LAN boy

Hayley-K · 27 Oct 2006 at 20:22

About a year ago I bought myself an acer pc the e360, as i wanted a budget gaming pc.

http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page...en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+Kingdom&crc=2299057241

I have gradually upgraded over the course of the year and now have:

1GB corsair platinum xms Ram
7900 GTO
Wester Digital 250gb hard disk
Various fans and led's

But now my case is getting cramped and im mobo limited as I cant overclock or put another 2 sticks of 512 RAM. I need a new case for the mobo.

Im looking at getting the

DFI LanParty UT RDX200CF-DR Crossfire (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-017-DF) £35.24 as it nice and cheap with good overclocking facilities.

For a budget case I was looknig at the Antec super LANBOY £35.24. It looks like a nice quality case but I was wondering how people are finding it? Is it nice and airy and are there any drawbacks?

nick_lerwill · 27 Oct 2006 at 23:08

everyone here seems to love it. if you were going to extend your budget lian li pc-7+ is great and for the price

arrond · 27 Oct 2006 at 23:38

I have one and its great but not the biggest cases though. Its cool and pretty silent but silence depends on components

A great buy.

Kmodo · 28 Oct 2006 at 11:55

I looks like a nice case for the money and its aluminum which you usually pay more for anyway.

Hayley-K · 28 Oct 2006 at 11:57

So long as its bigger than my existing one I will be happy. My case is tiny a snug fit for the micro ATX board I have! I want it quite small anyway as im thinking of taking it to a few LAN parties. I also like the side window as I can show off my components! lol

allllec · 28 Oct 2006 at 11:58

Air flow is awesome inside those cases, the stock fans are pretty damn quite, build quility is fairly high (not comparible for a pc-7+ or eclipse but hay, were talking about a £35 case)

i strongly recommend it - only other case that iis good for around that price is the Akasa Zen

good luck

Yewen · 28 Oct 2006 at 12:19

Its an ace case, used to cost £70 before OcUK got this lot in.

It can handle full ATX, its a little small but not in a bad way, you can fit SLI into it and a couple of hard drives easily.

Cools very well, and is most certainly the best buy along with the Akasa Zen below £50, it does beat the Zen though due to materials used, but the Zen is very capeable aswell, although it does seem a little cheaper.

In this order I would consider these cases for 'everyone', they can do anything you are likely to ask of them.

Akasa Zen, Antec Super Lanboy, Lian Li PC7+, Akasa Eclipse 62.

All of them are basic in design, but it just works really well giving them all the capability of cooling any system you put in them at near silence if you choose the right coolers.

You would not be dissapointed with any of the cases I have listed, in any way.

The other options are some from Thermaltake or a Jeantech Phoong I which until the Zen was the £30 king in my eyes.

If you have your heart set on the £35 for a £70 case deal then yes get it, and get it soon as OcUK must be running low by now again!

red11 · 28 Oct 2006 at 13:48

I was browsing pics from the Cases gallery, here are some pics of the Super Lan Boy in action.

Hayley-K · 28 Oct 2006 at 22:28

Thanks ever body and Linoge for the pics i'm gunna order myself one tonight alnog with the LAN party mobo. With some UV lights it should loog pretty good.