Understated black or aluminium tower?

durns82 · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:06

Hello,

I'm putting together a new system (with a lot of help from these boards), and am onto the final piece of the puzzle - the case.

I'm looking for the best tower I could get for around £50-70 .

I would like black or aluminium finish, and preferably as full of understated cool as possible (i.e. no flashy things, just smooth and concealed - think Audi or VW)

The system is as below, please give me your suggestions!

Sapphire PURE Innovation Gruper Radeon Xpress 200P (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail

MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3

HD-045-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 320GB 3200JD SATA 8MB Cache

CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV

ATI x1800XT Graphics card

Yewen · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:12

Lian Li then

Take a look at the Lian Li pc7, it seems EXACTLY what your after!

If you read the sticky with my case buying guide about Aluminium cases there is some more information.

Might give you some ideas of the models you like the look of.

mosfet · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:31

Definitely the PC7+ Black. I almost wish I'd gotten a black one, they look fantastic.

durns82 · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:32

Ooh yes, thanks, thats a very nice case.

One question - what is a 'midi-tower'?? does that not mean that it will be a bit too small for all the gubbins i am trying to fit in?

Or has technology moved on since my youth and does 'midi-tower' just mean 'normal-tower'?

Thanks!

Yewen · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:35

Its the normal case size.

Will be fine

durns82 · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:37

Great, cheers!

hogfather · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:38

I would suggest you go for a different motherboard, however. The express 200 chipset is okay, but its nowhere near as good as the Nforce 4, iirc.

Yewen · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:39

Yeh it has a few issues, or did. The drivers though may have cleared them up.

durns82 · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:44

Really? I initially chose a nv4 board:
(the Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard)

But the people over in the motherboards forum told me to go for a xpress2000 crossfire board instead....

Almost thought I was done, but confused all over again now!

hogfather · 25 Jan 2006 at 14:50

I'm sure they know what they're on about. As Yewen said, robably fixed with drivers. I thought it had a poor southbridge.

Ignore me

Yewen · 25 Jan 2006 at 15:56

Im a cases person, im only up to date with how it was on release date, so Ignore me to

I think I should get out of this section more, but I have a nice little fire and its all cosey

p4radox · 25 Jan 2006 at 16:51

I think the ATI chipset had USB issues, ie: high-speed usb devices ran at about a quarter of the speed as on an NF4 platform.

Yewen · 25 Jan 2006 at 16:54

What I read aswell, but the drivers must have been cleared up now