[Solved] Do you recognize this PC case?
from KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 19:50
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/44086267

I am searching for the case of my first PC and can’t find it. It’s cursed, as if it never existed. The render is a recreation from memory, so it may slightly vary to the real thing, but I am sure I got the basic shapes and proportion right.

What I remember

There are many hp cases of the mid 2000s that match the design language, but they are all different to my case. If you recognize it, let alone have any information on it, let me know :)

Edit: Thank you all for your guesses! I’ll try to respond to you all, but I feel bad for responding “nope, sadly not it” to most of your suggestions. But you gave me some ideas what to check out next, hopefully it will help me identify the case after all :)

Edit 2: picture time :D – it’s just a different angle

Edit 3: randomblock1 found it. It’s a Hyricane PCK01978. I formerly would like to issue an apology for claiming it was hp. xD Thank you all again for your help :3

3D render of a pc tower with a silver front and black sides. The front panel is slightly curved, with a recessed area for the disk drive, some USB and a SD card slot. Further down is a big round, silver button that turns the PC on or off. Below it is a slightly smaller button, I am not sure anymore, but I believe it said "reset" underneath. Further down is a small green LED. At the bottom of the front is an oval air intake - or atleast that's what I think it is in hindsight.

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ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works on 02 Sep 19:58 next collapse

You sure it’s HP? The circle in the front makes me think of Dell

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Sep 20:00 next collapse

90%, but I’ll check dells lineup out, thank you :)

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works on 02 Sep 21:19 next collapse

Definitely giving Dell.

beastlykings@sh.itjust.works on 03 Sep 00:59 collapse

Dell was my first thought as well

[deleted] on 02 Sep 22:00 collapse
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sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social on 02 Sep 20:05 next collapse

Do you remember where you bought this PC?

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Sep 20:06 collapse

Sadly no

poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Sep 20:20 next collapse

It sure looks like a Dell XPS to me. Those old XPS cases were nonstandard so it was very hard to upgrade the parts later on.

eMachines had cases that look like that too back on 2006

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Sep 20:32 collapse

Some look similar, but they’re not it

eezeebee@lemmy.ca on 02 Sep 23:08 collapse

You sure it’s not this?

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/b3c9f5fd-3d6b-4ff6-9320-9bd1a4bdeba7.jpeg">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 10:13 collapse

Yes, very sure

IcedRaktajino@startrek.website on 02 Sep 20:21 next collapse

Dell Dimension 2400 or a descendant of that?

www.dell.com/support/product-details/…/manuals

That was THE computer to have in college when I went.

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 Sep 20:35 collapse

There are some Dimension models that come quite close, but no, that’s not it.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 21:01 next collapse

Hp Pavilion?

<img alt="" src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthf.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.6g60iCOGpVPoLvAvDWclDgHaFj%3Fr%3D0%26cb%3Dthfc1%26pid%3DApi">

malios@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 01:18 next collapse

Or this one maybe, the only model I can find is t746.fr but I’m pretty sure this case design was available in other European countries.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/53da5a0e-fdc4-4d43-ab4c-1982988ebf1b.jpeg">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 07:23 collapse

Pavillions like these come increadibly close, they have the silver front, the nice swoop up top, but I checked their entire lineup of the time and none matched. I am beginning to think that the case was some weird one off thing.

Forester@pawb.social on 02 Sep 21:39 next collapse

That is a dell looks like those 2005ish towers that still had xp standard

Probably an Inspiron

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 02 Sep 21:52 next collapse

Looks a lot like mine which is the oldest remaining part of my PC. There’s no branding whatsoever on it.

<img alt="pic of pc case" src="https://i.ibb.co/zHjbKQFr/20250903-004535.jpg">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 10:25 collapse

That’s remarkably close, but sadly not it

DrMoronicAcid@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 22:05 next collapse

HP Pavilion a1023c?

DrMoronicAcid@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 07:54 collapse
Lasherz12@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 22:23 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/15d8daca-685f-44f0-8519-790298bc41dd.jpeg">

This is as close as I could get within the data given.

Duckduckgo leaves something to be desired, but figured I’d try

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 07:20 collapse

Thanks for trying :) but no, it’s not the one

jodanlime@midwest.social on 02 Sep 22:56 next collapse

If it’s not a Dell it’s an HP Compaq. HP bought Compaq and used the name for branding for a while. It would have been one of the last Compaq branded towers.

jqubed@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 00:48 next collapse

It reminds me of a Compaq we had around then. HP had bought Compaq at the time and used the brand on some of their low-end PCs. I don’t know if they were sold in Germany under that name, but it might be another angle to pursue.

CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works on 03 Sep 01:20 collapse

It looks somewhat similar to my Compaq Presario that I got in like 2000/2001

TonyOstrich@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 00:59 next collapse

Not an answer but another idea for jogging your memory. I don’t know what PC magazines were popular in Germany, uhh well ever, but it’s not too hard to find archived copies of popular magazines here in the US from that time.

Here is a random copy of PC Magazine from some month in 2006.I didn’t see any PCs that matched your rendering, but there was an Acer Aspire that I had completely forgotten about.

vintageapple.org/…/PC_World_0606_June_2006.pdf

TonyOstrich@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 01:16 next collapse

I know it’s super low resolution, but the Acer B300 desktop I found on their website in the Wayback Machine looks really close to your render.

<img alt="Acer B300 Desktop" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/470916e5-3d13-4ac9-8f70-9915e1a420e8.gif">

web.archive.org/web/20030625223227/…/index.htm

I can’t seem to find any other images of it though.

TonyOstrich@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 01:28 collapse

Oh snap, I found the user manual and it has a much better image

<img alt="Aspire B300 Desktop" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d4a0f46c-2c3b-4ae1-96cc-329de9612512.png">

Deconceptualist@leminal.space on 03 Sep 01:33 next collapse

Yeah I remember that case. That’s Kevin.

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 07:18 collapse

Oh yeah Kevin! What a legend. Do you know what he’s up to these days?

Deconceptualist@leminal.space on 03 Sep 15:17 collapse

All these years later I hear he’s alone and quite empty inside. Sad fate for such a champ.

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 16:12 collapse

Noooo :(

Deconceptualist@leminal.space on 03 Sep 22:46 collapse

Just kidding. He’s still rippin’ DVDs and loading up 256 GB mechanical drives and chugging on Crysis like it’s 2007.

TehBamski@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 07:00 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://c.tenor.com/TlfAvuz0tLMAAAAd/tenor.gif">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 07:13 collapse

These aren’t the droids we’re looking for. Move along.

Septimaeus@infosec.pub on 03 Sep 07:50 next collapse

It looks a lot like the eMachine cases you’d find all over cyber cafes and business centers in Europe in that era.

Edit: sample

<img alt="2000s era emachine mid tower" src="https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/409f49df-1135-47d5-80e8-10b6ee4cab94.jpeg">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 10:24 collapse

Lol! I remember owning this keyboard. It was not the one my PC came with, but funny still :D

Septimaeus@infosec.pub on 03 Sep 10:54 collapse

I love how loudly media-centric those keyboards were, even the silver domed buttons center top the size a hood ornament lol, that 00s media PC era definitely had a vibe.

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 11:20 collapse

It was also so handy, although I accidentally sent my PC into hybernation a couple of times xD

TonyOstrich@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 10:37 next collapse

Quick question, you said air intake at the front bottom. Is that what the black oval at the bottom of your render is? Or is the black bar USB ports?

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 10:40 collapse

yup, it’s supposed to be the intake xD

Machinist@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 11:02 next collapse

Reminds me of an emachine.

Here’s a ET1161-07 from 2009:

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b0ab7cee-2690-487b-b093-c8ab213dece9.jpeg">

randomblock1@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 16:21 collapse

Found this, looks pretty close <img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ad5af239-a28a-434b-be47-a7a0caf9ed88.jpeg">

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 16:24 collapse

YOU FOUND IT!!! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU FIND IT?!

randomblock1@lemmy.world on 03 Sep 16:32 next collapse

Reverse image search. Some guy posted this on Reddit a year ago

KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de on 03 Sep 16:33 collapse

I reverse image searched the picture you attached and found a review for the system :D It’s a Hyricane PCK01978. Thank you so much!