Case choice P182 or RC-1000

[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?

[Sierro]

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

[Acksaw]

Can I be your son?
=]

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

[aidanjt]

Gigabyte, Asus, Abit motherboard

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

2Gb 6400 Ram

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.

8800GT (not sure which one yet)

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

620W Corsair HX PSU

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

Samsung 500Gb hard drive

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

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?

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

[LegacyOne]

RC-1000

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.

[staffsMike]

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

[Chemical_Ali]

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

[aidanjt]

Not as humongous as the V2000 though *pets it*

[smallstool]

Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

[staffsMike]

Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

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

[EtheAv8r]

Thanks Guys.

Gone for the P182 in the end.

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

[Sierro]

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

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

[DecomposingStar]

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.

[Taz]

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?

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