Maxtop cases??

[1ctabor]

Whats the deal with these cases? They are cheap and come with top and side fans, anyone experience with them?

[CrawlingEye]

Realistically, a case is a case, what you see is what you get. Quality's rarely a concern unless it comes with a psu.

The only thing to worry about is if it's sturdy. Most all cases will be sturdy so that's more of a moot point.

Just make sure the bays meet your needs and you like the looks of it. As for cooling, a jigsaw and a drill is all you need to cut a hole.

[Talonator]

I have a Maxtop case, and I absolutely love it. The side and top fan are *extremely* nice, and I also bought the side w/ window ($15 from newegg, cheaper than some window kits ) which I adore. I think it is an excellent case and I reccomend it highly.

[Talonator]

oh, one thing, the hard drive mounting bays are a biatch. there's room to mount two hard drives nicely, but if you have 4 like me, you're just going to have to stick them in cuz the screw holes don't fit.

[AMD Soldier]

Originally posted by CrawlingEye
Realistically, a case is a case, what you see is what you get. Quality's rarely a concern unless it comes with a psu.

The only thing to worry about is if it's sturdy. Most all cases will be sturdy so that's more of a moot point.

Just make sure the bays meet your needs and you like the looks of it. As for cooling, a jigsaw and a drill is all you need to cut a hole.

True a case is a case, but there are things that make some superior to others.

For example, the ease of function of the case. Some have screwless drive bays and what not, just pop the drive in and press a layer and you have it locked (Evercase's). While others you need to take off the top and than the side covers just so you can screw in the screws to hold the drives.

Also like you mentioned the sturdiness is important. The cheaper cases often have very thin steel, while the higher end have much thicker steel (not to mention a better paint job hehe).

Anyways I'm sure everyone got the point.

[BWDAZ]

I've used Maxtop cases for a few budget builds. For those, I used the $40 version with the fans and the PSU. How can you beat that deal? The cases themselves are average, though; nothing special-aside from the price. I will definitely continue to use them for budget rigs.

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[CrawlingEye]

AMD, for 'features,' I all ready tackled that... "what you see is what you get."

[1ctabor]

Originally posted by BWDAZ
I've used Maxtop cases for a few budget builds. For those, I used the $40 version with the fans and the PSU. How can you beat that deal? The cases themselves are average, though; nothing special-aside from the price. I will definitely continue to use them for budget rigs.

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Thats pretty much my plan too. I'm throwing together another system of leftovers so I got a budget case.

[Harbinger]

I got the cheapest one at newegg ($41 shipped with 2 92mm fans included) and am happy with it so far. Not the most user friendly case to work with, but it works and is cheap and holds a ton of fans. Now I have to see how well the watercooling setup will work with it...