down child. It's free media and no one is forcing you to watch.
Now I'm curious--WHO DID THE VOICE OVER?
Another editor comment
I wish more PC makers start revisiting this style of cases. This one is slightly edgier than I'd like but I'd love retro looking cases that actually has more thought out, modern cooling features integrated into it.
Yeah if you want fans louder than your headphones
@@alexstromberg7696 I'm sure there are sleeper builds on customized retro cases that are actually quiet. That's why I added the part about "modern cooling features." :)
I'm just going to say it: I miss front bays and everything you could do with them. Drives, fan hubs, pump/res combos, etc. Was such good usable space.
A thing around the world: 💀
The same thing coming from Japan: 😨🤯😍
@Aarush Kumar obviously, yes. But building PCs for the last 20 years, I miss some of the convenient utility front bays had for standard ATX builds. Take one specific example: had an awesome dual-5" bay XSPC dual-D5 pump+res combo back in the day, all which fit away from everything else tucked in drive bays, and whose fill port was easily accessible from the front drive bay cover. Similarly, a fan controller on front of the case with RPM and temp probes and readout was nice. Hot swapping drives was also more convenient if that was a need you had. Aestethically, I prefer modern cases. But I do find myself nostalgic for the utility of front bays
Funnily enough, Epson was also one of the first together with Leica to make a digital rangefinder camera, the RD-1, which has become quite rare.
I'd love to try one of those some day, but they are impossible to find :/
After living in japan for 2 years and being in multiple barracks rooms, I can definitely say you can have a desktop and an entertainment center at the same time
U can also put a horse in the house but it's not practical 😞
The military makes us creative with cramped spaces. Also tyfys 😉
I wish there were more cases on the market with tis design: just simple, robust and functional!
Old rosewill cases are like that. I had an fbm 01 for my first PC. It looked and felt like an old prebuilt case and I loved it. Never did anything with the 5.25 in bays when I first built it.
Fractal does that - LianLi as well. Okay they don't lean as far into the 2000s for the design, and they don't have the cool 3,5 inch tray ffor HDDs.. but otherwise..
Back in the 80's in Japan EPSON manufactured a clone of the highly popular NEC PC-9800. In these times IBM was not super popular in Japan due to their lack of support for Japanese Characters (Kana and Kanjis) NEC and their PC-98 had support for this. On some model you had to buy expansion ROM board to include more characters.
I actually really dig this retro look. Built my own gaming PC in a very old case from 2005.
The moment you mentioned Mitsumi I had flashbacks to the time my friend and I took apart our Gamecube controllers to clean them. Saw their branding all over the boards inside those things.
As someone who likes sleeper builds, although in my case probably better to say reverse-sleeper builds, i.e. retro systems in modern cases, I really love this case. Even has spots where you can put extra COM ports. That's certainly not something you see every day these days. Very nice.
@Zaydan Alfariz Well, a sleeper build is usually modern tech in retro/vintage cases. Reverse sleeper is just the opposite: retro/vintage tech in a modern case. :)
@Zaydan Alfariz You're welcome. :)
Revere sleeper builds .... Now there is an idea, I can actually put my original IBM PC motherboard (with cassette tape support) to use, as I've kind of given up ever finding a proper case for it.
@@paulstubbs7678 im currently in the process of doing this! with a at socket 7 mobo and a 75mhz pentium 1 cpu for DOS gaming
@@paulstubbs7678 but i think LGR is ahead of all of us XD ua-cam.com/video/pwzHurzTNTY/v-deo.html
Somehow Linus never runs out of ideas and content in this crazy tech industry. Thanks Linus for keeping the industry alive.
Or thank the industry for keeping linus alive. Can you imagine that guy in a desk job lol crazy serial killer vibe
Looking at the random shit coming out via Aliexpress, I can confidently say they won’t run of of random things to test
They have website where you can tell them what great ideas you wanna see on youtube
they have multiple writers...
@@xamnition wait.....no, really???? -.-
I'm not a particularly big fan of RGB, so this chassis is quite attractive to me. Take out the disk and floppy drives and I'll choose this over those with side glass panels.
who edited this video because they need a raise right now
No reply lemme change that
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@@nunyabiness181 No reply to the reply to the reply lemme change that
@Maxuthecool
Whoa buddy!
There’s seriously no reply to the “No reply to the reply to the reply”
Lemme change DAT
lol no
There is something about the combination of gaming themed colours and old-style IO & Optical drive of this PC that feels very mesmerizing.
A relic of better days.
That case is some Japanese engineering indeed, I would actually love that kind of sturdiness in more modern cases. Sometimes I even miss the grey look, but I used to use cases with that look for a long time.
You needed sturdiness in that chassis due being its japan and earthquakes are the norm
Fractal Torrent with black metal sides, no glass. 👌👌
Geo is pretty cool because most of the Japanese TV broadcasters are incredibly slow/outright unwilling to make their back catalogues available for streaming. Even when they do, there's often giant holes in their collections for annoying "compliance" reasons so DVD rental places like Geo and Tsutaya are often your only choice if you want to watch a particular show.
Even here in Canada, some of us still want 5 1/4 drive bays for an optical drive. It's getting really hard to find them as streeming services push us as hard as they can toward the subscription services where we NEVER stop paying and our favorite content may or may not be there.
@@surferdude4487 I live in old neighborhood with shoddy electric grid and internet connection. I keep decent disc collection and break out PS3 to watch them when there blackouts
It doesn't matter because we have this thing called the INTERNET
Yeah, and no one ever ripped a single DVD from the rental shop, because it's THE ONLY place you can find that TV show at duh
I really dig that case, would go nicely with my Sony E530 CRT, which I use as my main gaming display, OLED is still a ways of the IQ and performance of a top draw CRT monitor when it comes to gaming, especially when it comes to lag and motion clarity, and BFI is not the same thing as raster scan zero latency, in fact it adds a whole frame of lag (20ms).
I really *really* want to see built like tank no frills cases back. Corsair did do a few around 2015, but then just started making everything too fussy again. Kinda like a sleeper machine, but also because I don’t need all the other fancy stuff :P
What exactly do you consider fancy stuff?
@@bobbyb1647 Anything that is purely for aesthetics. For example, most cases are designed now to be completely clutter free as most have clear side panels to show off GPUs etc. When in reality, a solid GPU bracket like this case has is more practical than RGB.
I want tonnes of airflow and bare bones but with modern USB headers. I don’t want a crazy angular ‘gamer’ case with tempered glass.
@@BBROPHOTO God yes to all of that. Hell, I'd love to have the case from the system shown in the video.
The mounting bracket, the optical drive bays, and the hard drive bays would all be perfect for my "do everything" system project.
@@BBROPHOTO im with you but somewhere in the middle. I want a window but want the front to look more like a traditional computer with drive bays... in white.
but most people especially while building their first PC want that frill! mine has a bit but its clean
I'm so glad to see a case made to high quality and durability standards.
I'm even more glad to see Arlo. Cats win the internet forever.
I dig it, though I also still keep an optical drive bay as a core requirement for my case. I like playing older games that came on disc, plus gives access to these mysterious 'DVD' things
A place near me went out of business and I just grabbed like 40 DVDs for free. Burned them onto 2 blueray discs.
While not the best internals I would no joke love a case like that as a stand alone. The hot swap front hard drive bay drawer, expansion card support post and overall rigidity of it is something that's hard not to appreciate specially in this day and age of GPU units that are heavier than the motherboard, i would say "add a few extra air intakes" but then there's the upper drive bays that can easily be taken out and replaced with fan meshes, absolutely lovely.
I kinda have a fondness for computer cases that are just honest computer cases. Like, a box with all the functionality of a box that has a computer in it. Never been overly fond of the showcasing aspect of cases.
Check out the Antec VSK-4000 it'd probably be right up your alley.
@@atomicskull6405 I've heard that Antec case is a bit thin and cheaply built, plus it's a bit _too_ bland for me. I'm a fan of the discontinued NSK-4480B II. It has a simple two-tone styling and also has a touch of front ventilation. I love that you can put it up against a wall or put things on it without ruining the cooling.
It was so wild to see GEO get represented here; I definitely got several random Vita titles there and wish I could've gotten more.
From the year I spent over there, it was wild to see how expensive PC products were there. I forget specs and all, but it seemed like everything ran like 50-75% more expensive there than here in the US, so I'm not surprised at all at the ridiculous pricing for the PCs talked about here.
Ya know I actually really like the case design on this one, it feels kinda modern retro in a sense, I personally like white cases, and the little splash of color of orange is a nice touch imo, if it could have a nice window on the side panel that would be dope.
damn that case is better than most gaming PC cases these days (unless you want water cooling). the rear IO and pci panels are reassessed so that you can properly screw in pci cards and push the pc further against a wall without kinking the wires. Also the strongest part of modern cases these days is the glass side panel, I don't like seeing the top of my case bend when I put something heavy on it if the panel is off.
the intro referencing Bill Wurtz History of Japan video is just....
I would have never expected them to make PC's, definitely interesting.
They made since the 80s. :D
i was shocked to see TWO disc drives holy shit but very strange how they did not include ps/2 ports but have firewire? odd decisions there.
This was kind of interesting to watch because we use mostly Epson computers at work (spoiler: I work in Japan). It's usually 3 generations old stuff sold as new, with a markup comparable to buying last gen parts off Amazon. Their laptops are really funny, because the display is some of the crispest stuff I have seen on a laptop, but paired with a nearly 10 years old i5, and 4GB(!) of memory that keeps paging to the ancient HDD boot drive.
It's also funny about the CDs, because I'm planning my wedding right now, but the wedding planner requires us to bring all music and video on physical CDs/DVDs. I was shocked when they mentioned it, and they just went like "this is the same anywhere, bruh".
The first PC I bought was from Escom in the UK in the early 90's. It arrived with the CPU socket hanging off the motherboard. it was returned to them, when it arrived back to me the socket was held on with a cable tie. It was at this point I got a refund and built my own PC, which cost me half the price. Thanks Epson, without that poor experience I may never have started building my own. 🙃
I think you have got confused with Escom (the budget computer brand we had in the UK). Epson were most famous in the UK for printers. (I am from the UK).
@@cliffhulcoopofficial8075 OMG how funny. Must have been a typo or autocorrect. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though. I'll edit now lol
That case kicks ass, it’s kinda Gundam-ish too, if you’re not into RGB but still want something very different this is it
how i hope there's more of these kind of cases... ain't too much in the RGB game...
Man real talk you splash some gold and blue on there it's a gundam case. Maybe even a tasteful graphic on the side.
In Bavaria basically all city schools have a contract where every 5 years they get new hardware from either Epson or Fujitsu. From beamers to All-in-one PCs and stand-alones, everything is either Epson or (if it exists) Fujitsu. So yeah, they do still produce that stuff.
We had Dell, but Beamers were Epson
I thought they were just making printers honestly.
For non-Germans reading this: no the kids don't get BMWs, we call projectors beamers.
Having worked for a government department, everything was Fujitsu. From docking bays to monitors.
@@Konrad-z9w oh you didn’t? In the south of Munich I got a 3 series in 3rd grade and a 7 series in 7th grade. 😏😬😂
I like that hotswap storage bay, easily sliding in a 4TB SATA SSD when you somehow fill up your first one would be really nice.
really wanted to know if the disc drive was a bluray or a dvd, in japan blu-rays are WAY more common (fun fact the majority of anime gets bluray releases and the majority of those have PCM audio, no truehd or dts hd or any fancy stuff, literally PCM, and no subtitles lol), if it had a blu-ray drive (with backwards compatibility with dvd and cd of course) it could be VERY useful for many people ngl
The Japanese PC community definitely is growing, and it's going to be definitely interesting to see where it goes in the next few years. I remember post 2008, I actually got a Fujitsu workstation with dual socket F Opteron's and 48GB of ram for an absolute steal, still weird as hell because they used the same board as the HP Z series workstations, minus VRM heatsink design, the board was 1:1, was able to even use HP bios's on that board strange enough.
I love this design so much. I'd be really into this if it were sold here. I would 100% buy that case or a computer in that case.
Yeah I would love a case like that, so stable, amazing gpu brace.
Japanese corporations never cease to amaze me with the Japan only products and services they offer, I didn’t even know Epson did this many things outside of projectors and printers lol
Also, excellent, EXCELLENT segway to sponsor at the beginning, thank you for giving me a huge smile on my face
In Japan, they are are as prevalent as Fuitsu, Dell and HP in the desktop market (in the Laptop market there are also Panasonic, NEC, and Sony). Epson are one of the go-to suppliers for businesses, that buy (or lease) desktops in bulk.
Because they don't like relying on imports to survive which is cool to see
If only everything wasnt so expensive
@@Freestyle80 : Actually it's a bit of a myth, that Japan is so expensive. It really is not.
FYI, Living in the centre of Tokyo is actually cheaper than in most major European of American cities.
Granted, the living space is smaller, but you're really not missing out on anything.
@@bikkiikun I meant PC parts and PC builds, the prices are expensive from what I personally saw them listed for
I dont know about anything else, never been there.
@@Freestyle80 : That is indeed true. Although, the service is infinitely better.
And you get really good deals on the 2nd hand market.
painted yellow lower front, blue on the upper front/upper side, keep the red accent and it's a decent RX-87-2 themed pc
I really like that case. Old school and very functional. The handles at the top must be great when having to carry that monster.
I went to Japan a few months back, and I loved the big chunky laptops they had there. Modern specs with all the IO in the world. It was honestly refreshing to see more functionality over form for once. I defs want to buy one next time I'm there.
Closest you can buy with all those ports is the newer Vaios. They're thin, but they have all the ports you could ever want.
Ports are fine, but that's definitely not what I look for in a laptop.
@@LouisSubearth Wait, they are still manufacturing VAIO?
Whenever I look at the laptop market, it always surprises me that essentially nobody seems to be going after the "I need something I can carry around in a laptop bag, but I don't need to pretend it's a sheet of paper" market. Something that weighs one to three pounds, with plenty of room in the chassis for airflow and larger parts at the same performance.
@@redbuIIracing33 VAIO is now an independent brand after Sony stop manufacturing them, so yes they're still around
Pozidrive (PZ) is also quite popular in the European Union. While the Phillips (PH) screwdriver is designed to "slip" when excessive torque is applied, the Pozidrive (PZ) can handle significantly more torque. This makes the Phillips screwdriver ideal for low-torque applications, such as in electronics. In European construction, the Pozidrive is widely used. Even though the TORX system is gaining popularity, having PZ1, PZ2, and PZ3 bits in a set is essential in this region.
@@mikeycrackson it'll NEVER be standardized, as for the reason why, it's the same why Apple still uses lightning, money.
@@hueanao well apple cant use lightning anymore in europe. they have to either get rid off it for the whole planet, or make 2 different pcb´s, one for europe, one for the world.
Is Philips head the default in the US and canada? What is, for example, IKEA using over there? They are pozi for the most things in Europe.
I love Torx though.
@@hueanao No, screws need to carry heavy loads or fit into small spaces etc. different heads lend themselves to different applications.
Pozidriv in general is probably more popular than Philips in Europe. Whenever I look at bit holders, the PZ2 bit is the one with the most wear by far.
I love this freaking case! i wish it was a standalone thing. The white, the handles, the 5.25 AND 3.5 bays....god this would be an amzing thing for us that have 1 foot in the olden days and 1 in the modern era.
I love this. At first I genuinely thought this was an old PC. Also the GPU holder should be standard on all cases. It's an awesome case.
Whoever made that classic anime ads (Goran no suponsaa no teikyou de, okurishimasu) deserve some praise 😂, man I haven't seen that for a long time, it's been 8 years I think the last time I saw it on anime called 'Charlotte', maybe it's the effect of watching streams instead of the usual pirated stuff from Japanese TV.
I found out that PC Gaming is actually growing in Japan. There are several manufacturers, some I've never heard of before, making desktops and laptops.
1:35 wow, I LOVE that keyboard and mouse
the japanese sponsor throw was genius lol
anime pc
My very first PC was an Apex 286-12 and it was also built to deflect bullets. The thing weighed a ton, but it survived all kinds of abuse and still started up almost eighteen years after I bought it. I miss that slab of a machine.
I'm not sure what impresses me most... The exhaust fan, the hot swappable drive bays, or the GPU support bracket. It's actually an impressive design. I'm going to see if I can add a similar GPU bracket to my current tower.
That's actually a pretty cool case, from a pure functionality point of view. Put a card reader/usb c port 3.5in header unit in the floppy drive bay. Implement SSD boot. My first gaming machine (yes I'm old - this was back in the 2000's) with RGB lights (had their own controller - boards didn't come with rgb support then) and Perspex view panel was white.
Tbh flashy cases never appealed to me that much. I kinda like the sleeper nature of this case. Very cool. Good work Epson.
I actually really like the case I think it looks really cool and i'm personally a fan of physical media so the optical drive s a huge plus
Awesome reference to the history of Japan ❤️
I kind of love that case. I'd love to have that for a home server setup.
Totally!
0:48 Epson is actually Seiko Epson, formerly known as Suwa Seikosha. They made the first ever production quartz watch in 1969.
Puts a smile on my face to see Linus doing a Bill Wurtz's reference to Japan video
I kind of want (really want, actually) that kind of case. Maybe a little more airflow in the front, but the all-metal solid construction and numerous bays of various descriptions looks awesome.
I love how functional and well built it is. Its almost pure form follows function.
I felt that bro
This is what Japan does usually with tech. No flashy stuff, well built and don't change often (hence FAX machines etc.).
I like the design, almost looks like a sleeper build out of an old 90's case, good for those that aren't huge fans of constantly changing RGB lights everywhere.
I would like to see more sturdy cases like this, this is the upgrade I want.
The Bill Wurtz reference is the only thing I live for
Same
Removable drive bays (using a 5 1/4" bay for a 3 1/2" drive.
I had two in the late 90's. Back before USB existed, it was a very handy way to move data between PCs.
Especially before USB3, the speed difference between a hot swappable drive bay (despite the weight) was still worth it.
considering the very "local" nature of game development in japan in terms of how the offices and even indies work, that sounds like the kinda thing they'd love.
They never stopped making PCs, their super low end endeavor PCs are very common in city hall offices in Japan... Though the motherboards on those are actually made by pegatron.
Who said they stopped?
I'd love to see some more Japan-only PCs in future videos
Mouse laptop soon huh?
NEC, Fujitsu, Toshiba and others I haven't heard yet, probably.
Case could use a little more cooling/airflow, but I dig the retro vibe. A neat PC, and a fun insight into how tech markets are different the world over.
8:15 PosiDriv screws are used by IKEA and most if not all of Europe, so it really would be a good idea to include those bits!
Japan does have JIS, or Japanese Industrial Standard screws though, and the bit for those works better in Phillips screws than even the Phillips bits do.
Well, as a Dutchman from the Netherlands (which is also in Europe 😉 ), I can't confirm that for my country. Pozidriv is almost exclusive here for woodscrews, anything non-wood is either Phillips (note the 2 L's) or sometimes more recently Torx.
Unless you guys build your PC's from wood ? 😉
@@MrBlafhert JIS screws normally have a dot on them
I have an HP z400 and Dell 3500T. those chassis are freakin solid just like this one and same plain jane looks. Heavy as hell, but designed to last. both of my machines are about 13 years old and still going strong
4:37
I was so confused to see this RTX GPU change into a much weaker one a few seconds later.
Not gonna lie, that case is sweet looking IMO. I'd take that over my smoked glass RBG case but that could be due to the massive, random isssues I encounter with it despite it being in for repair twice since purchased. Next one I will build myself but I was too busy at the time to build current system. Also, my GPU came loose on way back to me from the shop despite having the shipping foam in place... I don't mind a heavy case that securely holds GPU.
1:36 Fun fact: Japanese don't use those key assignments with the Japanese letters printed on them. They use IME phonetically just like Westerners do when typing romaji. They type in "nani" just like that. It comes out as なに or 何 after selecting from the IME list. Direct kana input is like their version of Dvorak or other exotic input systems. It's theoretically faster but hardly anyone uses it.
That's how I fumble typing through the little Japanese that I know. It works well enough when I have some idea of what I'm going to input, and easy enough to use for even the absolute newbie to the language.
yeah, but if i remember correctly, older machines supported kana input only, i'm assuming imes didn't exist back then.
NOpe,
some users wil use JAPAN "JIS" layout, for pure Japanese input will faster,
that layout will use kana (Japanese letter) input directly.
ref : ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89 , JIS配列、
@@雪見琉璃 Sure, there are some JIS users, but but it's quite a minority. Check the figures from here: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%AA%E5%85%A5%E5%8A%9B
@@ruby_R53 You're correct. As a result, most users of direct kana input/JIS are older. If you go back even further in time, there were enormous keyboards for direct Kanji input from before IME was created.
Chickony! I had a similar keyboard, years ago. It was noisy, loud, but so sturdy. It worked for five years and was my backup keyboard for six more years.
Would love a case like this. I have a bunch of old HDDs I'd love to be able to integrate into my system, and I miss having an optical drive. A lot of the movies I own hard copies of just aren't on streaming services here.
13:35 The true star enters.
I understand that EPSON’s PC he’s pretty much in line with the design of the printers, but it actually feels nostalgic considering that it also looks like an older PC. But yeah, that GPU won’t cut it for gaming purposes.
It's probably not meant for gaming. Not really. You also have to remember, the popular games in japan are either played on consoles or do not need high spec gear
Epson has some nostalgia in Japan....they wee the only comany to make PC98 comaptible computers. Thees at least _some_ gaming legacy.
I guess PC Gaming is still close to nonexistent in Japan.
As long as it doesn't have RGB, plenty of 3.5 bay's, i would prefer it over 80% of the newer designed cases.
@@alext3811 ironically pc gaming is(was?) pretty big in japan... problem is: only for mmos and indies, they had probably THE most active indie scene up to the mid 2010s, afterwards it all amalgamated internationally.
doesn't surprise me that epson is still popular nowadays if they were the only ones to keep support for pc98.
1:08 absolutely lost it tbh😂