PC Case and Power Supply Question

[Wrathchild]

Hey Fo,

I'm in the market for a new case. Most of the cool ones I seen come with 300 Watt power supplys. Do I really NEED more than a 300 watt based on my system specs below? Does anyone know of a really sweet black Mid-tower ATX case that they recommend for less than 150 bones? Also, I'm seeking recommendations for motherboards. I know this is an AMD shop, but I'm not ready to throw away my 2.2 GHz P4 just because it's fasionable to do so. As such, I need recommendations for a P4 board.

Many Thanks,

Wrath

 

[Parental Adviso]

cough pentium trash it cough
thats all i have to say

 

[Wrathchild]

Thanks

Thanks for the useful advise Catch. I'm going with this motherboard:

http://www.spacewalker.com/english/mainboard_detail_info.asp?number=188

and this case with a 400 watt PS

http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/a14246.html

Unless someone has a better suggestion, excluding hardware snobs of course.

 

[Parental Adviso]

sry didnt mean to be a snob i just hate pentiujm with pation but yah thats a sweet motherboard i have a ak77 pr0 it only handles up to a 1.2 amd but its nice
i am gona build a godly pc soon im saving up 5000 dollars for one and im gonna pimpify it yes pimpify im spending every penny of that money on it too. oh yah i have a dream. Oh yah nice motherboard

 

[Smokie]

For a motherboard for the P4 2.2, I would suggest the MSI 845 Ultra. I have been using one with a P4 2.0 and had no probs with it at all.

I have just upgraded to a P4 2.4B and had to buy a new board to run the 533FSB, so I went for the MSI 845E Max2.

Or Gigabyte is another good brand that I have used over the years.

 

[Wrathchild]

ok then

rock on brotha

 

[Tbird94sc]

go for these cases


http://www.koolance.com

 

[Zedric]

Originally posted by Tbird94sc
go for these cases


http://www.koolance.com

Those are NOT cheap.

 

[Tbird94sc]

Originally posted by Zedric
Those are NOT cheap.

150 bucks exactly and nothing is quieter