Best case £50-£100 bracket

Fireburst

Fireburst

Fireburst

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Hi,

I am about to build my first system although I have been upgrading and maintaining all my systems over the years, this will be the first I have ever built from scratch.

I am a first year (mature) multimedia student at university and I will be using this system mainly for 2d/video/3d rendering work so I know I will need the following.

3 x Sata HDD (2 of them in a raid 0 and one for storage)
1 x graphics card (no need for SLI or crossfire). I currently have a FX5900XT which seems up to my current tasks.
1 x pci sound card with breakout box
1 X DVD drive
1 X DVD-rw drive
A Firewire port at the front of the case would be useful but not a must.

I am thinking along the lines of a AMD X2 to drive this system.

I would like my system to be fairly quite. I have looked at a few cases and I am open to suggestions. My current considerations are

  • Antec Sonata II
  • Eclipse 62
  • Silverstone Temjin TJ05
  • Lian Li V1000B (although this takes me slightly over budget)

I like the Sonata because of it's price and it comes with a 450W power supply. The Lian Li is obviously a good looking case and I also like the Eclipse because I have heard it is a nice case to work with.

Any recommendations?
 
I am thinking Lian Li. I like the minimalist look and it will look nice next to my Apple Powerbook :)

What is the difference between the PC7+ and the PC60? I still like the idea of a V1000 because they do look so nice but I want to explore all my options first.
 
Well I have my new case (PC7+) and PSU (FSP 500W Blue Storm) ... I just need to start to get the other bits together. I just wanted to say that I am amazed at the price I paid for this Lian Li. Such a fantastic case!!!
 
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