case advice

[jesse525]

so i'm going to surprise my mom with a new computer for her office at our family biz...its just going to be for quick books and email and maybe i'll sneak on a few game for me when i'm just hanging around there. I'm probably putting one of the i5's in with an asus atx mobo and a 560 or 550 i'm not sure yet on the graphics card, with a single SSD an 8 gb of ram.

I'm having a probelm finding a tower to put it all together with, I want to get a Bitfanix shinbo but i cant' find any in the states for a reasonable price. I found one on E-bay but it had 50 bucks shipping to it. so any one have any suggestion for an alternative tower. I was thinking of one of the phantoms 410 but idk what you guys think would be a good Office computer tower??

 

[PEXON]

They are gaming orientated cases and IMHO will look out of place in an office. Lian li make aome awesome micro towers, could be worth a look.

 

[fcb]

I think for an office system, you wouldn't need anything too fancy. Something that is functional for your mother will be perfect. If I may suggest, Fractal Design has a couple of decent cases for the budget oriented, home and office, or even gaming users and yet the cases are well built.

Newegg - Fractal Design Core 1000

Newegg - Fractal Design Core 3000

 

[sleepylilazn]

If it's for an office, then I'm assuming you want something that looks elegant. I'm not sure what the budget is, but here are some manufacturers that I would recommend checking out

-Silverstone

-Lian Li

-Fractal Design

Have you checked out the other cases that Bitfenix offers?

 

[sheroo]

If it were me I might be tempted to go matx and buy something like an Antec P180 Black Mini Tower, or a Fractal design define mini. I mention Antec as I know you can probably get hold of that more easily than a Fractal, and in contrast to alot of other Antec cases the cable management on that one is quite good.

 

[Timbaloo]

+1 for Fractal Design Define R3. I love this case.

 

[peircevongoth12]

Fractal R3. Newegg will be the only place you can find them tho stateside.