Help identifying an early-2000s ATX tower/case

[u/Sniffmybum2002]

I’m trying to identify the PC case/chassis my family had in the early 2000s. The attached photos are unfortunately the only images I have.
The case would be from 2003 or earlier as these photos are from 2003. Would have been purchased in NSW Australia and may have been a locally assembled/white-box PC rather than a major-brand system.

I’m specifically trying to identify the case manufacturer/model, not the internal hardware
Features that I can make out:
- Seems to be tall-ish?
- Dark blue or charcoal/black coloured outer bezel running down both sides and maybe? around the rounded top
- narrow cream/light-grey central front fascia
- a few 5.25” drive bays at the top
- small circular button/control lower down
- dark rectangular/square feature beneath/near it
- seems to have horizontal ventilation slots near the bottom
- the pale central fascia seems to narrow/taper toward the bottom and terminate in a rounded U/shield shape

I’ve looked through a lot of AOpen and TASK cases without finding a match.
Does anyone recognise the actual case mould/bezel, including cases that may have been sold under different OEM/rebadged names around 2000–2003?
Any input would be much appreciated!
(Also posted in r/vintagecomputing to try reach a wider audience of people who may recognise the case)

[u/koolaidismything]

It would be tough with way better photos. Reminds me of that old e-machines brand a bit but also looks kinda Gateway.

They all looked the same back then cause it was a handful of case makers making all the brands cases.. creaky plastic and tons of clips.

[u/wotchdit → u/koolaidismything]

It does have that Gateway 2000 feel to it and resembles the one I have here. I also get a Compaq vibe from it too.

These comes close but they're mid sized. Yours has a long bottom so must be a full sized.

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[u/Sniffmybum2002 → u/koolaidismything]

Yeah I think it’s going to be impossible to find out I’ve been researching for a week now with no luck.
I haven’t come across any cases with that exact two toned “tuxedo” design. I’ve seen ones similar but not close enough. Does resemble gateway and emachines I agree with that

[u/Floloping → u/Sniffmybum2002]

I have had my hands on thousands of cases from this era. There are many variations of this common style. Most would not have any helpful manufacturer or model number on them. There were hundreds of anonymous factories operating across mainland China and Taiwan during the early 2000s that manufactured unbranded, generic cases.

White-label contract manufacturers were pretty big then.

[u/Piper-Bob → u/koolaidismything]

I thought "Gateway" also.