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CompUSA case vs some newegg case

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slaya

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Help me!!

I have narrowed my search for a case down to two, now i just cant decide on which to get.

CompUSA case
or..
Other case

Tell me your opinions on each, which would you get, stuff like that

If anyone happens to have that CompUSA case, could you kindly take one or two pictures of it, especially of the intirior for me?

-SlaYa
 
never seen anyone mod the newegg case, would be original. As for the compusa case, Since I just last week talked about a midieval mod I was planning with this case that I bought when it was on sale for $20;) thats my mod choice. I haven't opened the case yet it is still sealed because im still on another project or I would get pics up for ya.
 
I just bought that CompUSA case for $20 last Sunday for a friend's machine. It's not a terrible case, but could be deeper. The rear fan grills need to be punched, and there's no real intake unless you make your own. I removed the unnecessary front door and cut out the fake port section to let the front fans breathe. One good thing is that both sides and the top can be removed for easy modding.
 
Lets see, $20 case from newegg that comes with a 400w power supply and card blow holes or a $30 case from CompUSA with no power supply but more internal bays. Exterior looks on both are nice. Figure both are going to be about the same quality and sturdyness. The newegg case can take micro ATC and some smaller ATX boards. The CompUSA case can take full size ATX boards.

If you plan to have more than one hard drive get the compusa case. Plus it's more future proof with the larger size. Hope that helps.
 
The newegg case has a power supply. You are going to have to spend more on the compusa case if you want a power supply because it doesn't have one.
 
Don't count on those Codegen PSUs, they are t3h SuK!

amperages and true wattages never spec out to even midrange PSUs, never mind the antec. I only know two people who bought codegen cases, and both of them had PSU problems about 14 monhts after they bought the case. Cases themselves were not bad, but the PSU's just sucked.

BB
 
Thanks a lot everyone, I am probably going to go with the newegg one because I thought of some pretty cool mods I can do..

No one can take or has pics of the compusa one though?
 
i bought that same compusa case. im sry but i can't take pictures of it. its ok, i mean its only 30. don't plan on stealthing any cd-rom drives. the drive covers are odd, and don't seem to want to fit even after they've been modified. it is sorta flimsy, and the side don't seem to lock in after a while. I just needed a case, now im lookin' to get a new case.
 
I don't know why, but that Codogen power supply that comes with the case looks like it could have a heart attack any second. I would steer clear of generic power supplies, a power supply is definately not something to skimp on when building a system. A bad supply could take out most things attached to it.
 
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