Akasa Zen

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I need to buy a new case and PSU for the wife's PC.
The mini-atx case with rather small 350w PSU is rebooting itself when she tries to do more than one thing.
I'm thinking 350w PSU simply is not enough for a Core2Duo system running a 7900GS.
Her current case was a "cheap & nasty" affair and it takes one of the slightly smaller PSU units, I think a "normal" size one would have problems.
So I also need to replace her case - however she doesn't need anything special, so long as it will take both ATX and mini-ATX motherboards and also a full-size ATX 2.2 PSU.

So are the Akasa Zen cases as good as they appear to be with regards the budget end of things?
I want to get a good quality 500w+ PSU for her machine but don't want to spend the earth on a new case...but would like an "OK" one.
 
I did wonder about that one.
Basically, she has got:

Intel mini-ATX 965 motherboard
2GB RAM
Core 2 Duo 6400

7900GS
Xi-Fi SB Gamer
320GB SATA HD
Samsung SATA CD/DVD-RW

Would you think that the included 430w PSU with that case will be upto the job?
The current PSU is a horrible little Enlight 350w affair which shipped with the extremely budget Enlight mini-atx case.
If the 430w PSU will be up to task then that makes the obvious choice - I'll order this afternoon :)
What I don't want to do is buy that case/PSU and then find I still end up having to buy another PSU...
 
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