[9mm BeRetTa]

Originally Posted by ninty9

Video Cards : Sapphire Radeon X800 PRO 256MB Retail w/ TV-Out, DVI (Limited Quantities!!!) 1 $599.95

holy crap, 599 for a graphics card eek:

i just bought a brand new system for 600, tax included. (clearly not high end, but then again, not too shabby)

[ninty]

That is brand the brand new next generation ati card. and as I said, prices are in Canadian. I don't live in the US, therefore I don't purchase things in US dollars.

[ninty]

Can anyone recommend a case? It needs to be ATX. I also want a clear side panel, and it would be nice if it had a psu included, but thats not a big deal. I also would like lots of spaces for fans. At least 3 or 4, but to have more would be better.

I've been looking at a few here:

[img]http://www.raidmax.com/images/ATX868WBP.jpg[/img]
Raidmax Scorpio 868 $89.95 w/ 420w psu

Which I can't tell the difference from:
[img]http://images.tigerdirect.ca/SKUimages/medium/a451-3001-main.jpg[/img]
Artec - 868WS $83.99 w/o psu

Are Raidmax and Artec the same company? The scorpio comes with a 420w psu, and the artec doesn't and they both cost about the same. Anyone know why?

Also been looking at aspire:
[img]http://images.tigerdirect.ca/SKUimages/medium/A107-1000.jpg[/img]
Aspire X-Alien 420w psu $138.99

I'm looking for black as well. Any recommendations?

I liked the raidmax, but then read some reviews of the psu shitting out, and i don't want to buy it if its just going to break and i have to fork out $100 for a decent psu. I guess thats why its at $90 for case and psu.

[Judas]

bleh ... those cases do nothing for me since my box is never together.


: i usually just get the 14 dollar one ...

[Akuma]

PSUs that come with cases are always low quality pieces of shit. But if you HAVE to get one to save money then go with that X-Alien. It's ugly as fuck but has the best airflow design(Antec clone).

If you need it to come with a PSU try to get an Antec case.

[ninty]

Money's not really an issue within reason.

I was looking at the antec cases, and they only have one besides lanboy with a clear side. The PLUSVIEW1000AMG

[img]http://www.antec.com/images/400/PLUSVIEW1000AMG1.jpg[/img]

$109.95 cdn + psu.

Getting up there in price.

Here are my other options:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=1520

[Maplegyver]

i useually get the cheap cases too

[Akuma]

The Cheiftech Dragon cases are Antec clones with windows.


Most cases by Chenbro and some other companies are all Antec clones too.

[ninty]

Clones as far as airflow and such? So those would be decent pickup if I didn't want to spend the $200+?

[Akuma]

Airflow, Front Design, everything. They are exactly the same.

[ninty]

thanks for the info.

[Swill]

Originally Posted by Judas

bleh ... those cases do nothing for me since my box is never together.


: i usually just get the 14 dollar one ...

yeah mine is awesome... i bought mine at frys with a 350 watt psu which I upgraded , but the case has a handle on top for me to carry lmao... only 50 bux! Though it doesnt say what brand it is oOo:

[Fireal]

Originally Posted by Swill1496

yeah mine is awesome... i bought mine at frys with a 350 watt psu which I upgraded , but the case has a handle on top for me to carry lmao... only 50 bux! Though it doesnt say what brand it is oOo:

A handle?!

Thats fucking awesome.

[Mr.Buttocks]

eek:

[fujimi7su]

Originally Posted by Conscript

wow you can pick one point thats slightly shakey rolleyes: You still wasted 10 minutes building two systems (even though your times are bullshit,it takes like 10 minutes for the format alone)

you said build not get working

biggrin: biggrin:

plus swill, a 2500+ takes no extra cooling to turn into a 3200+ in 99.9% of cases, and it doesnt bottleneck off any modern video cards, a 3200+ is a fairly nice proc... especially for the 80 or so bucks you pay