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After searching, and searching i have finally found the perfect Case! (for me :-)

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neil

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What i was looking was just a well built case.
Also It need to have
-4 external 5.25 bays
-2 external 3.5 bays
-4 internal 3.5 bays

One of the main problems that i ran into was that on most full towers cases the extra HD bays was usually above the PS at the upper back of the case. My current case is designed like that, and the damn 80pin IDE cables dont quite reach.

So i ran down to a CTS computer, they usually have everything you could want.
I was checking out the Antec SX1030 http://www.antec-inc.com/product/cases/sohoser.html
This case well built, it has removeable HD bays, slide out 5.25 bay brackets. The only thing that i did like was that the case had a door on the front that hid all the 5.25, and 3.5" bays.
So i figured what the heck, i'll live with the access door on the front.
As i am waiting in line the pay for the case i glance over and see a case that i some how over looked.
It had the same insides as the Antec, but it had i different shell.
So i bought it 🙂
btw it was an UNEE TX-601AP (http://www.uneec.com/English/E-html/product/product.htm) its under the Workstations.

I know this is a pointless post.
And i think that i am abit to happy about a silly case, but i am just excited about my 8KHA+/amd2000/512mb 2100ddr that hopefully will be in by the end of the week.

-neil
 
That is a Antec 1000 with a different front bezel. I believe the manufacturer is Chemning. I personally like the door of the Antec 1000 series. It keeps little hands off the equipment. I hope you got a good power supply. The 8KHA+ needs alot of power (A minimum of 300 W, but 350 or 400 to be safe).
 
Here's a case I have:
case
It is a mid-tower design, can have a fan at the bottom front and the rear below the power supply. The power supply is an Eagle 300W (AMD/P4). My system has 4 hard drives (one in pull-out tray), 1 floppy, 1 DVD, 1 CDRW. I still have one open external 5¼" bay, one external 3½", one internal 3½". Everything is hooked up to the stock power supply. The system is a Celeron 1.0A (Tualatin) @1333MHz and a Rage Fury Pro video card, so it doesn't draw too much power. I wouldn't recommend having that many hard drives off a 300W power supply if you have an Athlon or P4.
 


<< What i was looking was just a well built case.
Also It need to have
-4 external 5.25 bays
-2 external 3.5 bays
-4 internal 3.5 bays
 >>



Though they are expensive, the Lian-Li PC6x series of cases are very well built, have 4 external 5.25" bays, 3 external 3.5" bays, and 5 internal 3.5" bays...I too needed a bunch of 3.5" bays and the internal Lian-Li ones are vertical along the bottom front of the case right in front of the 2 intake fans. Even shorter IDE cables reach pretty easily, esp. from PCI IDE cards. 🙂

That Chenming case does look pretty nice though. It looks like it has a cool handle on the side panel. 🙂

Gaidin
 
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