please help!!!!!!! what case to buy?

[throchris]

please help as this is my last thing i need for
I know there is a forum for this but i really need an answer and no one there is answering my question so please help.

I need it for a P3 700e overclocked on a cusl2 mobo

I need a new case for my new computer. I need a good case with good cooling b/c i'm overclocking and i need some room perferrably a full tower or a very big mid tower. I need 300w p/s and i need a reasonable price. I was looking at the fong-kai(the super mid tower version for $99) what does everyone think?

thanks

 

[DBavaria]

Goto www.a-pro.com
thay have reviews, pics, and video of all cases,, good cheap site

 

[Erasmus-X]

SuperMicro SC760A

A little out of your price range, but it's a great case. Only complaint here is how noisy it is (but that's one of the sacrifices you make when you decide to overclock the hell out of your system).

 

[HeaverVT]

ATACOm sells an InWin case, FT 300W supply for $85
Needs fans, but its a good design (Same one 3DCOOL uses for its tornado FT case, just with out two holes drilled into the side panel for two extra fans)
Lots of room, still relatively cheap.

 

[Fenix793]

Addtronics 6890a or 7890a these cases are huge and have plenty of room for fans. Or if you want extreme cooling the tornado cases are pretty good.

 

[MrChicken]

If I was going to buy a new case now, I get either the Antec SX830 or the 1030. They're both ~$100 from many online stores. Roomy, comes with enough fan mounting locations that you shouldnt need to cut blow holes and has the Antec 300w power supply.

 

[Dave]

Aopen HX-45 $55 from myaopen.com

I've used several over the past few years and never had a problem. Weel built with quiet, reliable power supply, no sharp edges.

 

[pyr]

go to pccase.com they sell the same cases as at a-pro but cheaper with free shipping. I got a case from there (brand name is A-top) and even tho i had not heard of the company before (I bought an atop years ago from a-pro but didnt know the make) they are very ver nice cases. the one i got has a side blowhole, is totally screwless and is just all round awesome. very solid construction. it was only 79 (with a 250W which I replaced with my 300W)

 

[RC]

I have the fong-kai 603 and the system runs hotter than in my Addtronics 689x case. Go with the Addtronics 789x case. It costs more, but you get what you pay for with the Addtronics case.

 

[Bleeding Jawa]

I keep recommending the Antec KS282 which is a nice, larger mid-tower & comes with the excellent ANtec 300W power supply. It is at Onvia for dfor $60 shipped. If you use pointclick, it's even cheaper.

Excellent buy.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

SuperMicro SC750A full tower or the Addtronics full tower.

Not sure about the 'Add, but the Super comes with a 300W Sparkle Power Supply, which is one of the best available IMHO.

You can get it for $146 with free shipping from http://www.chaseshop.com. Be ware, to get free shipping, you must first register as a member for Chaseshop. Do this first, then once you receive your confirmation email, go back to the Chaseshop site and do a search by "Product". Search on 750A to get the link to the case. Don't freak out because it says the manufacturer is Siemens. It's just a typo on their part ... all that I've ordered have arrived as 'Supers.

One last thing, if you sign up for a Chase credit card and use it for your orders at Chaseshop, you get an instant additional 5% off anything you buy.

 

[Jhhnn]

Anandtech likes the fong kai, especially the larger 320. The included 300w Enhance psu is good as well. Don't overlook the Antec sx830 and sx1030, they look better in person, and good deals can be had from onvia.com on the sx830. Any of these is roomy without being incredibly humongous, and provide good cooling options without cutting. You really can't go wrong with any of the three.

 

[dszd0g]

I recently picked up an Antec SX830 case for a cheap system I was putting together and was really impressed on how well built it was.

Things I liked about it:

Side doors come off very easily. Card side just has a handle you slide with a key you can lock. At the computer store I was shopping at they didn't have any of the doors on the cases, but I had fun annoying the staff by asking for the doors for all the cases and seeing how easy they were to put on. On one of the cases (I forget what brand) I couldn't get it on and the person helping me spent like 5 minutes trying to get the door on. That is the extreme case though. The Antec was by far the easiest.

Thumbscrews and sliding out floppy tray.

Sliding out 5 1/4 bays with clips holding them in.

Lots of SNAP-IN fan slots. Came with 2 extra 8cm fans.

Large front vent.

Things I didn't like:

Motherboard tray does not come out.

One of the fans came making a high pitched whining noise. I exchanged it at the store I bought it at for another.

Antec 300W Power Supply that it came with does not have a monitoring plug.

Both of the fans it came with are 4-pin non-monitored. I am not sure what the cfm on the Antec fans is, maybe they have to be 4-pin do to the power draw. I have heard some of the more powerful fans can damage motherboards by drawing too much power and therefore have to come in 4-pin.

There are some other really cool cases I have seen on the net and have seen good reviews for. However, I like to feel up a case before I buy it. :>

The ones that have interested me are:

http://www.computersdivine.com/cases.htm

I would really like to see more info on these cases. If I see that a lot of people love them I will just have to buy one.

and just cause it looks cool:

http://www.yeongyang.com/yy-0210.htm (It comes in black)

Seems to sell for about $199 in black.

ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/l440gx/chassis/yeong_yang_yy-0210.pdf

although this person's account of it doesn't seem that great:
http://forum.arstechnica.com/forum/ubb/Forum9/HTML/000403.html

The Chenbro that was mentioned to be better is $600 for the Ultra (comes in black too). Supports 21 fans? Out of the range of what I'm willing to spend on a case.