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.
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.