A New Computer Case
Well… I’m home… Got home about a week ago… (a week and a day, actually.) I got a new Chieftec Full Tower Aluminum Computer Case with Side Window. It is the black version, but there is a cover on the front panel so I don’t think I will replace the black faceplate on my DVD+RW drive. I paid $50 for the case without a power supply. I think it was worth it. My computer runs a bit louder (which will be interesting in college) but I should be able to dampen it down a bit. I have 3 more hard drive slots and 3 more full 5.25 inch drive bays to fill. Doubt I will fill the 5.25 inch ones, but the three 3.5 inch spaces may get filled up rather quickly with new hard drives. I have been splurging way too much on my computer, but I have been cautious with the price. My former case had a ton of padding on it to keep noise low, but the heat was way too high even with the massive amount of fans I had. The hard drives were running hot and I had 2 fans on them. This should clear things up a bit.
The side window is really cool. I only have one light inside of it (a blue fan LED on the graphics card) but that will be upgraded to 2 or three soon. I am thinking about going blue throughout the case, although a mix of say red and orange would look great. I need to clean up the cabling inside the case. Some plastic ties for the power supply cables and some rounded IDE cables should do the trick.
