full tower case
or should I get this one?
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full tower case
or should I get this one?
u can get a chieftec one just like the 120 antec u posted for about 60-70Quote:
Were I you, I would get the bare case of your choice then spend the money on a quality, name brand PSU.
The PSU is the backbone of your system and a cheap one can be the source of innumerable headaches...
not saying ur wrong, but u seem to be very very connected with psu power. i mean, mine is a near-generic 500 wat psu, and i'm cool. the psu is perfectly fine. no probs wat so ever. the dual fans thing work great too. well, clocker is still rite. a good psu is a good thing for ur pc. i'd focus on cpu and mobo though. they 2 are the spine and brain of ur pc. literally. the mobo is the spine, and the brain is the cpu. try living without those 2Quote:
Originally posted by clocker@9 December 2003 - 02:07
Were I you, I would get the bare case of your choice then spend the money on a quality, name brand PSU.
The PSU is the backbone of your system and a cheap one can be the source of innumerable headaches...
You are right Abu, I do pay particular attention to the PSU.
In fact I'm converting to a dual PSU setup as we speak ( or write, actually).
is that really really necessary?Quote:
Originally posted by clocker@9 December 2003 - 02:24
You are right Abu, I do pay particular attention to the PSU.
In fact I'm converting to a dual PSU setup as we speak ( or write, actually).
i'm just curious, but i need to learn ur tactics. wat is ur goal with this?
if it's protection, u can just get ur self a ups
if u want extra power for peltiers, ok. or u can just use 1 truepower psu. i'm pretty sure it's enough. wat else do u have in ur box that needs so much power? ur not like me. i keep my case looking like a whirling pool of colors. i got 2 neon lights and 1 3 led fan in there now. looks pretty nice. but i thought u dont' do that. so wat do u need all the power for?
One PSU devoted to the motherboard and HDD ONLY.
The other powers everthing else.
It is not so much an effort to gain more power, but to gain more stability.
u must have a monsterous cpu and mobo. well. i'm not saying ur wrong. i like extra protection. in everything. i play things safe.Quote:
Originally posted by clocker@9 December 2003 - 02:33
One PSU devoted to the motherboard and HDD ONLY.
The other powers everthing else.
It is not so much an effort to gain more power, but to gain more stability.
well, back to da case thing. with 120, u can get urself a xaser or one o those x super aliens from xpcases.com or some other vender
The white case is ugly as hell. The antec one, as ABU said, you can get a similar chieftec one with a window for 80 bux with a PSU. Thats what im prob gona get for my new computer. Also I dont understand the daul PSU thing...
if you're going to connect enough equipment to the PSU that it needs 485, you might wanna go for it...Quote:
... but you should think about how much you actually need, and how many hours per day you plan to leave your computer running. keep in mind that the average modern PC can get by easily on 300 or 350 watts from a good-quality PSU, even with a P4 or Athlon XP and a high-end graphics card. is it genuinely a good deal if those extra 100+ watts are just going to show up on your electricity bill every month? :huh:
just something to consider.
the antec1080amg is an excellent case(just take a look at some reviews)....u also get a 430W Antec Truepower PSU with it whcih is more than enough power for anyone.......as for 2 psu's..is there any point??? are they both cheap psu's?? if they was then sumthin like a 480W truepower would give u more stability over 2 cheap ones
The first is ok, in terms of space etc, not bad, but not for that price, plus as ugly as hell :o
The second is ok, but I would shop around more
Im in britain so there arn't really any online stores i can link you to that would be any use, but trust me, there are better cases out there with more space, and a tad more style :D
Again, I would worry only about the case itself and ignore all the "goodies" that are bundled in.
The "no-name" PSUs may or may not be any good, the fans are probably useless ( either way too noisy or simply underperformers) and any other peripherals are available elsewhere should you want them.
The actual box is what you'll have to live with, everything else is variable.