Hey guys.

I'm looking for a good case with a PSU for around $200. Max $250.


Looks don't really bother me, I need a large-ish case with good cooling.


I'm a total noob with cases/PSUs so your help would rock :D


Any recommendations?

I can only recommend Antec cases - I got one of these and it is awesome. Super quiet, good cooling and it looks nice.

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2323.htm

is currently on sale :)

you could consider a cooler master stacker case.. if you want big

and antec psu, zalman psus seem to be quite good too, there are some other good brands for psus but these are my favourite... and make sure your psu has pfc (power factor correction) so you can be cool and save the environment!

buy a sheet of perforated steel, cut it into sections and make yourself a case as big as you need, slap some fan in strategic places around it and voilà, swiss cheese case.

I'm a total noob

FULLSTOP

coming from the guy who couldn't run any games at all on his computer at a lan

coming from the guy who couldn't run any games at all on his computer at a lan

games? pfft, it's all about the net send

toca * is balls anyway

you only say that because you suck at it (like you do balls)

hahaha nah i'm pretty sure it's a f***ing s*** game

toca is awesome (and toca2)

one of the best driving games evar!!!

get off the internet spook

Stellar contributions paveway.

yeah i think it was quite a good derailment of Dint's thread well done everyone

Any serious replies left? I'm still unsure, though looking at the one decaying corpse linked me to.

I have about 25 of these at work now and one at home. It isnt the prettiest case but it is the nicest thing to work on and it is cool and quiet. Best money iv ever spent.

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2630.htm

That combined with a 750W Thermaltake PSU

gg Eds he said "Max $250."

And you talk about a $180 case and a $170 psu

He doesnt have to get the 750w PSU, I meant thats what Im running.

wow those gigabyte cases look like vomit

tooless cases are completely stupid, is it really that hard to screw in a screw?

tooless cases are completely stupid, is it really that hard to screw in a screw?

Why bother when you don't have to?

they are ugly. would look something like my anus after a hard night of indian and ass fingering.

Tooless cases are the win.

Why bother when you don't have to?

Say that when your nice and heavy 8800gtx is lying in the bottom of your case after lugging it around. Yeah, i've seen it happen. Screws for life.

I have never seen it happen.

Perhaps the one you saw was a cheap case, or wasn't put together properly.

ill back up shrapse. only because it happens about once a week.
Get pics each time.
actually we have alot of pics ranging from firewire into usb. people making the 8 pin power for a board fit into a 2900xt. peolpe leaving the lga cover on after putting a cpu on the board and then attaching a HSF ontop..


last edited by Slappercx at 22:14:26 09/Oct/07

In otherwords .... "wasn't put together properly"

These don't really fit your criteria but a $130 Antec Solo case and a $100 Corsair VX-450 PSU are extremely quiet whilst offering decent cooling. Obviously the PSU won't handle Crossfire or SLI.

Look at the HP Blackbird case and tell me that it looks s***. Sure, it's expensive, but I can't think of a PC case I'd rather have, and it's tooless.