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Subject: Hi there!
Name:
 ludicrous
Date: 7/12/2005 12:02:03 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 4.225.210.81
In Reply to: Welcome back, and any good case suggestions? posted by
Stugatz
Message:
For a power supply, you really don't need 400W+ (unless you also have several hard drives that you didn't mention in your post). A supply in the 350W range, if good quality, should work fine. See this earlier thread for suggestions --
http://www.clickoncpu.com/wwwboard/msg.asp?id=71105
As for case, if you allocate $40 toward a case, you'll get a $25-30 case (after shipping) which will work well enough but won't be terribly sturdy, and will tend to amplify fan and/or disk drive noises somewhat. Pick whichever one looks good by your desk. If you plan to regularly tote this around (e.g. between home and a school dormitory, or to LAN parties, whatever), or value silence, you may want something stiffer. Cheap cases will almost invariable be thin aluminum; more expensive cases will be either thicker aluminum, or steel.
If you want a decent-quality case and power supply in one purchase for ~$100, take a look at this here Antec:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129163
Here's a sub-$30 case (includes a 350W PSU of questionable quality) which I used for my dad's computer, a little flimsy but looks nice enough and works well enough for a computer that doesn't get moved around much:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811154017
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