wiretap wrote on 2020-02-08, 10:51:Need a little more information --
1) How much is "a lot of money" -- what is your budget? For some people, spending a lot on a c […]
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Need a little more information --
1) How much is "a lot of money" -- what is your budget? For some people, spending a lot on a case is $250+, for other people it is $35+.
2) What color case are you looking for? Black, silver, beige, other colors?
3) What type case material? Plastic/steel, aluminum, lexan/clear? Window needed?
4) How many external 5.25" and 3.5" bays do you need?
5) How many internal 3.5" bays do you need?
6) What kind of fan support do you need in the case for airflow?
7) What are the specs of the build going inside?
There's so many options, it would help to narrow down the search to get you the best options quicker.
LewisRaz wrote on 2020-02-08, 11:02:
Also what hardware is going in it. Because an overclocked cpu with SLI is going to need more airflow than a 286 😀
Thanks for your responses.
I was hoping not to spend more than $50, but the cheaper the better. I don’t want to put a lot of money in to this build, since it’s mostly hardware I had laying around.
I think I would prefer white for the case color. Don’t really care about material, but I think plastic is fine, to keep it lighter.
It will run W98SE, AGP video, and a slot 1 CPU on an ECS PCI/ISA motherboard. I need at least 2 5.25 inch bays, and 2 - 3 3.5 inch bays.
I won’t be overclocking this. My CPU and video card both don’t have active cooling, just heat sinks.
Hardware specifics:
- ABit BE6 440BX
- nVidia 4200Ti
- PIII 733MHz slot 1
- 300 Watt power supply
- AWE 32 Gold (ISA)
- Intel Pro 10/100 NIC (PCI)
- Cisco Aironet 350 NIC (PCI)
- 60GB 3.5 inch HD
- 3.5 inch Floppy
- 5.25 inch Floppy
- CDRW Drive
I think that’s everything? I’d rather it be a smaller case to save space, but this is a full size board with 1xAGP, 5 PCI, and 2 ISA, I believe.
SpectriaForce wrote on 2020-02-08, 15:13:
Maybe a new ATX enclosure with 5.25'' bay is an option? You can still find black IDE optical drives pretty easily.
That’s a good point. I will likely end up with beige 5.25 inch CDRW and Floppy drives because I think I’m going to get this case at bestbuy (See below).
Update:: I checked bestbuy for giggles. They have a few ATX cases. A bit pricier than what I’m looking for, but I might just get one of them, like this one. Hopefully it’s not garbage.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nzxt-h510-compac … p?skuId=6364328
This case feels like overkill though.
Update: I just realized I have $100 of BestBuy rewards bucks, so I think I will just get this case, since it will basically be free.