Advice required

Sean_UK · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:02

My young'est bro is off to uni come late summer, he needs a new case to transfer parts over too. Does not require more than 3 to 4 drive bays or any fancy dan extras, just a durable case with front usb support and good heat venting; since hes cpu runs a tad hot even with decent cpu cooler inside current el-cheapo case.

Budget, well id say £45 to £65 going by what he's told me, any advice welcome.

mishima · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:07

Lian Li PC7 within that budget or if he wants to save some dollar - Akasa Zen (£29) I have one, and its a great budget case with superb airflow.

caeteez · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:11

Not sure how good this case is but its meant to be damn durable. Had a Belgian friend who flew one to a LAN in the UK without any protection around it whatsoever and it survived fine, keeping all his parts safe.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-089-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

CoolerMaster Ammo 533.

Sean_UK · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:13

mishima said:
Akasa Zen (£29) I have one, and its a great budget case with superb airflow.

Akasa Zen (£29) seems to be more like it as he will want to save rather than spend the max amount.

Am i right in thinking there's x4 mountings inside case for 120mm fans, i have a few 120mm fans laying around so he wont need to buy any hence why i ask? Edit: scratch that, the guy in customer review bit worded hes fan comments bit cack handed, presume it 2 total, one front one rear?

caeteez - no offence, but that just looks fugly, cheers anyhow.

mishima · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:26

There are just two mountings for fans, a rear and a front (under FDD, cools HDDs). It comes with the fans already there.

Here are some pictures for you: http://membres.lycos.fr/darkz2004/case/

caeteez · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:27

Yeah lol sorry I forgot to mention that its perhaps the most hideous case on the market!

Wont break tho!

jrodga2k5 · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:29

Its so funny that for only £29 that case doesnt look half bad

Sean_UK · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:33

mishima said:
Here are some pictures for you: http://membres.lycos.fr/darkz2004/case/

Has some nice side vents too which should help; since the current el-cheapo case hes using only takes 4 80mm fans total.

Thanks for link & ill forward it onto my bro so he can make hes own mind up.

mishima · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:44

jrodga2k5 said:
Its so funny that for only £29 that case doesnt look half bad

It's a great case for the money. For £29 the cases on the market are rubbish compared to it. The build quality isn't superb but you're not investing in a £80 case.