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Originally Posted by The Constant Juggler
Oh! It holds the parts?? ;P
I figured that was the answer, and that if I installed decent fans then I'd be all right. I guess it's a good idea to have an intake fan, but the exhaust fan would be the most important, correct?
I'm also not at all fussed about looks - in fact, I want the thing to be as inconspicuous as possible :P. To that end I was going to start looking around for a second-hand case from an old computer, if I could be certain that I wouldn't compromise the computer's performance or durability.
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I would second that opinion. Recycle!
My first build was from completely second-hand parts, recovered from the junk left behind in apartments I manage. The case was from my first PC, a 1997 Gateway G6. The only thing I bought was 2 sticks of RAM on e-bay. I'm running Ubuntu 8 and Ardour for recording guitars iin the garage. I learned how to do it on PC Mech forums.
check this out -
http://picasaweb.google.com/barstowmaintenance/Hobbies#
A warning, though. You may have some problems w/connectors. For example, power switch & LED, HD LED, USB, audio, etc...
A new case and MOBO will have a gaggle of cables (and diagrams) to hook up everything.
Second-hand case - what you see is what you get.
Have fun!