Case choice P182 or RC-1000

Getting components together for a system for my son for Christmas.

Trying to get him a system so he can play Crysis etc.

He will end up with something like:

Quad Q6600
Gigabyte, Asus, Abit motherboard
2Gb 6400 Ram
8800GT (not sure which one yet)
620W Corsair HX PSU
Samsung 500Gb hard drive

My problem is we had thought that a Antec p182 case would be best case to give him future upgrade possibilities, quiteness etc but scan have put the RC-1000 on special offer at a very tempting price.

What would you go for?

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I went for the same setup but with 520W and 4gb instead. I have a P182 for it and it's awesome.

Can I be your son?
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I'm getting a similar spec but more HDD space and more RAM, same PSU and I have the Antec P182 and LOVE it

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Gigabyte, Asus, Abit motherboard

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I'd go with one of the Abit IP35 boards.

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2Gb 6400 Ram

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Ideally you'd want 4GB of RAM for crysis, it's a complete RAM hog, even playing the demo my comp had to do a lot of swap thrashing.

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8800GT (not sure which one yet)

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Any BFG or eVGA will do, the latter has a 10 year warranty which is nice. Both are well built.

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620W Corsair HX PSU

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Go with a VX450, it's all you'll need.

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Samsung 500Gb hard drive

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That or a WD AAKS drive would do the job nicely.

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My problem is we had thought that a Antec p182 case would be best case to give him future upgrade possibilities, quiteness etc but scan have put the RC-1000 on special offer at a very tempting price.

What would you go for?

:)

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Probably the RC-1000, more room, & less cravats etc. Plus the compartments on Antec cases are a bit of a tight squeeze.

RC-1000:thumbsup:

Also you only need a 520W Corsair HX or 520W Coolermaster Real Power M520 And a Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP or Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R for motherboard.

P182 everytime

Oh so quiet, cool, fantastic build quality, understated looks :)

I've done two builds with them and it's honestly the best case i've ever used. Get the 520w corsair though..you won't need the 620w

i got the RC-1000 and am loving it, its humongous though.

Not as humongous as the V2000 though *pets it*

Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

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Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

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:thumbsup: you wouldn't have been wrong with either but you're more right with the P182 :laugh:

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Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

:)

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Great choice, Build may take a little longer, but you gan make it wonderfully neat with virtually no cable runs in main compartment.

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Great choice, Build may take a little longer, but you gan make it wonderfully neat with virtually no cable runs in main compartment.

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Running the main power cable behind the motherboard tray and feeding it in through the side is wonderful! I love that part the most.

I would have chosen the P182 for aesthetics anyway.

+1 for Asus P5K mobo.
And 4gigs of RAM would help Crysis, --> Bear in mind, if you are using Vista, get the 64bit version for 2 reasons. 32bit only supports 3gb of ram, and Crysis will work faster in 64bit aswell.

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Originally Posted by smallstool

Getting components together for a system for my son for Christmas.

Trying to get him a system so he can play Crysis etc.

He will end up with something like:

Quad Q6600
Gigabyte, Asus, Abit motherboard
2Gb 6400 Ram
8800GT (not sure which one yet)
620W Corsair HX PSU
Samsung 500Gb hard drive

My problem is we had thought that a Antec p182 case would be best case to give him future upgrade possibilities, quiteness etc but scan have put the RC-1000 on special offer at a very tempting price.

What would you go for?

:)

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I am going for a very similar setup and I have ordered a P182.