Newbie Seeks Case Advice (Antec 1030)

[Fox1966]

I am going to be building a computer for the first time this year. I am leaning towards going with a Thunderbird 1.2 Athlon processor or higher, and possibly one of the newer motherboards that supports DDR memory. I am trying to decide on a case...I notice that most of you seem to lean toward the Antec SX1030. I looked at the one at Onvia, but think I'd prefer the Beige one that I have seen at Outpost (SX1030 SOHO...this is the same one that is on Onvia, just beige, right?).

Will this be a good case for what I have in mind? I will be keeping it on top of a desk (a rather large desk), and plan to add a dvd drive, a plexwriter, a zip drive, a 40 gb hard-drive, and a floppy drive.
Will I be "overdoing" it with this case, or is this gonna be a great case I can use throughout the years for upgrading? Any other cheaper alternatives? Is it an inconvenience to have to open the door each time you swap a disk? Anything you guys can tell me about this case, or other cases I might should consider, would be appreciated.

 

[BossDog]

hey if you do go with the sx1030, go to the hot deals forum...there is a special at emscomputing on this case for 82 dollars. Thats cheaper than everywhere else, from what I understand.

 

[SerraYX]

With 3 5.25" devices (dvd, cd-rw, zip), 1 5.3" disk, 1 3.5" HDD, an sx830 should be enough I believe. But you might want the SX1030 just in case you want another device or a RAID setup.

 

[jaybert]

Just go w/ the sx1030. $104 from onvia. They have both the black and the beige

 

[DoOLiE11]

go with the sx1030

i have one of htose and i will never have to buy another case again unles i get the sx1240

 

[McChokolat]

if you want to play a little less get the antec KS-188. i hadnt even heard of that till i went hunting for full tower case. in my opinion its better than the 1030 and it has more bay too (both internal and external). the criteria i was looking for was 5 external 5.25's and this case had 6. the only problems that i can think of with this case is that it doesnt have room for a fan where i need one(beneath the power supply) but it still has room for 3 fans. look this up before you get the 1030 'cause its cheaper

 

[Fox1966]

Thanks for the advice everyone! I went ahead and ordered the SX1030 Beige from Outpost.com last night. It was $99 there, and I added 30 blank 80 min cdr's with cases, for a grand total of $114.00. Overnight shipping was free if the order was over $100, (which included Saturday delivery!!!). So, I am now awaiting the order to be delivered today, and it is out for delivery now

I feel like this was a pretty good deal, and am anxious to check out the case.

Now, where would be the best place to look for an internal 3.5 floppy drive and/or zip drive (good prices, coupon deal, etc)? I'm trying to start piecing it together slowly now that I've finally decided on the case.

Thanks again to all for their help.

 

[Jhhnn]

Now that the case is ordered, save your money until you figure out the rest of what you want. Try to order it all from the same place while using a dollars off or free shipping coupon or deal. Price isn't everything, shipping can kill you...