1 Feb
2004
1 Feb
'04
5:28 p.m.
On Sunday 01 February 2004 18:10, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
I'd have to disagree. The case I've got on this machine is from 2000 or
so, and cost a whopping $40. It's about the nicest cases I've ever
worked with... including drive mounting "rails" that don't require the
use of screws, and snap together front/side panels that also don't
require a single screw to be turned. The only things screwed down are
the CPU fan, power supply, motherboard and I/O cards... It's even a
non-name brand case; the only trouble I've had with it is that it's not
really designed for a full-sized ATX mobo and required me to abandon
the bottom of the 3 "external" 5.25" drive bays in order to use this
dual-proc Socket-A ASUS motherboard in it. :)
It doesn't take a lot of money to get a good case - I'd just recommend
you find one you like before you buy it. Of course, I haven't bought a
case without a computer in it since I bought this one, either.
Pat
--
Purdue University ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/
I didn't
think people still buy AT cases, but this one (without
power supply) went for $46.52 (I have this exact case in a p2-400
system for old games). Just pointing this out because even some
common 486-Pentium PC era stuff has some value if it was of good
quality. As time goes on cases get cheaper in quality, at least
from what I have seen.
Somewhat correct, in that era of AT stuff (88 to 96) quality is all
over the map and decent stuff is hard to find till online ordering
got more plentiful around 97.
That case with PSU (has to, was about 100 to 120 new back then).
Warning: there were junk clones of those.
Keep in mind, I've been there in that era and quickly discovered
quality is requirement for generic peecees.
Today, the decent cases with good quality still cost about the same
still. The junkie cases still cost below 80.