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Mar 30, 2006, 01:11 AM
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searching for a case
got just a small question after looking at those cases you all have. Im searching for a nice case myself. But i cant seem to find any who suit me. I wanna have a case with at least a front and rear fan, good power supply and not too expensive.. do you have any suggestions?
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Mar 30, 2006, 11:11 AM
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Bouncing off the Walls
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Honestly SFF is really not for the inexpensive. The cases tend to be more pricy as you get size and more engineering in them. The shuttles or asus boxes are nice but they have a price premium for the size.
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Apr 1, 2006, 07:29 PM
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DriverHeaven's Tomboy
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I believe that you mean desktop/small cases, as real SFF machines come as barebones. You cannot pick a case without a motherboard and power supply unit at least.
Concerning small cases, a nice small case with adequate airflow is the Antec Aria. |
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Apr 8, 2006, 06:15 PM
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i mean more like just a medium tower, with power supply provided. and some fans already installed.. but with the possibility for a fan in the front, in the back. maybe a transparant side with a cooler of some sort.. and what looks good... ive searched a few hours already on the net, but havent found anything or it was expensive as hell...
havent you got a case at and it fits my needs? what the name? |
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Apr 8, 2006, 09:36 PM
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Bouncing off the Walls
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check the X-spider cases or something like that... they are not bad for the price and come fully loaded with fans. They are loud though. Personally i love my shuttles
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Apr 10, 2006, 12:14 PM
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does nobody here own a case he really likes with a front, back fan.
i would like a transparant side screen with a fan. but it doesnt have to be transparant, its just i like to look in my case Ive searched for hours, but i cant seem to find a good case for me, the ones i like or dont have a standard power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144089 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144168 what you think of these? Last edited by Neshi; Apr 10, 2006 at 12:24 PM. |
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Apr 10, 2006, 10:12 PM
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watching 1080i
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Just buy a separate PSU.. you are better off that way anyway.
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Apr 11, 2006, 01:33 AM
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Apr 11, 2006, 03:40 AM
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Giggity!
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(although like bwx said, buy a good modular psu seperately is your best bet ) |
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Apr 11, 2006, 12:33 PM
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i made my choice. it the NZXT Lexa. but it has no PSU, now im wondering, what a good PSU what isnt too expensive?
cos now i got an AOpen FSP350-60PN, 350W and i guess i need more... (it makes a hell of alot noise too.. :/) |
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Apr 11, 2006, 12:49 PM
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watching 1080i
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Antec / Enermax / OCZ / PC Power and Cooling / Sparkle Power Inc
That's about the only ones I will trust.. others will have different opinions. |
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Apr 11, 2006, 03:02 PM
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Bouncing off the Walls
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Sparkle is evil... i burned out a few of those. As for the other yah antec or ocz are the ones i have used in past with good success
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Apr 11, 2006, 03:58 PM
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I've always heard good things about sparkle, and actually I have had good experiences with them too- there's one that is about 7 years old (250watt) powering a machine that I built for my parents.. I scavenged it from a machine they had before (very old).. and it is running an Athlon XP- bunch of HD's, 3 sticks of ram, etc.. for years and years.. Actually probably being over worked by that system..
Only thing is they are bare bones type of product, no extras at all. |
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Apr 12, 2006, 03:05 PM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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These guys do some nice cases:
http://www.xionusa.com/homepage.html Lots of room and loads of airfflow. You can see mine in the "Show your rig" thread. |
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Apr 12, 2006, 03:14 PM
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http://www.xionusa.com/images/produc...0pics/Back.jpg
Look pretty generic and low quality to me.... http://www.xionusa.com/images/produc...ide%20Back.jpg http://www.xionusa.com/images/produc...rive%20bay.jpg |
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Apr 12, 2006, 03:32 PM
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and the fan in the side screen is a bit of an akward place, totally in the middle, so it isnt on the proc or the vga at all... probably blowing at the memory
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Apr 12, 2006, 03:55 PM
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It just looks cheap- like my old case I have been using for 5 years.. but I like mine because I customized it by cutting out all the fan grates, so it has high air flow, and quiet too.. and I put an extra fan in the side blowing right on the video card. Plus a lot of those cases are made out of really thin flimsy metal, the one I got is extremely heavy duty... hard to cut it even if you want to. Stick with a well known name brand..
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Apr 20, 2006, 01:42 PM
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this is the case i think of buying.. but its without psu.. anybody thoughts?
     Last edited by Neshi; Apr 20, 2006 at 01:50 PM. |
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Apr 21, 2006, 08:20 AM
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DriverHeaven's Tomboy
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Quote:
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/...Lexa/index.htm |
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Apr 21, 2006, 09:52 AM
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i meant more if anybody had any thoughts of a good psu for this case.. not too expensive but reliable and good W output...
is the optional psu any good? the Antec SmartPower 2.0 500 Watt ATX12V v2.0 nice review btw, makes me even eager to buy this case  Last edited by Neshi; Apr 21, 2006 at 11:08 AM. |
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Apr 21, 2006, 04:06 PM
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The optional PSU is just fine. After that, it all depends on how much you want to spend. If you can afford it, perhaps you would like to check on a modular PSU, like the Antec HE or Enermax Liberty series. |
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