A question for ATers:
I'm making myself a "budget" PC for my bedroom since the P4 2.26 I put together in May has been relegated to doing 24 hour FE runs most days. I very much like Anand's idea in the current article of going with an XP1600+ in an Asus A7N266-VM--lots of good built in features, and while I don't need the integrated video (I have a spare R8500 laying around), it has everything else for a good price.
But here's the question: are there ANY quality Micro-ATX cases around? The Antec SX630II (as recommended in the article) is great, but why use a big case for such a small motherboard? Cooling shouldn't be THAT big of an issue--a decent HSF should take care of the Athlon, and I only plan on having a single DVD drive and one hard drive. I've seen quite a few "cheap" micro-ATX cases with small power supplies--but ideally, I'd love to have one that would take a full ATX power supply (i'd love a relatively quiet Enermax 350W PS in it). Any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks in advance... all answers are appreciated!
I'm making myself a "budget" PC for my bedroom since the P4 2.26 I put together in May has been relegated to doing 24 hour FE runs most days. I very much like Anand's idea in the current article of going with an XP1600+ in an Asus A7N266-VM--lots of good built in features, and while I don't need the integrated video (I have a spare R8500 laying around), it has everything else for a good price.
But here's the question: are there ANY quality Micro-ATX cases around? The Antec SX630II (as recommended in the article) is great, but why use a big case for such a small motherboard? Cooling shouldn't be THAT big of an issue--a decent HSF should take care of the Athlon, and I only plan on having a single DVD drive and one hard drive. I've seen quite a few "cheap" micro-ATX cases with small power supplies--but ideally, I'd love to have one that would take a full ATX power supply (i'd love a relatively quiet Enermax 350W PS in it). Any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks in advance... all answers are appreciated!
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