Lan party case

[bujinkan-ka]

I'm looking to get hold of a new (hopefully cheap) case. Small and light, with a side window if possible. This system would be used for lan parties and the main issue is weight. My uni is built on a hill, so the thought of trying to heft about a thermaltake V1000+ is not entirely appealing.

I'm planning to take a bunch of components I've got kicking about
- some from my primary rig - and bung them into a much smaller and lighter case, leaving me with a half-decent machine for lanparties.

I would be looking to install the following components in the case :

A7V8X-X mobo - ATX format
MX440 Gfx card
2500XP+ CPU
550W PSU
80GB WD HDD

This means I could leave my main gaming rig a home, and have a nice little system for lan parties.

Thanks in advance.

[Hans Voralberg]

Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum ~60 quids, reasonable ??

[skuzgib]

550W PSU

What make is that PSU? Please don't say it's a Q-TEC...

[noah]

oooooooooooh, i bet it is, not many other 550 watters in budget systems!

[bujinkan-ka]

Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum ~60 quids, reasonable ??

I'm sorry, but that's too much. Something more in the £20-£30 range please.

And as for the PSU, it isn't a Q-tec. It's a Jou Jye Electronic (whoever the heck they are).
However, it's survived a fair bit of punishment and I've had no problems with it (had it for a year now)

[Thorsson]

Jou Jye appear to be a German firm, but I couldn't find any clues as to who actually makes their PSUs. They also make rackmount cases and other bits.

Specs are:

Model Output Voltage Power
+3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V +5VSB +12V3 +12V4 Range
JJ-550APSA
JJ-550AUSA Min 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.1 1.5 1.5 550W
Max 24.0 24.0 9.0 9.0 0.5 2.0 15 8.0

Looks rather low on the 12V line... (British understatement).

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[speedy_s]

Jou Jye appear to be a German firm, but I couldn't find any clues as to who actually makes their PSUs. They also make rackmount cases and other bits.

Specs are:

Model Output Voltage Power
+3.3V +5V +12V1 +12V2 -12V +5VSB +12V3 +12V4 Range
JJ-550APSA
JJ-550AUSA Min 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.1 1.5 1.5 550W
Max 24.0 24.0 9.0 9.0 0.5 2.0 15 8.0

Looks rather low on the 12V line... (British understatement).

Sorry but table won't post correctly

Those are very good specs. Looks like it has got 4 12v rails. And no it is not low therotically they total 41 amps but i don't think it would be that high more like in the region of 35-40 max

[Thorsson]

I'd say it was a PSU aimed at the server market.

It's probably OK with most systems, but people using SLI/RAID/FX55 type systems would probably find the individual 12V rails were too low.

[noah]

anyway.................back to the point in hand

how about one of the beantech igloo cases, komplett have them for £45

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=301963&cks=PRL

a little more than £30 i know, but its a quality case

[bujinkan-ka]

Sorry, but it's a wee bit hefty at over 12kg.

[Thorsson]

A selection of cheap gaming cases from EBuyer:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63723

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=77923

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...=72997&_LOC=UK

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...=65296&_LOC=UK

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=56975

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52795

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=65362

[Thorsson]

A nice light, cheap case, suitable for LAN parties

http://www.xcase.co.uk/acatalog/Aerocool_x202.html

[bujinkan-ka]

Thanks guys . Some pretty nifty cases there.......I'll be the envy of my fellow geeks at the uni