Opinions on the OcUK Rainbow Case?

[HangTime]

I am contemplating putting together a second system from the odds and sods I have lying about, but I need an ATX case to put it in. Does anyone have any experience the Rainbow cases from OcUK (or indeed the Optronix one?)

I won't be expecting brilliant for the money, as I'm not looking to spend a lot on a secondary PC. System would probably consist of:

Abit BD7-II
P4 1.8a @ 2.7ghz
2*512meg DDR400
Voodoo3 3000 PCI
Pioneer DVD-RW
HD of some description (possibly on a PCI SATA controller)

As it's a secondary system, it's unlikely I would want more than a couple of HDs in there, and not many expansion cards either. Basically I just need to know what the build quality is like, if it comes with a bunch of screws etc, and if everything fits in properly.

 

[meths]

Here's the inside of mine although I didn't buy it from OCUK as it came with a prebuilt Athlon XP system and it isn't badged as a rainbow.

It's not great in terms of cooling but what do you expect for 20 bucks.

Must admit though it will be going in the bin shortly when I get my watercooling system.

Edit: The PSU isn't the one that comes with the case.

 

[Raikiri]

You get what you pay for... they will not be very high quality and as you cans ee look naff.
The optronix doesnt look bad though for £26, certainly worth the extra few quid.

^inside of the optronix... PSU seems to be much better than the rainbow one though

 

[Alu_ATC]

Spend a little bit more if I were you and get yourself something like a CM 530 or Antec Sonata II (with PSU). Ok, much more expensive than a junk Rainbow case - but they will both have a re-sale value that will mean you lose nothing on them, unlike the Rainbow. They'll look ablot better too and the bandages can stay in the cupboard.

 

[HangTime]

If I was building a primary system then yes, I wouldn't be looking at a case under £50. However as I'm thinking of just building a second rig from bits as a bit of a sideproject, I'm not looking to throw too much money at it.

The re-sale value of a case isn't such a big deal to me - due to the high shipping cost involved there is little benefit in me trying to sell cases, and the kind of people who are likely to buy it as a whole system probably wouldn't give a damn what brand of case it has anyway

I do have a spare PSU kicking about, so buying a case without a PSU would be a possibility if the price is right. I see Antec have one at £32inc, which is just about within my budget I suppose if it is high quality.

edit: thanks for the pix.... Optronix looks like it has a decent number of 3.5" bays, which is always good (can't fit more than 4 hds in my Chieftec Dragon due to the power molexes on my gfx card getting in the way)