WARM: Antec SLK3700AMB

[imported_StormGod]

This is one the Newegg's one day special sales. I've been watching this price for over a month, and this is as low as it has been. I'd post a link but their site is having some serious problems today. If you can get to it, this is a good price on an outstanding case.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Definitly a great price. I'll go for it, but I just got an SLK1600 for $25 AR at Fry's.

 

[jason e]

Yep...newegg had a sale identical to this on Labor day...which was just about a month ago. I only know because I purchased it during that sale. ;-)

 

[TestGuyCT]

The price on this case hasn't changed much. I bought this case from NewEgg in Dec '03 for $65, free shipping. Great case for the price, and power supply is included.

 

[user1234]

You can get this for $52 from ebuyer plus ~$10 shipping. This is not hot. The really good case is the SLK3700BQE which again is not competetively priced on the egg ($90 compared to $75 elsewhere).

Now, $60 for the SLK3700BQE would be a hot deal.

 

[Auric]

"This is a rebranded HEC 6A19 with a flimsy door and a cheap PSU (half the standard MTBF) available with neither from directron for $39. Its bigger brother the 6919 can be had for $29 from advanced2000. Either way, add a good Seasonic or Fortron PSU and you're set."

 

[TestGuyCT]

Auric, thanks for the info regarding MTBF. The SL350 power supply that comes standard with the Antec SLK3700AMB only has MTBF = 50,000 hours Antec SL350

The Seasonic power supplies have MTBF > 100,000 hrs, excluding DC fan. Seasonic PS

Also, Fortron: Fortron Aurora Series

I wish that I paid closer attention to this data before purchasing. However, the case seems well-built.

 

[Balt]

I have this case. It's a very good deal for the price. The only thing "flimsy" about it is the door on the front which you could just take off if you're that anal. The rest of it is steel and I haven't had any problems with the door anyway.

Btw, 50,000 hours is about 2,083 days or 5.7 years. If this PSU lasts that long for the small amount that I paid for it, I'll be happy. It's running my P4-3.0 and 6800 w/ no problems whatsoever.

 

[user1234]

The PSU is good, the case is also pretty good, but the price is not that great.

 

[Steve Guilliot]

Realize that 50,000 MTBF means the power supply is 50% likely to die within 5.7 years, not that we are guaranteed a working power supply for 5.7 years.

i.e. A 100,000 MTBF is approx. half as likely to die within x years as 50,000 MTBF.

 

[user1234]

Come on, this is ANTEC power supply, it is one of the best. The MTBF rating is probably very conservative, just like their output rating, which is better than most other brand's 400W PSUs. The inclusion of this Antec PSU is what makes this case all the more desirable, because this PSU alone retails for more than $40. But as I said, this newegg "one day special" is stil more expensive than other places, so not really hot or warm at all.

 

[yelo333]

Originally posted by: TestGuyCT
Auric, thanks for the info regarding MTBF. The SL350 power supply that comes standard with the Antec SLK3700AMB only has MTBF = 50,000 hours Antec SL350

Well, 50,000 hours = ~5.7 YEARS...That's mean time between failure...so, could go longer, could go shorter, but, still, 6 years is a long time for a PSU to be in use 24/7. And, as user1234 said, it's most probably a more conservative rating than other PSU makers(who can argue with them if their PSU dies after 10 yrs...that long, and it could be ANYTHING - your mobo/cpu will probably die before then...)

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: Steve Guilliot
Realize that 50,000 MTBF means the power supply is 50% likely to die within 5.7 years, not that we are guaranteed a working power supply for 5.7 years.

i.e. A 100,000 MTBF is approx. half as likely to die within x years as 50,000 MTBF.

Didn't realize that, thanks for filling me in. :beer:

I still believe that this is an excellent case w/ an excellent power supply for the price, though.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: Steve Guilliot
Realize that 50,000 MTBF means the power supply is 50% likely to die within 5.7 years, not that we are guaranteed a working power supply for 5.7 years.

i.e. A 100,000 MTBF is approx. half as likely to die within x years as 50,000 MTBF.

Statistics 101 - a 100K MTBF PSU is only half as likely to die within x number of years as a 50K unit, if the distribution of failure times is uniform. But usually these things have a bell curve distribution, which means that the 100K unit has much much less than half the propability to die within x years than the 50K unit, if x is less than 100K hours. When x is exactly 100K the probability ratio is about half - that is the 100K unit has 50% chance to die within 100K hours, while the 50K unit has 99% chance to die within 100K hours.
When x is 50K hours - the 50K unit has 50% chance to die, and the 100K unit has about 10% chance to die (remember, bell curve), so you could say that the 50K unit is 5 times more likely to die within 50K hours.

Next time: Statistics 102...

 

[Rage187]

my main is the 3700, excellent case.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: user1234

Originally posted by: Steve Guilliot
Realize that 50,000 MTBF means the power supply is 50% likely to die within 5.7 years, not that we are guaranteed a working power supply for 5.7 years.

i.e. A 100,000 MTBF is approx. half as likely to die within x years as 50,000 MTBF.

Statistics 101 - a 100K MTBF PSU is only half as likely to die within x number of years as a 50K unit, if the distribution of failure times is uniform. But usually these things have a bell curve distribution, which means that the 100K unit has much much less than half the propability to die within x years than the 50K unit, if x is less than 100K hours. When x is exactly 100K the probability ratio is about half - that is the 100K unit has 50% chance to die within 100K hours, while the 50K unit has 99% chance to die within 100K hours.
When x is 50K hours - the 50K unit has 50% chance to die, and the 100K unit has about 10% chance to die (remember, bell curve), so you could say that the 50K unit is 5 times more likely to die within 50K hours.

Next time: Statistics 102...

 

[imported_StormGod]

Originally posted by: user1234
" You can get this for $52 from ebuyer plus ~$10 shipping. This is not hot. The really good case is the SLK3700BQE which again is not competetively priced on the egg ($90 compared to $75 elsewhere)."

ebuyer's price with shipping to 33025 is $65.5, which is why the newegg price is better, because its $64 to anywhere in the continental US.

Originally posted by: Auric
"This is a rebranded HEC 6A19 with a flimsy door and a cheap PSU (half the standard MTBF) available with neither from directron for $39. Its bigger brother the 6919 can be had for $29 from advanced2000. Either way, add a good Seasonic or Fortron PSU and you're set."

Could you provide some links, I've looked and can't find any of the products you mentioned.

 

[TestGuyCT]

StormGod,

You can just do a search on Froogle for the model number. Link to LX-6A19

Here is a link to CompuCase, the manufacturer of the case: Compucase

Link to article about Compucase: Compucase Review

 

[laurenlex]

What does the bronze color look like? Does it look good with white or black drives? Does it matter? Just curious. It's 25 bucks cheaper than the 3700bqe.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
What does the bronze color look like? Does it look good with white or black drives? Does it matter? Just curious. It's 25 bucks cheaper than the 3700bqe.

It's really just a matter of taste. I went with beige and I think that was probably a better choice than black (which would have been too dark). Either way, I leave the drives hidden behind the door (surprisingly it's pretty good at deadening the noise from my cd drive), so I don't see the off-color drive much anyway.

 

[McMadman]

It is an odd color to match, but the door helps to cover up your drives when not using them.

The best description I've seen is "charcoal grey"

Despite the odd color it's still a very nice case.