Enlight vs Evercase - add fans?

[ellisz]

Hello all,

I am getting my short list ready to order and I have been see-sawing back and forth on cases. I was all set to get the Enlight 300w case and add a Sunon 80mm fan to it when someone posted the Evercase on the Hot deal board. This case is appealing with the hard drive cages and the front USB ports. I would like a front firewire port but that is hard to find. I thought I might be able to make the plug from frontx.com work with this case. If I go with the Evercase, do I need to add a second fan?

The PS are both 300w so I would guess they are comparable to each other. My set up will be:
EPOX 8kHA+ mb
AMD 1600+ retail chip
512 Crucial DDR
action tec caller ID modem
Studio DV firewire card**
nVidia AGP card(GTS-V, MX200 or 400)-not much gaming involved
CD-rom or DVD - still debating
Plextor 8/4/32**
Maxtor 40 or 60 gig 7200 HD
10 gig 5400 storage drive
floppy

300w will suffice?

** means I already own these so don't flame that please

Thanks,

 

[Anubis]

the 300 WAtt PS should be fine i run a simalar sys check out my rig and i use a 340 but i do a lot of pointless crap on mine and sence your not gaming much i forsee no problims

 

[koryo]

I just finished (well, mostly finished) installing a system into the Evercase. It came with an Enhance ATX1125BTA that's rated to the XP 1600+. I've never used Enlights so I can't compare them, but the Evercase seems pretty nice. It has a side fan on it (80mm Globe Fan(?)). Fans are pretty cheep, if you're worried about it just get an extra one.

 

[KouklatheCat]

I have never tried the Evercase but I do love my Enlight 7237. If you add a fan, ive had the Sunons and they are good fans but I prefer the Panaflos.

 

[Bobsled]

Ditto on the Enlight.

 

[ellisz]

On the Evercase thread in the Hotbuys section, someone posted a list of accessories for the Evercase. Listed was a USB, audio port and firewire front panel. I think this would be great.
It was part# E4252-05. I e-mailed Newegg and they don't carry it. Does anyone know where I can get this? I e-mailed Evercase but I have not heard back yet. Do you get them direct from the manafacturer? This alone would sway me to get the Evercase case. The only thing I have seen for the Enlight would be a $40 add on for a 3.5 bay USB/Firewire front plate.

Thanks