New case

Felstorm

Im buying a new computer(building it myself) and im wondering what make of case to get. Any ideas?
P.S. ive only got around 50-80 euro.

dabhal

as usual I'll point you to www.komplett.ie

Nukem

Antec 1000 or the Collermaster Cavlier 3 i think are nice but evryone has different tastes.

Felstorm

Thanks for the advice and are there any do's or donts like dodgy manufactuars(excuse spelling)

snappieT

If you do buy Qtec (decent cases, look cool), make sure you don't use their provided power supply

Nightmare is the only appropriate word if one was to be precisely verbose

Felstorm

That bad?
And what about Chieftan cases are there PSU's any good?

Bass.exe

Oh, hell yeah, and then some. QTec PSUs are some of the worst out there.

stevenmu

PC World had these for €50 a while back, they're nothing amazing but for the price they're pretty decent.

Felstorm

Ive decided to get a Q-Tec Midi tower ATX TL-MD2 but how do i find out what motherboards fit itbecause i really dont like the idea of spending €50 on something that i wont be able to use.Ive got a SI K8N NEO FSR Mainboard S754 nForce3 250GB,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Raid will this fit it? (all on komplett)

Creamy Goodness

most 99% of cases are built to the ATX standard which means you're motherboard will fit in.

but for the sake of the kiddies out there don't use the power supply that will come with the qtec.

a 400w qtec blew up my near €1500 pc last year.

MartMax

antec also have budget cases which come with decent quiet PSU... i have antec myself and bought from microaid for less than €90...

Felstorm

Thanks for the advice ive decided to get a Fortron/Source Powersupply so hopefully everthing will go well.

CyberGhost

this is a very nice and simple case
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=113046&cks=SPK

Saruman

anyone see the completely clear perspex cases in PC world??? great looking!!

Felstorm

CyberGhost wrote:

this is a very nice and simple case
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=113046&cks=SPK

Decided to get the next one up the Q-Tec Midi tower ATX TL-MD2 (with neon lights!)

uberpixie

Felstorm wrote:

Decided to get the next one up the Q-Tec Midi tower ATX TL-MD2 (with neon lights!)

I have seen that case in the flesh so to speak. Not as bad as i thought it would be coming from qtech!

Overall not a bad case but not of the most sturdy build. The door is the cheap gammy kind on rails that is a pisser to get off and even bigger pisser to get back on and always warps on you the 3rd time you take it off the case!

The lad i know who has the case has noticed that some of rivets holding the window it to the door have fallen off after only having the case a month or two.

The coolmaster for €50 would be a lot better built tbh and probably last you longer.

padraigf

May I advise any antec case. They rule Provided power supplies rule too

BloodBath

Avoid anything from q-tec like the plaque. Cheap badly build shoddy crap that's only fit for the bin, not your expenssive pc parts.


BloodBath

bringitdown

Just to add my €0.02, Yup antec are great and they have an excellent budget line with ample PSU's - the SLK / Solution series, which run between €60 and €100 - the combine aspects of the more expensive antec cases - eg. quiet computing, with a budget price.

Have had the SLK2650BQE for a while now and it is a great buy for the price.

/meh goes off to request commision from antec.

Felstorm

Great advice unfortunately its in the mail!

kinkstr

stevenmu wrote:

PC World had these for €50 a while back, they're nothing amazing but for the price they're pretty decent.

any one know if PC World still sell this case