Good Budget Case & Power Supply?

[RobDMB]

I'm doing a budget build and would like recommendations on a good budget case and power supply. They can be bundled or separate but i would like the total to definitely be 100 or less (80 or less preferably). Thanks, Rob

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

http://www.myaopen.com/ Aopen cases come with low end Fortron PSUs.

The linked site has cases with 350 & 400 watt units. Froogle for a better price.


...Galvanized

 

[Zepper]

Check the Rosewill thread here. Hard to beat the R6A series on a value basis (performance per dollar). Except for the bezel, the Antec SLK3000-B is identical (and you can get that for about the same bottom-line price thru Provantage.com if you'd rather). I'm tired of looking at that ancient Antec bezel design, so the Rosewill variants were a breath of fresh air to me. And there are quite a few decent PSUs for under $50. shipped these days.There is a Coolmax 500W unit with active PFC on Newegg that was selling for around $50. shipped recently. It's definitely worth a look.

.bh.

 

[RobDMB]

Do you have a link to the Rosewill case?

 

[Zepper]

No I don't have the link to the thread handy, but if you type rosewill into the search field at the top of each C&C page and hit Enter, voila, there she is. I'm really holding back a ddd.... (think Bart).

He helps those who help themselves.

.bh.

 

[Operandi]

InWin is another good choice. Pretty basic cases but very solid that come with fairly good PSUs.

The cases themselves come in at $50-60, so you should be able to fit in a lower watt Forton-Source or maybe even a Seasonic and keep it under $100, and keep the InWin PSU as a backup.

 

[acegazda]

Perhaps an antec slk3000 from provantage (as zepper pointed out) as they are $45 shipped I believe. Throw in a seasonic s12 330w for a very low end build (integrated graphics, 1 hdd etc.) or a sparkle or fortron fsp400-60thn. The sparkle is usually cheaper. Both the seasonic and the fortron go for ~$55 shipped. The fortron could be less...

 

[sangchu3102]

try case and PSU

 

[Zepper]

Both links are the same.

.bh.

 

[Tullphan]

Are you wanting a desktop case, tower, or what?

 

[996GT2]

Case: Raidmax X1, Cooler Master Cavalier/Centurion, or Antec SLK3000B

CM Cavalier: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119075
Raidmax X-1: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811156179
CM Centurion: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068
Antec SLK3000B: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129152 (can be had for less elsewhere)

PSU: Fortron 400W or Sparkle Power 350W (both are almost identical)

Fortron: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104953
Sparkle: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103012
MAKE SURE THE SPARKLE IS THE ATX-350PN! They have many similar looking models.

 

[Beiruty]

ORdered this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159052

I hope I like it I will report next week

 

[akshayt]

what is your system config?

 

[sgtBaker]

I have the antec sonata II.
Very nice case,it is very quiet and keeps everything cool.
Stock power supply has been fine so far.



My setup.
amd opteron 165@2.6
2 g g skill xtreme
2 hitachi deskstar 250g in raid 0
1 maxtor 300g hd
nec dvd burner
evga 7900 gt @ 475/900
antec sonata II
razer mouse
saitek keyboard

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: Beiruty
ORdered this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159052

I hope I like it I will report next week

You could have done much better.

 

[Interitus]

I used to have a Coolmax in my old Socket A system.

While I can't say how well it will hold up to the higher demands PCI-E and some of the newer tech out there, I will say that the one I had in my rig had super stable rails and was very quiet.

Hope it works out for you.

 

[adairusmc]

Newegg had a sale on an Antec Sonata II with a SmartPower 2.0 450w combo for $89 the other day, Not too bad I don't think.

Looks like they still have the deal going on -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155

I think they are very nice cases, and there is even another rebate which gets the cost down to $74.99 (if rebates are something you are willing to deal with that is).

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Beiruty
ORdered this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159052

I hope I like it I will report next week

You get what you pay for...