Aspire cases and Power Supplies

[Khalil]

A friend wants me to build her a computer, she is no gamer, it will have an Asus slot 754 board with an AMD Sempron 64 3300 palermo processor and 512MB PC3200 Crucial Ram. No graphics card for now.
She's been shopping online and she sent me this link about an Aspire case she really likes.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811144002
I have no experience at all with Aspire products. I have always used either Antec or Sparkle Power supplies and recently I bought an OCZ.
She really wants the case, should I replace the 420W PSU it comes with or would it serve its purpose?

[jayb1234]

Definitely replace that PSU, Aspire makes some pretty bad ones.

[bitTRL1000]

I have an Aspire case, but I bought one without a PSU, and installed an Xclio. I'm really happy with the case. It's not very quiet, but the look is great and it is of reasonable quality, especially if you consider that it was only $50.

[Cricket]

The cheaper Aspire cases are pretty flimsy because of the thin sheet metal they use but this also makes them pretty light and easy to move around. The case itself should hold up well but I would definitely replace the power supply with something better.

Cricket

[Nav]

Ive had 2 aspire psu in the past and both times it took one component with it (1st time was cpu 2nd was the mobo). A nice looking case though. Good luck with the build.

[fatmanforlife99]

very nice case, i use it aswell, get a new power supply but that is light a lights up well.

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by Nav Ive had 2 aspire psu in the past and both times it took one component with it (1st time was cpu 2nd was the mobo).

A good general rule to remember - when the PSU weighs as much as the Aspire PSU does, you know there's not enough "stuff" in there to carry a modern system. Man, that thing is featherlight!

kram