PHAT LOOKING FULL TOWER FOR $47..update..w/300watt PSU!!!!

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SXMP

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Guys, this case rocks! I ordered 1 a while back and use the hell out of it. Its great to mod, (i have 4 92mm fans in there) and the power supply hasn't messed up yet even once. I have a oc'ed 700 tbird at 970 in there and it runs just fine. No sharp edges, tons of room, it looks sweet, and it only cost 47$ !! Yes it does come with a 300 w psu. Its great.. Later
John
 

cardiac

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JJordan (and everyone else), this site was posted quite a while ago here, and since then, I have purchased quite a few of their cases. They are a really nice case, and the PS is a 300watt UL AMD approved. The last system I built using this case was a K7T Pro2a, 1ghz Thunderbird 256meg, 2 IBM 75gxp drives, DVD, CD-RW, modem-network-Soundblaster Live, etc. So it was loaded up pretty good, and the PS handled it flawlessly.

The case is $38.99 + $17 shipping anywhere.

Electroseller

I did get one supply that was DOA, and they took care of it promptly.....

Bob
 

Owned

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Bigdude, are you saying there's no difference between a 230watt ps and a 300watt? I seriously doubt that.
 

CichliSuite

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If you live in Central Jersey, let me know.

I picked this up for $39.00. No shipping :)


The case is very good. The still is quite strong. I burnt out my arm cutting four holes in the left panel for some nice case-fannage. :)

The ONLY problem is that the standard case fan position isn't very effective. the front of the case does have hte hole sat the bottom but little air gets through.

I don't give a sh*t. I have four case fans along the left panel and one sucking air in from the top. I reversed the PS fan to get a nice top to bottom airflow going...


The screwless feature is truly worth the price.
 

DongTran

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I thought it was aight before when I bought it, but now that I have an Antec, this one is ugly as hell. Power switch AND the power supply broke on mine also.
 

lotust

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<<Yes, but I'm interested in buying this and can anyone confirm it is a good one???????????? >>


yes the review of it has been posted at virtualhideout

hope you all like it. Its my first review :)
 

cpumaster

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Pretty good review. Plenty of pictures, hope other reviews could do the same :)
Good Job.

PS: So you know the guy at WebuildPCs? Hope his donation didn't affect your opinion in any way ;)
 

Maverick2002

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Dang, he beat me to the punch!!!! I was gonna post that lotust! Of course it's not as good as the Antec, but look at the price *cough cough*
 

ss284

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worst case ever..................
Dont buy it, Im warning you............
most horrible case if had to work with.......


-STeve
 

lotust

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<<worst case ever..................
Dont buy it, Im warning you............
most horrible case if had to work with.......>>


case to explain why? lol did ya get a boo boo on yer fingure?
 

grifterspawn

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I've had this case before, its pretty decent but the power button has broken twice now, sometimes preventing the system from turning on/off. I'm on the 3rd...
 

rgroves

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I have this case, but I bought it from anohter vendor (I can't remember who). It's a good case, with lots of room for fans. Internally the drive cages seem a little cheap (thin metal). The power supply is different than this one but it's also 300W with 6 4-pin power leads. It works just fine with my Abit KT7-RAID, AMD T-Bird 700@832, 384MB Kingmax PC-150, toal of 9 fans inside case ( 3-80mm, 2-60mm, 1-30'ish fan, Alpha PAL6035 60mm fan, 1 80MM fan on fron of GeForce2GTS card, and a 60mm fan on the back, and a BLORB on the chipset).

The case is BIG, better have room for it.
 

corinthos

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I had a case that looked just like that one... made by Antec, purchased from Onvia. I think people should know that even if one case from Store A looks the same as that of Store B, they
may have differences in quality of power supply or little details may differ.
 

JJordan

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How do you know the QUALITY OF THE POWER SUPPLY ! I am going to buy a new case and need it to power 1 - 20 gig ATA 100 drive, 1 - 10 gig ata 33 drive, an internal 100 MB ZIP drive, an HP 9350i CD-RW Drive, a Kenwood TrueX 50x CD-Rom Drive, floppy drive ASUS GeForce 2 GTS Video, and SB live Gamer. Right now I do not even have enough connecotrs to plug them all in, so I am not using the Zip drive.

Also, what is the on Small wire that in included in the bundle from the power supply (2 wires - looks like a wire that should go from power switch to the jumpers for the HArd Drive light for example, but this wire comes off the power wires. - I have never used it or known what is is to power or monitor.
 

TuOni

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I bought this case's little brother, so I could build a system for a friend. Man it is a cheap case but the ps was worth it :)
 

ss284

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the construction is horrible, The metals plates all punch out, screws dont fit, you need to take out 6 badly placed screws to take offthe bezel, which is needed to install 5.25 and 3.5 bays.


Its poorly put together, and it vibrates really badly....
Horribly case, stick with antec, addtronics, or inwin......


-sTeve
 

cardiac

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I went and picked one up (I live right down the road from WeBuildPC's). Not too bad of a case for the money. Put a T-bird 900 system in it and it perks just fine. WeBuildPC's also does business as Ability computers Ability.

Bob
 

StealthX32

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I've got this case...and it might be just me, but it rattles like a MOFO! I gotta dynamat it someday or something. It's pretty much 10x the dB of a fan.