Antec Aria Migration

a1ex2001 · 10 Mar 2006 at 13:33

Now I'm happy with my new main rig I'm thinking about migrating my old PC into the above case to replace my mini-itx HTPC which may be silent but isn't the best for playing back movies or a bit of light gaming. My old PC is a 1.8GHz P4 (One of the first ones!) a cheap MSI motherboard thats the right size 512MB of PC133 and a radeon 9600PRO.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience with these Antec cases and wanted to encourage my purchase or point me in the direction of something else in a similar price bracket that would accomodate this sort of spec

Yewen · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:04

Good case and you should not have any trouble with it.

If you like it, then I doubt you could find anything better.

p4radox · 10 Mar 2006 at 16:13

It's a gorgeous case. Very nice to look at, miles better quality than the Aspire XQpack. Only the Silverstone Sugo beats it for me, but it costs mega-bucks.

You might want to be aware however, that your system will not run very cool, airflow does leave a little to be desired.
Is your P4 Socket 478? If so, I'd invest in a Zalman CNPS7000B Cu heatsink

Yewen · 10 Mar 2006 at 16:16

Was wondering when you would show up

I agree completely with the comments about the Sugo, but out of the box the Aria is a bit quieter.

a1ex2001 · 10 Mar 2006 at 16:57

Cheers guys good to see some posotive feedback, definately worth investing in a new cooler mine is still on the stock and after 5 years of abuse it is nearing it's end. The Sugo is a little out of my price range, I'll let you know if I decide to take the plunge!