Atx tower case +psu recommendations....?

[sunny3]

Hi ...

What's a good atx tower case and psu to go for...?

Thanks

 

[micker377]

That's like "I'm buying a car - what should I get?" What are your needs? What CPU? How many add-ons (CD - Burner - graphics - drives - etc.)

 

[circo]

What are you going to use this computer for!? That is where to start. If you are just a casual user your needs are different than that of someone who may work with graphics, so let us know and bet you will get some excellent answers

circo

 

[zbnet]

Check out the Antec towers, they're good value for money and many come with their excellent TruePower PSUs included.

 

[sunny3]

I'll be runnin dvd-rw + cdr/w

20gb 80gb and 120gb drives...will be expanding in future.

p4 processor 3.2

1gb ram ddr400

Will also want usb2 + firewire (maybe audio) access on the front.

4 x 5.25 + 4/5 x3.5 internal + 2 external.

+450w psu with rear fan and bottom fan.

at least 5 pci slots at the back

Cheers.

 

[Crowley16]

Wow, that's a LOT of devices, what about gfx, that's another really hungry device?

if u really use everything on your list, then u might consider something more powerful than a 450W...

Maybe something along the lines of 500-550W, of course this would also depend on how u decide to use the devices...

Personally, I've got an antec true power 480W, and so far it's not given me any problems, and the voltages have all been stable.

 

[ceh4702]

I would not put a 20gb drive in a new computer. You will have to use SATA or a controller to get 5 drives in a computer.

Normally I would say go to

http://www.newegg.com

However, I cant even reach that location for some reason.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[sunny3]

The 20gb drive will be purely for the windows operating system...the others will be storage drives.
I don't lke partitions.