What is a cheap case that comes with good PSU?

[ChuChuX5]

I'm looking for the cheapest case on NewEgg with a good PSU, I suppose it should run at least a 6600GT, or X700 Pro alongside an Athlon 64 3000+, one HD, one burner, 1GB PC3200 DDR RAM. As long as it has good cooling, I could care less about neon lights and those kind of things. My cousin has an MGE Viper case that was about $88 and his PSU hasn't really messed up, although one time on Doom 3 he got mega artifacts and his temp was at 140F but it could've been a glitch.

 

[lonelypauly]

When your buying a cheap case with a PSU included, it's really the luck of the draw. I built a PC for my brother with a Raidmax case and PSU (450W) and it's been running for nearly 2 years straight! You really get what you pay for, but some cheap PSU's will crap out before others, cheap PSU's are very unpredictable so beware. I've had good experiences with MGE so far. If you can spend a little more have a look at some Enermax, or Antec cases, presuming they use their own PSU's.

<b><font color=blue>Athlon64 3200+ Winchester/MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI/MSI 6800 Ultra/1 GB Kingston HyperX (Dual Channel)/74GB WD Raptor/600Watt Enermax Noisetaker/ Dual Mitsubishi 21 Inch Monitors</b></font color=blue>

 

[ChuChuX5]

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811156011

That's the one I'm planning on getting, along with this PSU

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817103935

(I'm not OCing at all)

And this mobo: (I don't care much about SATA2, unless there's a big difference between that and Ultra ATA 133/SATA150)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813138248

All for under $155

 

[dunklegend]

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[dunklegend]

You should spend a little bit more in the mobo.
<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123243" target="_new">This </A> gives you a better brand and 3 PCIe X 1 slots

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[ChuChuX5]

Thanks for the suggestion but this is the mobo I'm getting

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813152053

That's the highest I can go because I meet JUST that amount with shipping...

 

[Renegade87]

Listen, there are no good PSU's bundled in cheap cases. You do get what you pay for. Just because Antec or Thermaltake makes the case, doesn't mean the PSU bundled with it is good. Case in point. In 2000 I bought an Antec KS-188 full tower case which came with an Antec 350w PSU.
Well, that 350w went south about 18 months later taking out my dual slot 1 PIII mobo and one of the 733EB CPU's.

We keep telling you guy's this over and over. DON'T SKIMP ON THE POWER SUPPLY!! It's the most important component in your system. By whatever case you want, but buy the PSU seperate. If you spend $29 on a PSU to power $3000 of hardware, then you get what you deserve... when it blows up. If you spend $75-$125 you can get a PSU that will give you clean stable power and last you many years.

Look at these manufacturers/resellers:

PC Power & Cooling
Zippy
Seasonic
Fortron Source (FSP Group)
Enermax
OCZ
Antec
Tagan

"The world ends when you're dead. As long as your breathing you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man and give some back."

 

[Guest]

Antec as a 3 year warranty if I rember corrctly my PSU (Antec Tp300 died after 2.5 years)but I didnt bother to send it to antec in cali becaus I was lazy and shipping is expensive. But it was still under warranty!

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[twistedjester]

So would <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103935" target="_new">this</A> cut it for a system with an AMD 64 3200+, 1 gig PC3200 RAM, one HD, one DVD/CD burner combo and an X800XL? Could I get away with the 350W version?

 

[Guest]

Yup definitevly, maybe a dual core with Sli would ask to much but a regular rig even oced with a big card will have plenty of juice.

This PSu is modular, you only plug the wires you need, nice to diminish the cable cluter!

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0