Foxconn cases any good?

[Metalloid]

Building a system for a friend that isn't real power intensive (onboard video and audio and only one cd drive). She is mainly concerned with price.

I thought that this looked like a pretty good deal. Can anyone comment on their power supplies? I just don't want it to die on her when she goes back to college in the fall, because that will be hard for me to fix.

 

[GnomeCop]

http://secure.newegg.com/app/CustratingReview.asp?item=11-154-017

 

[Jhhnn]

Foxconn generally uses Deer psu's, so you'd likely be better off spending an additional $20 on something better. Knowing what board and processor would help with recommendations for a case....

 

[amdskip]

Check out the evercases at newegg. Power supplies in them have worked great for me. I've had up to an XP 2200 working just great.

 

[Metalloid]

Here is the system:
Celeron 2.2ghz
Asus P4BGL-MX motherboard
Crucial 256mb PC2100
WD 40gb
Samsung CD-RW

I think the power supply should do ok, but I wanted to get some input from you guys first. I know it is powerful enough, but is it going to die quickly?

 

[Corporate Thug]

what does your friend intend to do with this computer

 

[Metalloid]

Internet, word processing. No real intense gaming. Burn CDs. She is using it for college, but isn't a real computer geek.

 

[Jhhnn]

Do yourself and your friend a favor- spend another $20 or so on an Inwin, Enlight or AOpen MATX case having a decent psu of 180-250w. She might really benefit from a desktop style case, maybe even a low profile model, they're real space-savers.

Really cheap psu's are an open invitation to misery. Friends don't let friends do that.

 

[Aboroth]

I haven't yet seen a Deer PSU that has lasted more than a year without dying a horrible death and taking at least the motherboard out with it.

If you value your components and even your safety, if you ever get a Deer power supply throw it away immediately.

If I am not mistaken, Deer PSUs are also sold under a few different names, but I don't know what they are off the top of my head. There are also a other crap manufacturers too, not just Deer.

 

[Cerb]

Spend a bit extra and get an Evercase. It's quiet (if you replace fans), heavy, easy to work with, etc.
And it's only around $50 shipped with the low-end Enhance 300w, which is more than enough for that system.

The said Foxconn case isn't bad, but the extra $15 on a good one will be worth it when you put it together and when something fails in a couple years and you have to dig into it ('cause you just know it's gonna happen).

 

[Metalloid]

Ok does everyone agree that AOpen is ok?

 

[Kingofcomputer]

Aopen case and power supply are much better than Foxconn.

Although Foxconn does a lot oem things, the com/vga/ps2 connectors on many motherboards, its case and power supply are low quality.

 

[Metalloid]

The AOpen is only $4 more, so I will go with that. Thanks a bunch for your help everyone, I'm glad now that I didn't buy the FoxConn.

Before I bought my two current power supplies (an Antec and an Enermax) I had owned probably 8 generic ones, and at least 7 have broken to this day.

 

[ChrisADuffy]

I have had an Aopen case before and it was of good quality as was the power supply. Never had a problem.