DEAD!!! 2 Aluminum cases for 70.68 bux shipped!!!

[TheMouse]

mine is still in queue for shipment

 

[nitsuj3580]

me to

hard to be patient

EDIT: Shipping email!! woohoo!!

 

[loco21]

ok for thos who call me cranppy i just send a email to the place and here is the answer :

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"The side panels are made of aluminum - the front is not but made to look
like

Thank you
The Geeks

-----Original Message-----
From: Website Email Message [mailto:xxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:24 PM
To: Website Customer
Subject: Webmail to salesgeek


Hi! i just have 1 question this product from u guys: 7-Bay Silver Aluminum
ATX Case w/300-Watt Power Supply Only $49.00

Product Number 6688-KHS

Can u tell me if this is a real aluminum case or is just paint stell case
wisht look like a aluminum thanks for u answer in advance i just want to
know cuz some 1 tol me thas a aluminum case but look a painting case to me !

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good luck with u new side pannel aluminum case LOLLOL

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Okay. got them both. Front is plastic, all the rest is aluminum. But, I knew that ... kinda plastic'ish.. but what do you expect from a alum case with 300w power supply for $35 ?

what i'm dissappointed in is there is no front usb ports .. J/K I found them.. on the right side of front bezel.. haha.. 2 usb and headphone/input. i'm blind

I'm happy now .. thanks lilricedude!

It comes with a sidefan with led lights... i always thought these were cheezy... but I'm cheezy now...
sidefan has a thermosister.. i'm guessing for speedingup/slowdown depending on temperature.

this thing is SOOO light !

 

[slycat]

hey crapper...why don't u tell us something we didn't know?
we already read that the front cover is plastic(LINK)...the rest is alum as ihatetigerdirect mentioned.

 

[labgeek]

So does the power supply have the ATX12V power connector for a P4 motherboard?

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Can u tell me if this is a real aluminum case or is just paint stell case

Well, all i have to say is this statement should make you dig a hole and put your head it it. Because it IS a real aluminum case and NOT A PAINTED "STELL" CASE. Haha. Lots of aluminum cases have plastic front bezels.. take a look at Chieftec, etc. The only different is the chieftec sells for $70+ without a power supply!

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: GrandVizor

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
only thing I know is that I'm not buying another thing from them until they answer my email regarding the 21" monitor that got severely cracked in shipment.

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If I were you, I will dispute the charge on my CC.

Just did so...we'll see how it goes.

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Originally posted by: labgeek
So does the power supply have the ATX12V power connector for a P4 motherboard?

I donno what that is.. i have a amd system. Ignoring the device cable wires, there are 3 connectors. One is obviously the 20pin to motherboard. Then there is a squarish 4 pin and a long 6 pin. Does that help?

 

[labgeek]

I suspect the squarish 4 pin is it.

If you look at:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1499

to the right of where it says "Page 4" is the connector I'm asking about.

Does it look like that?

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Originally posted by: labgeek
I suspect the squarish 4 pin is it.

If you look at:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1499

to the right of where it says "Page 4" is the connector I'm asking about.

Does it look like that?

That's it.

The power supply has only 1 fan, but it's speed is adjusted by the power output.. similar to antec's solution.
You can add up to 3 fans in the case, but the top one is probably not a good idea. I see no vent channel for the top fan. weird why they would even put the capability to put one there...

edit.. blinded by ignorance again.. apparently, the top fan blow hot air up at the aluminum top to dissipate heat... with 4 small channels of holes which go back into the case. So the hot air goes in a circle... continually blowing at the top of the aluminum case. Not sure if that right..

 

[labgeek]

Thank you very much, I don't have to worry about finding an adapter, or another power supply.

Last of the parts for the new computer are coming in. Most parts are AT "Hot Deals" - GF4 Ti4200 8x 128MB $79, HP 300i DVD+RW $149, 80GB 8mb cache Maxtor $69, 120GB 2mb cache Maxtor $79, 1GB Crucial PC2100 DDR $110, and now the case $36 (1/2 of $72). Motherboard was a ebay buy, no deal but in stock, $250 for Gigabyte 8INXP. And I'm borrowing a P4-based Celery 1.7Ghz until I find my new processor... Already have a Mitsu Precise Point 21" (15 pin and 5BNC) with capacitive touchscreen. Should make a nice upgrade to my old P3 1Ghz box - 'bout time too.

Thanks again

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: ihatetigerdirect

Can u tell me if this is a real aluminum case or is just paint stell case

Well, all i have to say is this statement should make you dig a hole and put your head it it. Because it IS a real aluminum case and NOT A PAINTED "STELL" CASE. Haha. Lots of aluminum cases have plastic front bezels.. take a look at Chieftec, etc. The only different is the chieftec sells for $70+ without a power supply!

can u look up on the power supply and see if theres a model#?

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

can u look up on the power supply and see if theres a model#?

"LP6100"

 

[lilricedude]

finally a shipping comfirmation. how did you guys get yours before me?? grrrr....

 

[Delbert]

Originally posted by: ihatetigerdirect

can u look up on the power supply and see if theres a model#?

"LP6100"

Any different than the 6100C?

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Any different than the 6100C?

Well, on the LP6100 version included, it marks the DC Output equivalent to the LP6100C. But, the "C" version includes Dual Ball bearing fan and internal fan rpm monitoring. The power supply is pretty light in terms of weight, so I don't think it's comparable to like an antec truepower. In my past experiences, the heavier the power supply, the better.

 

[slycat]

I believe it should be the LP6100C...since its the only one that is 300w.
This has links to AMD and Intel tests on the psu.

Intel states psus may fail some non-critical tests and still pass overall but this psu at least passed all tests; critical or not.
..so i guess its safe to say we got our money's worth.

 

[lilricedude]

i got the cases today. woohoo!!! they're sooo light .. now i gotta find parts to put in them.

 

[doinmybestatlast]

Just want to know if the P/S can be heard. I have made systems with the Raidmax case and found them to be excessively loud due to the lack of muffling of thin aluminum case. Needed to spend extra money on quiet fans and changed the P/S fan to Panaflo so I didn't have an airplane under the desk.

Accessories: LED 80 mm fans, Mitsumi FD w/aluminum faceplate, round cables and Cathode light. I am an avid customer of Computergeeks, but for the accessories SVC is hard to beat.

Re: Computergeeks RMA - had three RMA's from them and it took about two weeks turnaround time and I paid for the return. One was a Powmax P/S in one of their cases. Slow, but taken care of.

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

Originally posted by: doinmybestatlast
Just want to know if the P/S can be heard. I have made systems with the Raidmax case and found them to be excessively loud due to the lack of muffling of thin aluminum case. Needed to spend extra money on quiet fans and changed the P/S fan to Panaflo so I didn't have an airplane under the desk.

Accessories: LED 80 mm fans, Mitsumi FD w/aluminum faceplate, round cables and Cathode light. I am an avid customer of Computergeeks, but for the accessories SVC is hard to beat.

Re: Computergeeks RMA - had three RMA's from them and it took about two weeks turnaround time and I paid for the return. One was a Powmax P/S in one of their cases. Slow, but taken care of.

Yes, it can be heard, but not much louder than my antec truepower 330watt - which is supposedly very quiet. This is my first aluminum case, and I agree that aluminum cases leak lots more noise than steel. Not only that, I don't think they cool that much better either. I only like aluminum because of the weight...

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

What are the rear fan sizes on this? I'd like to order the extra case fans while its shipping....

 

[ihatetigerdirect]

1 rear 80mm, 1 front 80mm, 1 top 80mm

but the top fan is virtually useless...