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    Good case for £30?

    Was reading through the new CustomPC mag and saw
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    Now with a 120mm fan in and out and being only £30 and having a fan controller for them too, do you think this would be a good buy

    Thanks in advance

    p.s. This is my currnet case


    Cooling is great with all the modding. Howeverwith the side effect of this 5 80mm (all quietish) fans and one 120mm fan in the side I'm looking for something a bit quieter but cheap and thought this looked ideal
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    Well with 2 120mm's in there is would be on the cooler side of things Just make sure you get a couple of low noise fans papst are very good.

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    Well I went to pc world today, it was there had a look and its a luberly case

    can wait to start building in it. Will have pics and comments later

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    I am after a good cheap case for the wife (no i am not cheap)

    So this may be do nicely.

    Thanx




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    looks good for 30 quid!

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    pictures soon. Been ill last few days so not long

    One thing I forgot to say is that you can get them in pc world

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    ebuyer are doing the chieftec range of midi towers for £35 and less! inc dragons, matrix etc. can't beat that! www.ebuyer.co.uk i was going to buy one a year or so ago when they were £80!

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    The best case in this price range is from www.maplin.co.uk code A54BJ

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    im not to good with cases and mobos but
    will a nf7 series 2.0 fit in this case? comfortably or will the drive bays overlap it?
    i would ask my brother (blockers) but he has gone out so any comments much appreiciated

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    as it would happen I got an NF7-s and it fits fine. Only issued I've had is that with a 92mm fan on my slk947-u it comes a bit close to the psu. I'll take some pics in the morning to show you

    The major reason I went for this case is the two 120mm fans front and back. Only case I've found that in costs a lot more than £30.

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    cool thanks man
    also is the fan controller (on the front left of the case), a problem if this case is underneath a desk is it hard to store? if u know what i mean?
    im considering this instead of a lian li pc60 do u think it is a better deal?

    just looked at malpin and that lian li pc-002 does look quite good, but it says while stock last, is it gonna be at that price in say 4 months?
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    Here's the pic of the install


    Click for bigger pic

    More pics of the case here

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    sweet man sweet
    gonna get this but the only place i can find is pcworld and its 35 quid there, where did u get yours?

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    Got at pc world and it was £29.95 on offer of £10 off good case for the mony still even if its £35.

    Few mods planned for it. Going to remove the rear grill to along with adding a 120mm blowhole over graphics card and a 120mm blowhole at the top of the case Cool but quiet

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    did you bye it off the pc wold website or the actual shop?
    thanks

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    I went to the actual shop to get it. They had quiet a few in and it seems popular becuase the display one had gone too.

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