Do you recognize this PC case?

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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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

hp system
bought in Germany around 2006
ran windows vista
mid tower (probably atx or micro-atx)

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 :)

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ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You sure it’s HP? The circle in the front makes me think of Dell

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- clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Definitely giving Dell.
  
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  - beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Dell was my first thought as well
    
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- KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  90%, but I’ll check dells lineup out, thank you :)
  
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Hp Pavilion?

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- malios@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  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.
  
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Deconceptualist@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Yeah I remember that case. That’s Kevin.

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poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It sure looks like a Dell XPS to me. eMachines had cases like that too back on 2006

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- KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Some look similar, but they’re not it
  
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  - eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You sure it’s not this?
    
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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Looks a lot like mine which is the oldest remaining part of my PC. There’s no branding whatsoever on it.

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IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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- KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There are some Dimension models that come quite close, but no, that’s not it.
  
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TonyOstrich@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

Acer B300 Desktop

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

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

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- TonyOstrich@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh snap, I found the user manual and it has a much better image
  
  Aspire B300 Desktop
  
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TonyOstrich@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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

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jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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- CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It looks somewhat similar to my Compaq Presario that I got in like 2000/2001
  
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sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Do you remember where you bought this PC?

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- KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Sadly no
  
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Forester@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That is a dell my school those look like those 2005ish towers that still had xp standard

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jodanlime@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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.

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Lasherz12@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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This is as close as I could get within the data given.

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DrMoronicAcid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
HP Pavilion a1023c?

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