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Cases Whatever happened to Parvum?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by The_Crapman, 8 Jan 2020.

  1. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    At a point not so long ago, a parvum case was in every other project log. They were doing mad builds themselves. They'd gotten their cases onto overclockers, thwy had the enthusiast crowd in the palm of their hand. But things seem to have gone quiet, their twitter and Instagram accounts appear dormant. Their website was a mess a while ago but seems ok now, but the case owners thread on overclock.net seems to be a tale of woe. Then I saw these very parvum looking but "not parvum" itx cases on overclockers. Imersa hasn't posted a log in am age and the last few threads created was selling stuff. :worried:

    Anyone any idea what happened or is happening?
     
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  2. Osgeld

    Osgeld Minimodder

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    dunno, on your link I see a 200$ dan case on the same page as a 35$ cooler master (which I use) and until this day I have never heard of Parvum, I am in the USA

    so maybe crowded market + party time mad builds + limited brand = phhht
     
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  3. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Arboreal Keeper of the Electric Currants

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    When I bought my prototype ITX Parvum case some years ago they were flat out busy as they were a 3 person team, so a truly small business. They were slow to respond, but did get it all done as required; I guess it's still the same and Justin (Imersa) is too busy making cases to post regularly.
    The 'other' cases you saw from Lazer 3D are made in the UK, by a guy in Greater Manchester. He's been quite active on the SFF Network forum, and has at least a couple of designs.
    Although they're made from acrylic sheet, they differ from Parvum by having cleverly designed 3D printed joining/corner pieces to create the structure.
     
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  5. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    They're still going, I know Justin has become busier with other work I think, and so he's certainly not as active in terms of posting etc.
    Normally stuff they list for sale is from previous builds used for shows etc I think.

    Should be getting a new case from them on Friday hopefully :)
     
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  6. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Just clicked on your Parvum build link in your sig George, it be dead in case you didn't know.
     
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  7. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    I did not know, I'll remove it and maybe try to find it again later hah.
     
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  8. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    Thanks all!
     

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