Is this case good?

[dude_here]

Building a c2d system, and was eyeballing this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144128


BTW, sorry about yet another "look at this case" thread, but didn't want to hijack someone elses thread.

 

[mekender]

just from personal experience, the apevia (aspire) brand seems kinda cheaply built... ive built 2 machines with them, and they just wernt what i would call solidly built... my newest machine i decided to stick with a major brand name, went with the antec p180... and wow, what a difference in quality... no missing parts, no dents, no screws that didnt quite line up... and its built like a tank

i would suggest one of these 2:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129021

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154

 

[tool_462]

I honestly am unimpressed with any Apevia case that I have dealt with. For that price you can get a much nicer case such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129017
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=thermaltake+armor&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

 

[dude_here]

Please realize that I'm on a budget, and the afore mentioned unit has a 500w psu. Sorry, I guess I could have mentioned that . In my budget I guess I can live with somethings on it being less that savory.

Thoughts?

 

[mekender]

ok well, what is your budget and what are the other components you are wanting to get? i can promise you that the 500w PS in that case will not be sufficient to run SLI and probably wont work very will with an 8800 video card

 

[dude_here]

No no sli or 8800.

c2d e6300/thermaltake cpu fan/gigabyte ga-965p-ds3/2 gb patriot mem/ 7600gs (or there abouts)/dvd-rw/250gb caviar sata/cheap sound card/XP media center/microsoft wireless keyboard-mouse.

Nothin too serious I guess, but don't want to under power it either.

Thanks!

 

[dude_here]

What about this setup?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144151

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817128002

only $20 more.

 

[mekender]

well me not liking the aspire brand is a personal choice... i have used their lower end one, so perhaps that makes a difference... as for lower cost... thermaltake has some good looking ones...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133146

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133030


cases are mostly a personal choice, though ease of use will definately play a factor in it... i say, read up on the case you are looking at, read some reviews on google, and see what other owners have to say about it

 

[dude_here]

Dang that blue one about blinded me! :lol: Never seen one like that before! Yeah I looked at those ones you listed and the reviews seem about the same and it's hard to please everyone, especially on a budget.

Thanks for your help...it is much appreciated!

 

[clue69less]

Please realize that I'm on a budget, and the afore mentioned unit has a 500w psu. Sorry, I guess I could have mentioned that . In my budget I guess I can live with somethings on it being less that savory.

Thoughts?

I'd go out and get a really solid power supply, which will run at least a hundred bucks. Look at this excellent deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817812004

Then spend the rest of the budget on a cheap case to get you by till the budget allows an upgrade. There are many cases available for under 30 bucks. Get a really ugly one and then you'll be sure to quickly find the money to replace it. Drive over the junk one in your car and have a ball destroying the ugly pile of crap. This way, you'll not have to endure losing your CPU or GPU to a junk power supply.

 

[tool_462]

I would even choose the Cooler Master Centurion series over the ones you were asking about.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077

Only $50 and I love em.

As for a PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104954

That totals $100 and gets you a higher quality case and a higher quality PSU. Can't ask for much more

For the case, there are many in the Centurion line. You can choose from windowed, non windowed etc.

 

[dude_here]

Ok, I looked around and researched some more and came up with this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811146025

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817104034

Wadda ya think?

 

[apt403]

The psu that tool_462 recomended is an awesome unit, perfect for our system.

For the case i would get this, its a great budget Lian-Li.

 

[clue69less]

The psu that tool_462 recomended is an awesome unit, perfect for our system.

For the case i would get this, its a great budget Lian-Li.

I can second that case recommendation. I've built one of them up and it's the usual, excellent LLi quality. If I remember right, it doesn't have the removable mobo tray but you can jump up something like $15 or $20 and get basically the same case with the pullout tray if it's worth it to you.