What Case?

RamHorn · 24 Jan 2006 at 19:23

I'm not sure what case to get, either:

This (4th Down)
or
Either of those

The bottom one is cheaper, but it has a wierd PSU, 350w in some places, 450w in others. Could someone clear that up and also I would like any recommendations of people who have bought either.

Thanks all.

Yewen · 24 Jan 2006 at 19:38

The Antec is built better, as the Artics can have some questionable build qualities.

The PSU is the most important piece of the PC, you dont want to skimp on it remember.

WJA96 · 24 Jan 2006 at 19:48

Probably the Antec. The Arctic Cooling has lots of great features, but it is definitely built to a price, and given that the power supply is a Seasonic (the 350W PSU models are old stock), something had to give somewhere else. The plastics used are really hard and brittle. If you're a gentle sort, that doesn't want to open the case on a regular basis, you might be very happy, but if you like to change components on a regular basis, I would urge you to look at the Antec instead.

RamHorn · 24 Jan 2006 at 19:59

I'll probably go for the Antec then, but thats another £10 on top of the already riding price

I know it doesn't sound like much, but I'm on a paperround.

Yewen · 24 Jan 2006 at 21:15

Whats the complete spec of the pc mate?

RamHorn · 25 Jan 2006 at 18:22

Mobo - Gigabyte K8NMF-9 nForce4 Micro ATX (Third Down)

CPU - (Venice) Athlon 64 3500+

GFX - OcUK GeForce 7800 GT]OcUK GeForce 7800 GT (Ninth Down

RAM - Crucial 512MB DDR (Second Down)

HDD - Seagate 120GB Barracuda

DVD - Sony CRX320E CDRW/DVD Combi Drive

There you go...

please do not link to competitors!

I knew I should have taken out the links!

Ice Rich · 25 Jan 2006 at 18:37

I ordered the Antec SLK3000B yeasterday - should be here tomorrow.

I did a lot of research and the the 3000B seems to be the best budget case around. I'll post feedback when its all set-up and running.....

Rich