Computer Case Blues

[anarchistjon]

I've been looking on newegg for a case/psu for my pc. I was wanting to go Antec because they have good psu's in their cases. There are way too many choices on newegg. I have a budget of $80-$90. Can anyone help me decide?

 

[kyparrish]

profit!

 

[orangat]

Size? Mid or full? How many drives?
Noise? Noisy quiet or very quiet?
Features? Slide rails? M/b tray? Lockable? Front ports? Lights/windows?
Number of drives, power hungry video cards, cpu will determine your power supply requirements.
Aluminium/Steel construction?
Reset button? Some cases are missing this farking button, absolutely necessary if you run windows!

Cheap, good all round cases -
Antec - sonata, 3700AMB/BQE,
Compucase LX6A19,
Evercase 4292 series.

Checkout vendors - newegg and directron.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: orangat
Size? Mid or full? How many drives?
Noise? Noisy quiet or very quiet?
Features? Slide rails? M/b tray? Lockable? Front ports? Lights/windows?
Number of drives, power hungry video cards, cpu will determine your power supply requirements.
Aluminium/Steel construction?
Reset button? Some cases are missing this farking button, absolutely necessary if you run windows!

Cheap, good all round cases -
Antec - sonata, 3700AMB/BQE,
Compucase LX6A19,
Evercase 4292 series.

Checkout vendors - newegg and directron.

the sonata is a mid tower and supports 3 5.25" bays, 2 3.5" bays, is VERY quiet, has slide rails, lockable, has front ports, has 2 blue LED's in front, no window, plastic/aluminum, reset button, and etc. you can run an x800 xt, fx-53, 2 raptor drives, have a sound card, tv tuner card, modem, all optical drives, and etc on it's psu. 380W is plenty. heck, a quality 240W psu can handle all that, which has been done and proven in a shuttle xpc. 🙂

 

[AnnoyedGrunt]

Tied for my next case (most likely in silver, but has 80mm fans with fan control)
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-170-014&depa=1

Other choice for my next case (can't find it with front firewire, but 120mm fans without fan control):
http://www.coolcases.com/catalog/case_cclx6a_cat.htm

Another good choice:
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-129-122&depa=1

Nice one without a front drive cover (I hate those things):
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-119-045&depa=1

You are correct in that there are many choices, but depending on what you want, you can narrow the choices pretty quickly.

Here are the things I am looking for in my next case:
HDD Grommets - Very few cases have these, so it narrows the choices quickly
No Front Door - Again, most modern cases seem to have drive bay covers, so reduces choices
Front Firewire
120mm fans

So far, I have not found exactly what I am looking for, although the first two I mentioned are the closest I've come across so far, but are probably out of your price range since they don't come with a power supply I would trust. The Antec cases are very good in that respect, since Antec power supplies are very well respected (although I will probably get a seasonic for my next comp, which is why I like cases without power supplies).

Anyhow, if you can go through your existing case, and maybe figure out what is most important, then you might be able to get a better idea of what you are looking for and we'd be more likely to provide options that you like.

Good luck!

-D'oh!

 

[anarchistjon]

Well, im wanting a case with a decent power supply in it already. I have 2 HDD's and 2 CD/DVD, moblie athon xp, ti4200. I dont want a side window. I would prefer frontdoor-less but i doesnt matter. Black or Beige, maybe silver. would like to have 120mm fans front/back. definatly hdd vibration reducers on the hdd trays. aluminum or steel, doesnt matter, lighter would be better though.