[elky] Re: Building a PC
- From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:38:58 -0500
Ordered the case - motivated by a rebate ending today... the Antec P183:
http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTgwOA==&lan=us
I've been very pleased with the Antec MX-1 enclosure, so I'm familiar
with the brand. The P series is supposed to be quiet with some design
tweaks for air flow and cabling.
I looked at several cases at Microcenter this afternoon... my general
impression was the cases looked flimsy and beat up, but I'm sure lot's
of people have monkeyed with the display models. I left Microcenter
thinking the Antec Nine Hundred Two was the best case (that they had
anyway), but after discovering the P series I started to think about
noise... I have good hearing and I'm no fan of noise... even if it's
just background noise. I'm the guy at the concert with ear plugs...
Now on to the other components...
--
Chris Lindh
http://www.PartsForSpeed.com
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I need to go look at the cases at the local Microcenter. I was
>> tempted to order a case last night but there are horror stories with
>> cases getting beat up in shipping (or faulty wiring, etc).
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>
> Well the case we ordered when at Rays for the new computer is a
> Raidmax smilodn http://www.raidmax.com/specs/smilodon.htm It's a really
> big case and very nice. IIRC it has 5 cooling fans and a spot for one or two
> more.
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>> Microcenter also has deals on processors... although you have to
>> factor in tax there is something to be said for being able to return
>> something to a retail store if necessary...
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> True though on cases I'm not worried about it. There is a Microcenter
> north east of hell (Dallas) on 75. I'd rather mail stuff then drive there.
> Got two Frys here too and I often get mobo combos there but they are limited
> on the high end AMD processors so that means newegg. Frys has allot of
> returned merchandise so you have to go through and find the new stuff.
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> Robert Adams
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