Whats with cases these days

[willirob]

if you upgrade to PCI etc... looks like you spend more on the case and PSU than on the mobo these days.

Whats with that

 

[supersunbird]

Because the low power PSU's that were good enough for a long time, are now too weak.

And you only need to spend more on the case if you are trying to be really cool or have a Pentuim 4.

 

[willirob]

what about the new 24 pin stuff ATX 2.01 blah blah b0llocks

 

[supersunbird]

Most PSU's come with adapters/or configurable connectors for a while now

 

[willirob]

ok - so if I go socket 939, I can still get away with a cheapy KME case for 300 bucks?

 

[supersunbird]

Having never used the KME brand, I cant say, phone the supplier and ask.

 

[killadoob]

yea but depending on your other hardware you might need a bigger power supply
im sure that comes with a 300watt

if you got a big vga card 2 drivers
2 optical type thing you might wanna 400 or bigger

 

[willirob]

What I'm trying to get at is:

is there any benefit to spending R1400 ish on the Antec Sonata versus
the R500 ish on KME 500W (as advertised on Brians site)

 

[killadoob]

not sure but if you have the money i would buy it

but then im a serial upgrader

 

[willirob]

tis a nice bit o kit

 

[JasonH]

Well a KME isn't great quality, and a PSU isnt something that i would skimp on, cause it could cause you to loose your whole system..

Pay up in the beginning to avoid paying 10x later.

AOpen 500w is a very very good preformer for the price, It's a forton Power Source PSU. We (SA3DOC and RRA) ran a FX57 + 7800GTX on a DFI SLI-DR with that PSU for the South African record.