Help with Case/PSU purchase...

Rakewell

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Greetings all,

I am building a computer for my folks... Can anyone recommend a cheap case/PSU combo for the following setup:

ASUS "A7N8X-E Deluxe" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2700+, 333MHz FSB, 256K Cache (Thoroughbred)
Corsair Value Select 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
eVGA nVIDIA GeForce FX5500 Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-bit, 8X AGP

I was thinking of the RAIDMAX Diamond Series Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply for the case/psu... do you think it will be enough power, and reliable?

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-112&depa=0

Also, what do you guys think of their setup? They aren't gamers, but they do plan on doing minor DV editing (home movies and such).

Thanks,

Rakewell
 

John P

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I prefer this case since you don't have to worry what color drives you put in it (it comes with drive covers):

Aspire X-Dreamer II(Black) ATX Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply

You can also upgrade it later with one of the 30ish dollar Super Flower 550W power supplies with the blue LED fans and it looks pretty rad.

If they are going to be video editing buy as big a hard drive as you can afford, I've seen some 200-250GB SATA drives on sale lately.