Mini Micro ATX Case

[Maxis95]

I'm looking for a Mini/Micro ATX Case for my friend. Been searching around, and found one good candidate. It's an In-win V523P (black case) with 180W powersupply. (Newegg and Directron have it) And thankfully he, mr. picky, likes the look of the case.

Three questions:
1. Do you think 180W is enough for a P4 system? I'm seriously thinking about that P4 1.6A o/ced to 2.1... this is what I think I will have in the system (including power usage, in watts):

Mobo 40W (Asus P4B266-M, if I can find one)
CPU 60W (do you think OC'ed P4 consumes 60W or more?)
Fans (CPU + 2 front/back) 20W
CDRW 25W (I checked with Plextor CS)
HD 20W (WD 100GB 7200rpm, checked with them already)
Videocard 10W (whaddaya think about GF4 MX440 cards?)
Ethernet NIC 5W (maybe even less)
Floppy minimal
--> that's a total of 180W already

2. If you think I should upgrade the power supply, do you know any microATX ps that has 300W+ and of good quality?

3. Anybody know of other cool-looking mini/microATX case? And where can I find them?

Ok, so I guess that's more than 3 questions. Anyway, any help or comment will be appreciated. TIA,

 

[mechBgon]

Well, for starters, the Inwin V-series cases will take a full-sized standard ATX power supply. I own a current-generation V500 which I use as a service loaner at work, and I have it here at home at the moment. It's running a microATX i810 board with a Celeron 366, and now that I stuck a Voodoo2 into it, it's having corruption problems in Internet Explorer (of all things).

For a Pentium4, I think it would be smart to pick up a 300W Enhance or Sparkle power supply. The Enermax 351 power supplies would be nice too, except they have super-long wires that would clutter up a microATX case pretty badly. The reserve capacity of the 300W+ power supply will probably make the system more stable in the event that the CPU makes a sudden demand for current at the same time as other components.

 

[mechBgon]

...oh, and welcome to the Forum too!

Here is an interesting Fong Kai microATX tower at Directron. It takes full-sized ATX power supplies and comes with a 300W Enhance power supply (apparently not the model of 300W Enhance that AMD has on their recommended list, for the record). Fong Kai is recognized as being pretty good in quality, and I find the rear fan mount for either 80mm or 92mm exhaust fans attractive. Don't ask me why the product description includes the word "Valium," though... no idea.