Looking to replace my case. Any suggestions?

[JackHawksmoor]

I'd like to replace my case with a mid-tower (two or three external 3.5" drives).

I'd prefer to have the power supply and fans already attached, and I want something that's as *QUIET* as possible. Actually I'd like something like Dell's regular cases-quiet and fairly roomy.

I need enough power right now for:

P3-733
64MB Geforce 2
Soundblaster Live!
DVD-ROM
CD-RW
7200RPM IDE drive
128MB-512MB

and whatever else I'm forgetting. I'd also like the case and power supply to be able to handle a P4, SCSI drives, etc. in the future.

Any suggestions?

Oh, and I don't really care how it looks. I prefer the "slightly styled" look of something from Dell or Omni Tech or whatever, but don't really care.

 

[mikef208]

Antec x1030 is a good choice, not sure if it will support the P4 or not though.

 

[Dan]

I like the Enlight 7237 myself because it has a good price/value ratio, is well-built, easy to work in and is easily modded. Antec and Inwin cases also have excellent reputations. I don't have personal experience with them, however, so I'll leave it to others to extol their respective virtues.

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Guess I should add that I don't care about the price, cheap or expensive is fine.

Also, I don't really know where to buy these things. I was thinking of going with NECX again.

How hard is it to install extra fans to a case, assuming I know NOTHING about it?

I was kind of eyeing this http://www.necxdirect.com/hai/prod_page.html?key=0000160345&nonce=guest but I'd have to add fans. Plus I don't know how quiet it would be

 

[Dundain]

I'd have to suggest the InWin cases. Ive had experience with the S500 and the Q500 (full tower) and both are excellent cases. The S508 can support the P4 and has a 300 watt powersupply. It also sells for fairly cheap. Its a real quiet case, though that'll change onc eyou add in more fans. And it uses drive rails and is fairly big so that shouldnt be a problem.

 

[eshtog]

are the Enlight Medium Tower P4 Case Model EN-7237AZ with 340Watts Power Supply, 4 5.25" Bays and 2 3.5" Bays cases quite? thanks!

 

[setscrew]

The Antec SX1030B is a great case. You can pick one up at NewEgg for under $105.00 shipped. Check out this Hot Deals link.

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Okay, I actually wrote down what I've got in my system now...

The power supply is an HEC-Heroichi Electronic Co-whoever they are. My two additional fans (front and rear) are an AVC and Sunon.

The power supply is somewhat suspect (I've lost a bunch of hardware in this system), and the two case fans are REALLY loud.

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Double post

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Okay, how about the SX830

http://www.necxdirect.com/hai/prod_page.html?key=0000153172&nonce=guest

or the KS282

http://www.necxdirect.com/hai/prod_page.html?key=0000160345&nonce=guest

Both of those look about like what I want. I read the reviews for the SX830 linked from Antec's site, and supposedly it's a pretty quiet case, too.

Look good? BTW, thanks for the help everyone!

I think I'm going to also get a 30GB IBM drive, and 512MB or PC133 CL-2.