new case for an i5 setup

FudgeNuggets · Nov 25, 2009

I'm biting the bullet after Christmas and building an i5 setup. One thing that has REALLY spoiled me about my Mac is how small and quiet it is. A guy I work with says he has a case that is built like a mini-refrigerator almost so it hardly lets any noise out and doesn't rattle at all. However, he paid nearly $200 for it. I'm not even wanting to spend half that. What would be a good small footprint case to allow enough cooling to get 4ghz out of the i5? The smaller the better. I don't need 10 internal and external drive bays.

ChinStrap · Nov 25, 2009

this is by no means the end all be all of quiet cases, but i helped a buddy of mine build a PC inside this case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146035

i was very surprised how quiet it was. at the time (late 07') we built him a system very close to what i was running and the difference between that and my antec 900 was night and day.

visbits · Nov 25, 2009

FudgeNuggets said:
I'm biting the bullet after Christmas and building an i5 setup. One thing that has REALLY spoiled me about my Mac is how small and quiet it is. A guy I work with says he has a case that is built like a mini-refrigerator almost so it hardly lets any noise out and doesn't rattle at all. However, he paid nearly $200 for it. I'm not even wanting to spend half that. What would be a good small footprint case to allow enough cooling to get 4ghz out of the i5? The smaller the better. I don't need 10 internal and external drive bays.

Micro or Full ATX?

Antec P183 for full and Mini 180 for micro.. both have 3 speed high quality antec fans and both cases are dead silent.

FudgeNuggets · Nov 25, 2009

visbits said:
Micro or Full ATX?

Antec P183 for full and Mini 180 for micro.. both have 3 speed high quality antec fans and both cases are dead silent.

Looks like it's a micro atx board. Oooooooh, that p180 is nice. I don't care at all about case bling. That is a definite frontrunner but if I could go cheaper that would be nice too.

Badda Bing!!! Found a white version of the p180 for $45 after MIR. MINE!!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...29044&cm_re=antec_p180-_-11-129-044-_-Product

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