Hi all, my primary gaming rig is an Athlon X2 deal that I have downstairs in the home theater. I upgraded that from an older AthlonXP Socket A rig that used an ABIT NF7-S mobo.
So right now I have this mobo, CPU, and a Radeon 9500 Pro sitting on a table doing nothing. So, I figure, why not use it? I don't want to buy another copy of Windows so I'm thinking I'll just stick some flavor of Linux on it and use it to surf, do email, web surfing, torrents, folding@home, etc. I was originally wanting to go really small with this case, but that would necessitate buying a microATX Socket-A mobo, which I can't justify when having a perfectly functional NF7-Sv2 - plus I'd have to remove the heatsink and CPU and reseat it on the new mobo, and who has time for that? 🙂
so I'm looking for a case for it all (I'll also need a power supply and HDD, so if the case comes with a relatively ok power supply that would be good too). I don't want another huge ATX case, I have one already, this is a secondary system, so it need not have all of the luxuries of my other case. Basically, I'm looking in the $30-$50 range, with the lower end being preferable, but obviously I'm open to suggestions.
I was thinking of the following Rosewill case from newegg:
Rosewill R805BS
or maybe the following Athenatech:
Athenatech A416BS.H350
Aside from the mobo, CPU, 9500 Pro, HDD, and a CD-ROM there's not going to be anything else in the system so I don't need a ton of power on the PSU.
So was wondering if anyone had any opinions on these two options or had any better suggestions? Thanks.
So right now I have this mobo, CPU, and a Radeon 9500 Pro sitting on a table doing nothing. So, I figure, why not use it? I don't want to buy another copy of Windows so I'm thinking I'll just stick some flavor of Linux on it and use it to surf, do email, web surfing, torrents, folding@home, etc. I was originally wanting to go really small with this case, but that would necessitate buying a microATX Socket-A mobo, which I can't justify when having a perfectly functional NF7-Sv2 - plus I'd have to remove the heatsink and CPU and reseat it on the new mobo, and who has time for that? 🙂
so I'm looking for a case for it all (I'll also need a power supply and HDD, so if the case comes with a relatively ok power supply that would be good too). I don't want another huge ATX case, I have one already, this is a secondary system, so it need not have all of the luxuries of my other case. Basically, I'm looking in the $30-$50 range, with the lower end being preferable, but obviously I'm open to suggestions.
I was thinking of the following Rosewill case from newegg:
Rosewill R805BS
or maybe the following Athenatech:
Athenatech A416BS.H350
Aside from the mobo, CPU, 9500 Pro, HDD, and a CD-ROM there's not going to be anything else in the system so I don't need a ton of power on the PSU.
So was wondering if anyone had any opinions on these two options or had any better suggestions? Thanks.
