good case recommendations?

[qwex]

I plan on building an athlon tbird 900 system, and I'm not sure about the case. the inwin Q500N looks nice, what do you guys think? one thing about it: when looking in online stores, how can I tell if it's the original Q500 or Q500N? the part number usually says Q500A or Q500AU...

any other good cases? if it comes with fans that's a plus, I want one with good airflow, preferably full tower. how's the enlight 7237? thanks for any help

 

[han888]

aopen HX-08 Full tower

 

[Diceman]

well pretty much all Q500's are gonna be the new "N" models........its beena while now since they updated them.........if you buy from anyplace that sells a good deal of stuff (egghead.com, onvia.com) your gonna get the new model.

 

[xizor]

depending on how much you want to spend or how big you want it, the Enlight 7237 is a good case, has 4 5.25 bays which is usually the most you'll see in a mid tower. Not great cooling, it only has a single front 80mm intake. If you want to go all out, I suggest the Supermicro 750A. Mine has 3 80mm intake, and a 92mm out along with the PSU's 80mm out. Runs 77F idle, 80F full load. 6 external 5.25 bays, 1 external 3.25 (bad if you have floppy and zip etc), and 2 3.5 interal (hard drives). Has a huge space for the motherboard and tons of room to grow. Also has swinging doors on both sides as well.

xizor

 

[Fathom4]

qwex

I've got an Enlight 7237 with a 350 watt Enermax PS I bought from Russ Here

I've got a 900Mhz T-Bird, 2 extra fans, CDRW, DVD, 2 HD's, SBlive, NIC and a G400 running in it without so much as a hiccup. The power supply was nicely installed and all the cable tied up nice and neat.

Plus he stands behind everything he sells. You won't be sorry.

Fathom

 

[watkins]

Antec sx830 Tower w/2 fan cages each for front and rear of case, 3 5.25 slots+2 3.5 slots outside and 3 3.5 cage inside- for $80-90 shipped@ Onvia or Egghead.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

I've been posting here for a long time on the InWinQ500. This is hands down the best case I have ever used or seen. 11 total drive bays and alot of space inside. All the screws for PCI cards line up and you can mod this thing to the max. Also, have a 120mm intake and 4 HD's and all the bays filled. Plus, 1-80mm fan right behind the mobo for exhaust. Not alot of cases have this, even the expensive ones. I got mine for $79 locally, this case rocks.

 

[bolomite]

Yes, hamburgerpimp is right on. I have this case also, it's simply awesome. Durable, roomy, worth the $60-70 price tag.