Pink Case for my Wife's Rig

[dissembled]

I am going to start building a new machine for my wife and one of her only requests other than "Make it fast", is that she get a cutsie girly case. I think her definition of that means that it be pink. I'm not so sure it needs to be 100% gaudy, Barbie doll pink, but she's definitely looking for some pink accents at the least.

My budget is $75 and I got an Antec300 for my machine which I like a lot, but I can't find where they offer and additional colors other than black. Any of you guys have any suggestions on a solid, mid tower, mid range case that might fit this bill?

 

[o1die]

3Btech has a chieftec FC-8 black and pink case for $27.99 shipped (power supply extra). It's a basic case. There is also an apevia-x gamers case with pink trim for around $82 listed at buyxg.com. The best deal was a cooler master elite 310 solid pink with 420w ps for around $50 at frys, if you have any store nearby, but they may be sold out.

 

[davcon]

APEVIA X-PLORER2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144258
APEVIA X-CRUISER2-PK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144244
Choices are few and i can't speak for quality of the Apevia's.
Personally i would buy another 300 and prime and spray paint it pink.
Both Tremclad and Krylon offer pink products.
Sounds like alot of work don't it! lol!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

+1 to Davcon, buy a good case she likes the look of, strip it and spray it
Moto

 

[jdouglas]

My girlfriend wanted the same thing when we built her machine a few weeks ago. We were unable to find a case that she found acceptable in a girlie color.

We ended up picking up a Cooler Master 690ii with the window. We removed the 2 silver rails and added a 2nd top fan and ziptied a 2nd fan under neath the dvd drive. And replaced all of the fans with Purple led fans, I linked at the bottome of the post. We also added purple led light bars to the case to give it a real nice purple glow.

She was amazed at how girlie it was when it was done. Shes also a gamer chick so I guess it wouldnt be girlie to some...

XIGMATEK Cooling System Crystal Series CLF-F1455 Purple LED Case Fan

Maybe a 300 with Pink led fans and such?

 

[Motopsychojdn]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pink-10M-100LED-String-Fairy-Lights-Christmas-Wedding-/320669124283?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item4aa95e86bb
Moto

 

[selas]

This is sort of off-topic...
I don't think the pink=women, blue=men stereotype still applies. I would look instead for clean-cut cases, but better yet... ask her what she has in mind... might prove more useful in the long run

 

[selas]

And I go with Davcon's suggestion... spray paint it...

 

[JDFan]

Directron has a mini tower that might fit the build for $9.99

 

[selas]

nice...

 

[davcon]

Cooler Master elite 310 white/pink not produced for UK market.
They make this for Canada and US market that's why i know about it.
Apparently for Germany also.
http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/a464718.html
It's not pink but definitely a good price for one of the best mid-towers on the market.
Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced All White Case
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240617

 

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[walterm]

Pink contact paper, you could, she could, change her mind, like, ya know, .