After some browsing around different options, I'm thinking of buying a Antec Three Hundred case and a Corsair 550VX PSU.
I already asked for some advice here about other components, and it looks like I'll be building a system using a fairly undemanding AMD Athlon 4050e CPU for now. The PSU is probably overkill even with a graphics card. However, what I really want to ask about is possibilities for future upgrades with this case and PSU, which I'm hoping I'll be able to keep in future builds. If I buy the Corsair, should its abilities hold up so long as the unit itself survives? I probably won't be doing SLI/Crossfire, especially not with power-hungry cards (I believe the PSU only has two connectors anyway), but I certainly might upgrade the CPU and/or GPU to somethnig that draws more power than what I'm building right now, so I want to leave some wiggle room. From experimenting with wattage calculators and trying to digest various FAQs, it seems to me like this Corsair should be a very safe bet for any non-SLI/Crossfire system, and possibly even work with some dual-card setups. But it would be nice to confirm that with people who truly know what they're doing.
I'm also wondering if the Antec sounds like a good idea. I looked at a few more expensive options, and aside from different aesthetics, there didn't seem to be a clear-cut advantage to spending more money. I'd like to keep the case below $100 if possible, and the 300 seems to have a good reputation. However, I haven't yet learned the tricks of managing temperature, so perhaps I'd be missing out on a case with better airflow?
I already asked for some advice here about other components, and it looks like I'll be building a system using a fairly undemanding AMD Athlon 4050e CPU for now. The PSU is probably overkill even with a graphics card. However, what I really want to ask about is possibilities for future upgrades with this case and PSU, which I'm hoping I'll be able to keep in future builds. If I buy the Corsair, should its abilities hold up so long as the unit itself survives? I probably won't be doing SLI/Crossfire, especially not with power-hungry cards (I believe the PSU only has two connectors anyway), but I certainly might upgrade the CPU and/or GPU to somethnig that draws more power than what I'm building right now, so I want to leave some wiggle room. From experimenting with wattage calculators and trying to digest various FAQs, it seems to me like this Corsair should be a very safe bet for any non-SLI/Crossfire system, and possibly even work with some dual-card setups. But it would be nice to confirm that with people who truly know what they're doing.
I'm also wondering if the Antec sounds like a good idea. I looked at a few more expensive options, and aside from different aesthetics, there didn't seem to be a clear-cut advantage to spending more money. I'd like to keep the case below $100 if possible, and the 300 seems to have a good reputation. However, I haven't yet learned the tricks of managing temperature, so perhaps I'd be missing out on a case with better airflow?
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