Looking for a case

[kwill]

I am looking for a case/ps for my system I am building.
The system will be an Athlon 1Ghz with an Asus A7V mb.
My requirements for the case are at least:
2 5.25 external
2 3.5 external
1 3.5 internal

The case will be in a bedroom probably turned on the majority of the time so it must be, above all, quiet.

I have looked at the USB case from http://www.colorcase.com/products/case/usb/usb.html. I would probably get the Enermax 330W PS with it, but I am not sure yet if that is the Whisper version or not.

Any other suggestions/ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[GeoffS]

There is a thread in the Hot Deals section about cases. You may find what you are looking for there. Good luck

 

[Delbarton]

Or try here, some 30 choices. Holly...

Do get the quiet PS, quiet cpu fan, and quiet case fan, although.

Make sure you have the motherboard mounted securely with metal screws (no cheap plastic spacers!). The noise from the cpu fan may get magnified through the resonance from the motherboard.

Good luck. - Del

 

[PaiKiaMonster]

I suggest a INWIN case or Antec case.

 

[mechBgon]

For a really quiet case, get an Enlight 7237 with the Enermax 330W whisper power supply, and use Panaflo L1A 80mm fans for the front and rear fan positions. Get an Alpha 6035 Socket A heatsink and pick up a 60mm Panaflo L1A for it. This setup will be quiet but have good airflow, and the case is inexpensive but it has four external 5.25" bays and two external 3.5" bays.

I built my sister a system something like this, and it is really quiet. I ended up using the L1A Panaflo 80mm fans in the rear, on the CPU, in the power supply, and suspended under the hard drive aiming up. You can get the whisper power supply and case from CompuCheap, and the fans from Teamawe. For the heatsink, you can buy the bare heatsink from 2Cooltek, among other places.