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Offline Turnsky

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Originally posted by Sandwich
I heavily second Turnsky's Lian-Li recommendation - they're widely accepted to be the sweetest cases out there - and they follow the less is more school of design thought. :D


that, and they come with lots of thumbscrews as standards.
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Offline Vertigo1

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If you're going to spring for a new case, get one with a decent power supply.  Alot of times, its actually cheaper to get one WITH a power supply than one without.  Buying a case without a power supply is sheer stupidity unless you already have one handy.  Also, keep in mind to accept nothing smaller than 350 watts.  Thats with running a modern processor, motherboard, and video card combo.  Right now I'm running an Athlon XP 2800+, half a gig of RAM, a GF3 Ti200 (not exactly the biggest power hog in my system, I'll give you that), two hard drives (both 7200RPM), two burners (one CD-RW and one DVD +/- RW), one FDD (used sparingly), with six or seven fans running (counting power supply, video card, and CPU fans).  All of this off of a Fortron 350W power supply and it has absolutely no trouble at all handling this load.
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Offline pyro-manic

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Antec 1080AMG. Comes with a 430W PSU, I think they're about £80. Very good quality, and lots of space. :)
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Offline Stealth

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Originally posted by Turnsky
Lian-Li's a good sturdy brand of cases.


Without a doubt.  take it from Turnsky and get a LianLi case. ;)

 

Offline Turnsky

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Originally posted by Stealth


Without a doubt.  take it from Turnsky and get a LianLi case. ;)


*speaks from experience* ;)
   //Warning\\
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do not torment the sleep deprived artist, he may be vicious when cornered,
in case of emergency, administer caffeine to the artist,
he will become docile after that,
and less likely to stab you in the eye with a mechanical pencil
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Offline Vertigo1

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Yes, but you pay out the ass for a Lian-Li case.  Some people don't have money growing on trees. ;)
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Offline Stealth

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That is true.  And what makes a computer good isn't the case itself.  The case is the smallest component of a computer compared to the motherboard, processor, hard drive, RAM, etc.  but if you can afford a good computer case, the Lian Li is what you need to go for :)

  

Offline Turnsky

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Originally posted by Stealth
That is true.  And what makes a computer good isn't the case itself.  The case is the smallest component of a computer compared to the motherboard, processor, hard drive, RAM, etc.  but if you can afford a good computer case, the Lian Li is what you need to go for :)


yeah, i shelled out extra for my Lian-Li 'cause i wanted it to last a fair while, it should do the job nicely until ATX becomes horribly obsolete ;)
   //Warning\\
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do not torment the sleep deprived artist, he may be vicious when cornered,
in case of emergency, administer caffeine to the artist,
he will become docile after that,
and less likely to stab you in the eye with a mechanical pencil
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