Hot! Antec Aria MicroATX Case $86 Updated

[alm99]

Originally posted by: dr_wily
yeah thats all well and good, but we now need some deals on some micro-atx mobos! 🙂
most of which are 80$+ for like an nforce 2 board, and that puts it in the range of the older SFF cases..

still cheaper than purchasing the latest shuttle and being limited on upgrades once they get old

 

[Sleeping]

Originally posted by: dr_wily
yeah thats all well and good, but we now need some deals on some micro-atx mobos! 🙂
most of which are 80$+ for like an nforce 2 board, and that puts it in the range of the older SFF cases..

Get the Soyo Motherboard which are free AR.

 

[Chancellor]

Originally posted by: Sleeping

Originally posted by: dr_wily
yeah thats all well and good, but we now need some deals on some micro-atx mobos! 🙂
most of which are 80$+ for like an nforce 2 board, and that puts it in the range of the older SFF cases..

Get the Soyo Motherboard which are free AR.

That's exactly my plan. Along with some $9.99 AR OfficeMax RAM from last week, a $9.99 AR CD-RW from a couple of weeks back, a free AR modem, and a $58.99 AR WD 120JB from Fry's. Life is good.

 

[EvilYoda]

Well, despite the problems with my mobo (doesn't do what I need, but works), the Antec Aria was pretty easy to work with. Had a couple of mistakes that I learned from, but it's all just learning how to fit everything in there, which really isn't that hard. I like the case so far, it's the mobo that I'm not so hot about. 😉

 

[HepDude]

Amazingly detailed and well-photographed review of this case can be found at:

Aria Review

by the end of the review, I felt I had disassembled the case and built a system! 🙂

 

[dr wily]

nice! thanks for the tip, maybe ill get that and finally move out of my huge loud antec sx830

 

[gibster]

The only problem is this is the fugliest thing I have ever seen, by a wide margin. Wide as hell, black plastic front,... RRRING RRRING ... seventies are calling, and they want their stereo designs back.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: gibster
The only problem is this is the fugliest thing I have ever seen, by a wide margin. Wide as hell, black plastic front,... RRRING RRRING ... seventies are calling, and they want their stereo designs back.

its actually blue, but who actually cares! i actually like this case a lot. i like small and compact computers. my only grudge against it is taht it only comes with a 300W psu, which wont be enuff for an a64 3700+, mobo, raptor harddrive, and the new line of video cards.

 

[huesmann]

Hell, the new line of video cards will require their own PSU. 🙂

 

[leonc]

Amazon appears to be up to $108.99 now.

 

[spliffstar69]

if you need a Mobo and Ram to go with your new case check out my thread here