Opinions on the OcUK Rainbow Case?

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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.
 
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)
 
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