Dealsonic ATX MT Case w/ 300W PS $34 shipped (formerly 400W)

[meetamango]

I think that was some other case.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

strange that link shows it's a 300w ps. the 400 w is $4 more.

 

[meetamango]

Price has been changed now -its $3.95 more for 400 Watt


anyone else theirs - if someone can write a detailed review, that would be awesome.

 

[LDegrelle]

Im not qualified to write detailed review but so far it looks good. I picked up this case for an upgrade for a buddy. I scavenged the HD, DVD-ROM, 56k modem floppy and zip drive off of old machine.

The new parts i put in here were:
BIOSTAR VIA KT400 M7VIT PRO motherboard
AMD 1700XP CPU
IGLOO 2410 cpu fan
Corsair 2100 512MB RAM
APOLLO|GF4 MX440 SE 64M DDR video card

All in all, with case and above components (newegg) it ran me just under $250, so he's happy (upgrade from Pentium 450).

So far it has run flawlessly under Win2k. Cant comment on heat as I havent closed up case completely yet. BUT I will put an exhaust 80mm fan in on back of case (there is a spot available on back above expansion slots). I have lots of 80mm fans and always drop one in for exhaust - helps circulate that air.

Like I said before - 4 HDD power connectors and 1 floppy connector. If you need more expansion, get Y- cables. Also this is for 400W PS - for all I know the 300W PS is different. Its about as easy to open as any other case. Two screws on back - regular case screws, not speed screws or the such.

For the price not bad (maybe even with 300W supply).

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: meetamango
anyone get this case, I need a new case for all the new HD I've bought.

Could someone help me in regards to whether this will work for me - I have a MSI K7T Turbo 2 Board with a AMD XP 1800 - help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

I'd get this Chenming aluminum for $95 shipped 3day FedEx with a 450w Austin(Foxconn) psu ...pics

 

[meetamango]

I'm deciding to get the following instead of a generic case

Antec SX1040BII Performance II Series SOHO File Server - $100 Amazon

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: meetamango
I'm deciding to get the following instead of a generic case

Antec SX1040BII Performance II Series SOHO File Server - $100 Amazon

Chieftec/Chenming makes Antec's cases....and steel over aluminum...

 

[XeoBllaze]

Yuck, that case is anything but nice lookin'

 

[jimbc]

Got mine,
It gets a very nice looking. Other than that, nothing to talk about -- a crapy power supply and rough edges. I am sure I will cut my fingers when I install it. The power supply looks weird to me. The sealing strip is broken, so it is not a new one -- my warranty is gone? And the brand is called PowMax, any one know something about it? Oh well, we are talking about 34 bucks junk. I will install my machine tomorrow to see how it runs.

 

[lobe]

I ordered mine when it still had the 400 watt power supply for 33.95 shipped, and just got it today. I wanted something with front usb so I could just plug in the digital camera without reaching around the back. USB 1.0 was fine for my purposes.

I completely disagree with the sharp edges complaint. The case has folded over, smooth edges except for the drive cages, but I never have a problem getting hacked on those. Ugly or not? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Mine is going out-of-sight under the desk anyway.

Indulge this read to find out why I am so happy. I think about 9 months ago now I bought a used Shuttle AK31 from someone on the forum. He said it worked fine. No reason not to believe him. I got it, put it in my enlight case with a 300 watt power supply. Couldn't even get it to post. I really wanted to use it, so went to Best Buy and bought a 365 watt (or something like that) antec power supply. Tried it. No post. Returned the power supply, figured the board might be bad, and just stuck it in the storage room in the basement. I had read that certain boards like the ECS K7S5A and the Shuttle AK31 needed really good power supplies, but I was running (still am) an ECS K7S5A board in that enlight case without problems. Oh well.

So I got the case and figured, aw, just give the shuttle one more try. So it is a "crappy oem" power supply. Try it anyway. I put it in the case with a hard drive, 256 ddr, floppy, cd-rom and athlon xp 1600. IT FIRED RIGHT UP! The motherboard was fine all the time. Tomorrow I'll have time to load Windows and get it going!

So the expensive, "excellent quality" antec power supply wouldn't run it, but the "crappy oem" power supply did. Go figure.

I don't know what will happen with you, but it did work with a notoriously picky motherboard-the Shuttle AK31.

 

[tc17]

Originally posted by: jimbc
Got mine,
It gets a very nice looking. Other than that, nothing to talk about -- a crapy power supply and rough edges. I am sure I will cut my fingers when I install it. The power supply looks weird to me. The sealing strip is broken, so it is not a new one -- my warranty is gone? And the brand is called PowMax, any one know something about it? Oh well, we are talking about 34 bucks junk. I will install my machine tomorrow to see how it runs.

The stats on the 400w Powmax power supply seem pretty good to me.