Jesse! Black Friday advice

[mikea]

Hey, Jesse and others:

I want to get a new case for my Windows tower. The Antec I have has too small of a power supply and doesn't have front ports or enough drive slots. I have 4 200GB Seagate SATA drives that I will have set up in a 0+1 RAID.

I have an Antec True Power 430 power supply that has a fan on top as well as the back, so can't I have case that has the top of the power supply blocked.

Between these two:

The Antec Performance I P180B and the Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000BWA
I'm reading the reviews on Newegg and either has issues that could bug me.

The Antec: It looks like my power supply will fit and tehre are vents all around for the air flow but how will I know if the cables will reach? Many reviewers comment about the cable routing.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...HDD+area+ATX+Mid+Tower+Computer+Case+-+Retail

The Thermaltake has more bling-bling than I need. I also don't need a transparent side. What concerns me is the commenta about having to remove the top I/O ports to install the P/S, but it looks like thso esaying that have huge P/S.

Help me chooze!

I'm also going to order a component cabinet from Costco to hold the new TiVo:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11119528&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=

Since I don't have the HDTV yet, I'll wait on getting the TV stand that matches it.. It's not deep enough to hold my current CRT TV. I guess I'm risking not being able to match it, but that means my decor will be eclectic.

It should take a few days for my credit card to cool off.

 

[harish]

I'm going to have to recommend the Antec from personal experience. It really is an excellent case. In fact, it's silver brother won some award for best case of the year.. I forget by what. I use it's silver brother. link

Also, considering you have an Antec power supply, I'm sure it came with adequate wire for the case.

 

[mikea]

I'm going to have to recommend the Antec from personal experience. It really is an excellent case. In fact, it's silver brother won some award for best case of the year.. I forget by what. I use it's silver brother. link

Also, considering you have an Antec power supply, I'm sure it came with adequate wire for the case.

Yeah. I see they specifally recommend teh TruePower P/S which I have,
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800

OK. I can get in silver for the same price. I'll order the Antec.

Thanks!

Anybody want an Antec ATX case and various fans?

 

[harish]

For free?

 

[jesse]

Either chassis is pretty decent. I have always loved ThermalTake because they have a solid feel. That said most of them are usually pretty damned heavy.

If it were me I'd probably end up going with the Thermaltake. Several of the Antec cases that I have delt were designed to be more light vs. durable. I'd rather a case be heavy if it doesn't fall apart.

Really I think you'd be happy with either one. If you have the Antec Truepower I don't think you'll have a problem with wire length.