Deciding Which Case to Buy

[Diffusion]

So, I am building a new machine, and I decided to forsake my old Q500 and move for something a little more... portable, I decided upon a PC Power & Cooling Midtower with the hard drive rack add on, anyone own one of these cases? They have 4 5 1/4" externals, 2 3.5" externals, and 2 3.5" internals (after drive cage addon). I'm trying to figure out how modable these casees are, I figure I will add handles, a blowhole or two, and maybe a case window. So, has anyone played around with these? Any sharp edges? Thanks in advance.

 

[Jimbo]

The PC Power & Cooling case is OK and it is much better than the Enlight 7237 (NOTHING WAS STRAIGHT in that POS so I gave it away).
My personal favorite is the Min-Maw case from Mushkin. null
No sharp edges, lots of room to expand and VERY well built.
If you want the ultimate in portability then you may want to look at some of the new flex-ATX cases, you will sacrifice some expansion however


Jimbo

 

[Vpham97]

I recommend Antec Sx1030 or Sx830!
How much were you going to pay for that PC Power & Cooling Midtower?

 

[jblondi]

I have 2 enlight 7327 cases, and mine are both straight. Never had a problem with it. Maybe it was a defective case.....

 

[Jumpem]

I have the PC Power and Cooling mid-tower case. It's quality is great, no sharp edges or anything. However, it is on the small side. There are only three 5.25" extrernal drive bays, not four. There's room for one 80mm intake and one 80mm exhaust. I'd add a HD cooler to one of the 5.25" bays if you have room. I also have two 120mm fans mounted above the PCI/AGP slots.

 

[praetor1]

Another vote for the Antec SX830.

 

[Diceman]

Another vote for teh Antec SX series........PC power and cooling mid tower is........well........not the best option =)

 

[Diffusion]

Your right, it only has 3 external 5", I really wan't 4, DVD, CD-RW, 72x CD, + either a digidoc or a live drive, and *gasp* I'm out of bays 😉, The two 3.5" externals are also important, ls-120 + zip, and the two internal drives, well, I dream of eventually setting up a raid array, anyway, the only such case Ive found is the concord over at colorcase.com, unfortunatly, they charge a freaking 120$ for it. Ahh well, time to keep hunting, I've seen cases with that bay arrangement, I just have to find them online...