what case and power supply do you recommend for this build?

[jellysandwich]

x3120
p35-ds3r
3gb ram
8800 gts 640mb

main goal: cheap

that right there is about 8-900, so ive got about 3-400 more
for the case and power supply.

planning for minimal oc. case isnt that important, im more
worried about psu since i dont know how much power
the cpu/vid card will take.

what do you recommend?

 

[shirker]

planning for minimal oc. case isnt that important, im more
worried about psu since i dont know how much power
the cpu/vid card will take.

what do you recommend?

corsair 520w psu will run all that just fine, a 620w would put you on the safer side of things if you want to overclock more

 

[systemhost]

Get the 900!

 

[jellysandwich]

heh i have the 900, i love it too i dunno if my friend will like all the
blue leds though, well see

what kind of oc you think he can get with the corsair 520w?

 

[Mathersalan]

I love both of you who recommended the Antec 900 as it is a good case!

And the Corsair 520w = pwnage

 

[ancalime]

If he doesn't like too many LEDs you can get the NZXT Zero case. I love it. Or you can just replace all the LED fans in the Antec 900.

 

[shirker]

consider the centurion 5. best budget case ever

 

[jellysandwich]

well he decided on the antec sonata, had a nice deal after rebate :/ thanks
for the psu recommendation though!

 

[grumperfish]

How much is the Sonata before the rebate so we can better figure out how much you can spend on the power supply?

 

[Xione]

the Sonata's come with their own PSU's not even crappy ones too I believe. The Sonata III has a 500 watt PSU wich should run that setup just fine as long as you don't add 4 HDD's or something later.

Alternatively: Antec 900, Centurion 5 or Thermaltake Soprano with the Corsair HX520 or a OCZ GameXStream 600 watt. The 900 is pretty expensive though and if the build won't see any overclocking then that massive airflow is wasted, it is a damn fine case though.

edit: nvm, saw you allready ordered (Hope he got the sonata III and not the II)