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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1199)	6/8/1998 2:49:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Respond to of 14778

Sean's In-Win Tower case Sean, Definately a nice case and a good chioce, IMHO. For others who may be interested, Anand reviews this pretty extensively at his site, and gives it a very enthusiastic recommendation. I recommended the Elan case SW in particular because it made by Asus, and one can obtain accessories that complement the Asus PII boards. I agree that it would ideally have another drive bay or two. I'd be interested in any other reactions you have to the case as you tinker. I have not used it myself, and would be interested in getting more data RE recommendations for friends and clients. I also agree with your #1204 to Howard (and your 1202) RE NICs. With networks growing in importance and increasingly becoming the key bottleneck, I'd never use anything but a busmastering PCI NIC. This goes double for SW, since he'll likely get his main internet connection through that card.

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1199)	6/9/1998 8:14:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Power supply options on the In-Win tower Quick question Sean, I was looking again at the this tower, since I agree with you on the drive bays issue and now think I'll go socket-7, non Asus (removing the rationale for the Asus case.) Looks nice indeed. I noticed from your link that you got the 300W PS with your tower. Do you know if there's any difference between it and the 250 W PS other than the rated wattage (ball bearing fans, better stability, etc.?) I don't think I'll need > 250W, but I'd gladly spring for the minor price difference if it's of higher quality. Thanks, Dave