From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jul 23 3:11:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E563914BF9 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 03:11:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from summoner@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 18961 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 1999 10:08:47 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 18927 invoked by uid 0); 23 Jul 1999 10:08:47 -0000 Received: from edsl209.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.175.209) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 23 Jul 1999 10:08:47 -0000 Message-ID: <37983F26.A7F059B6@uswest.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 03:08:38 -0700 From: Summoner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rick hamell Cc: ML Duke , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org rick hamell wrote: > I've never been happy with Enlight cases personally. They're way > to flimsy for me. The power supplies tend to leak a lot of RF also, which > interferes with monitors and other computers. Enlight's a very consumer-directed company. Their offering of a dozen or so different bezel designs is evidence of that. They cut costs by using thin steel and not properly reinforcing it. > I use to use only Macase, but they discontinued the style I > liked. The replacement style has a chubby front end that sticks out to > far for me. Casedge has their LXsomething model (About $49+Shipping from > Ark Technologies,) which I'm impressed with. Thick steel, no sharp > pieces, it's all smoothed down (and dosen't collect finger prints!) The > drive bays snap out and have one screw to fasten them down just in case. > Minmaw is also a good brand, but they're a bit more expensive then > Casedge. Their one major advantage is that they have a place in front to > put a dust filter in front of the case fan. Macase... I don't suppose there's any relation to Mapower? Minmaw and Casedge are new ones on me, but then I only go looking for a new case maker when my current one(s) aren't up to my standards of craftsmanship. Ever try Inwin? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message