Case Question

[calhoun]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144152


anyone know if I should get a silver or beige faceplate colored optical drive for this case? i dont know what the color looks like on the inside of the door, so can someone help me out here?

[cloasters]

The rear of the open/close front door of the case is probably "silver." Beige bezels would look fuddy-duddy. Go silver.

[madcatmk3]

My frind had that case. It didn't work to well.
I recomend
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371221
or if you have your hart set silver is better.

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

My frind had that case. It didn't work to well.
I recomend
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371221
or if you have your hart set silver is better.

Dead link? Doesnt load for me.

[Exile69]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

My frind had that case. It didn't work to well.
I recomend
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=371221
or if you have your hart set silver is better.

Link's not dead, but by the looks of it Calhoun doesn't have $160 to blow on a case. Try this with a suitable power supply (PSU), or this, although I don't think a generic 350 watt is gonna do the trick for new end parts.

As for the faceplate, just get whatever matches, but if it has a door it doesn't really matter, as people won't be able to see it under ordinary circumstances.

[madcatmk3]

I would say never go cheap on the case but thats me.
"If you can't make it work well make it look good"-Bill Gates

[calhoun]

those cases are uglier than hell. what i want is a nice silver one that has a side view and has firewire, usb and audio ports in the front

[calhoun]

also i think i asked this question before on here, but i dont remember:

does PC3200 at 400 memory make a big difference compared to PC5400 at 667 when gaming or doing office apps or what?

[Exile69]

No. If your processor is running at 200Mhz FSB (HTT) then you can't get any gain from having faster than PC3200 memory. On the other hand, if you're overclocking, you're upping the FSB on your processor and you want memory that can run on a 1:1 ratio with your FSB, therefore you need higher speced memory, i.e something over PC3200. BTW, RAM speed is usually stated in DDR(2), where it simply means the original frequency is doubled, kind of like a multiplier. So PC3200 RAM which will run at 400Mhz is equivilent with a processor running at 200 FSB (HTT). Got it?

[calhoun]

um... i could be wrong here but my processor says 800 mhz FSB... is that the same as a 200 FSB?

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by calhoun

um... i could be wrong here but my processor says 800 mhz FSB... is that the same as a 200 FSB?

thats slighty different i'm sure exile will explain it since I would probly conuse you.

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by calhoun

those cases are uglier than hell. what i want is a nice silver one that has a side view and has firewire, usb and audio ports in the front

thats the link I posted except the ports are on the top.