Value Case Roundup: A Look at the Affordable
by Purav Sanghani on February 1, 2005 12:35 AM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
Powmax CP769PL (cont'd)
Construction
The 769 is constructed of a very thin sheet metal we were accustomed to before the thicker steels started making their way into the value case market. The steel is so thin we are afraid it will bend at the back with our power supply as it did on the 8654BL.
Sharp edges are also one of our worries because of how thing the steel is. We felt around the case and found an extremely large amount by the drive bays.
Cooling
The 769 also comes without case fans but there are quite a few options when mounting our own. As we mentioned there is an area at the bottom four expansion slots where we can mount an 80mm.
Two more can be mounted above that behind the CPU area.
And another two 80mm fans can be mounted at the front as intakes directly in front of the HDD bays.
Powmax has also bundled a 400W power supply, model LP-9900D, with the 769.
Installation
The only aspect of our installation we were worried about was the sharp edges cutting something, a wire or a hand. We were extremely cautious when working with the chassis to not hurt ourselves or our hardware while testing the 769.
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semo - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
what is up with anadtech and cases...it is either ugly and flashy and expensive or ugly and flashy and expensive and cheap looking or just plain cheap.
and like arfan said... where do you buy these things? here in the uk there are cheap cases, but almost non of the reviewed
suggestions for next case reviews:
cooler master cm stacker
antec P160
i know we all know these are gd cases but its a start imo
ocyl - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
Agreed with Jynx980 here. I am getting tired of all those flashy cases in the market nowadays.Jynx980 - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
Guess I'll be the first one to say somthing positive about this article. It a good roundup for entry level cases. Nice to know what ranks high up when your building something for a friend or family member who really doesnt need a $50-$75 case.kcma - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
OFMG!!!so much ugliness in 1 article!!!
agreed with #4, please do yourself a favor... save some money and stay away from this ugliness by buying a Dell.
aeternitas - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
I'm sorry, but if you are gonna go with something as cheap as these cases, I doubt youll be putting a whole lot of quality inside, thus I reccomend those people to just get a dell.nourdmrolNMT1 - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
this article likes to keep disappearing on me.intriging.
MIKE
arfan - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
there is bad link when i clik to Benchmark-Sound. Please fix it, thxarfan - Tuesday, February 1, 2005 - link
No one in list is available in my country :( We usully buy case only with U$$ 25-40