opinions?

The_Dark_Side · 26 Jun 2006 at 00:03

i'm upgrading and am going to need a new case.
i want something that's well built, looks tasteful, has been designed to help with noise reduction and that has lots of room inside should i need to work on the thing once it's assembled.at the mo i have a Sonata which, although i like it a lot, it can he awkward to get your hands inside the thing.
i like the look of the Antec P180 but if you lot know of a better option then i'm all ears.

any suggestions?

The_Dark_Side · 26 Jun 2006 at 01:42

Yewen said:
PC7+ with some decent fans. Low noise cases are very gimicky, its what you put in them that makes the noise.

I would got for a PC7+ or a Akasa Eclipse 62 and spend a lot on some high quality fans, and a good GFX cooler.

Both then would be much much quieter than a stock P180, of course you could do the same to the P180 and get the same noise level, exactly.

The P180 is not built to well at all, door warping and general low quality from every forum bar silent pc review, who helped design it so are highly, highly biased.

Plenty of options, but your post was missing the most important part, budget!

how abouth the P150 then?
as for budget....i'd go upto around £150 for case+PSU.
interior room is an important factor plus aesthetically i'm less than impressed with Lian Li's efforts

The_Dark_Side · 27 Jun 2006 at 17:25

Antec Performance TX1088AMG Metallic Grey Tower Case - 480w Truepower PSU (CA-035-AN)

to throw another selection into the mix, does anyone have any opinions on the above? both in terms of the case itself and the supplied PSU?

The_Dark_Side · 27 Jun 2006 at 18:01

the styling of the 1088 i can live with to be honest.
am i right in assuming its a full tower? as interior working space is important to me.
if its a full tower and the PSU is a good 'un i'll probably go for it, unless you're aware of any build quality/other horror stories.