>> Any opinions on this case? $69
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Even though I don't have first-hand knowledg of it, if I
were buying a case today, it would be this one. I have an
ATX case which is a physical twin, bay for bay.
I like the physical layout. The motherboard bracket slides
all the way out of the box. Cable routing is easy.
The PCP&C case has an extension (extra) to add two internal
bays. From what I can determine, its a bracket that
hangs down below the other internals. I would
definitely get that, even if I didn't have a current
use for it. There's NEVER enough disk bays. I tried
to get PCP&C to sell me just the extension, but they
only sell it with the case.
I thought just 3 external bays would be a limitation, but
so far I have a CD-ROM, a CD-R and an empty bay left for DVD,
so I'm ok.
You'll NEVER jam enough stuff into this case to get close
to a 300 watt load (or 275 either, for that matter), but
that should make it run cooler. The 300 does have better
specs than the Silencer models as to line variance tolerance
and spikes.
As for fans, I have two non-junk fans, both of which I like.
One is the PCP&C dual cpu-cool fan for a pentium pro. This
is actually two fans, either of which will cool the cpu if
the other fails. The other is from SIIG for a P5 which has
an alarm that sounds if the fan RPMs fall below a certain
speed. Both have ball bearings and long MTBFs (7yrs?).
I've had more trouble with CPU fans than with power supplies
so have learned the lesson the hard way not to scrimp. Sure
is a lot of junk out there.
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