Ultra Computer case.. No PSU

[casey]

Web Only.

Radio Shack has the mid Ultra Black case for $9.99 after rebate. It's $39.99 with a $30 rebate.

They also have a Ultra 500 watt power supply for $9.99 after rebate. $59.99 with $50 in rebates.

Free shipping over $50. I bought both but I want to warn anyone that's thinking of these deals they really make you jump thru hoops to sign up for the rebate.
They use something called onrebate.com which really isn't hard until I found out it was just to get the rebate form. They also offer a quick turn around for $3.50.. \
The case is decent..

[casey]

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[PeteF]

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I have one PC in a case of this type where there is a door blocking
access to the drive bays, power button, etc. I'd never get a case
like this again because the door just gets in the way. Sure I can
remove the door but it looks kinda crappy. I'd just like to warn
people to consider these things before buying a case like this.

---pete---

[casey]

Pete,

I know what you mean but all my Antec cases have doors too. What would you expect for $9.99? I'm talking about the construction of the case is decent...

[PeteF]

Pete,

I know what you mean but all my Antec cases have doors too. What would you expect for $9.99? I'm talking about the construction of the case is decent...

No offense intended. It's a great deal. :)
All I'm saying is for people to consider the issue about the door
and maybe plan to remove that door if they do buy it.

---pete---

[mylanta]

Yeah good point Pete I have always avoided those since days of Compaqs with doors that covered cd drives and wound up refusing to shut and then being trashbound sooner or later exposing ugly fronts.

[casey]

I guess as usual it's a matter of opinion. I must admit it I think the cases with doors are much better looking then the ones that just have the CD rom drives and floppies exposed. I guess it does take a an extra second to open the door when you want to use cd/floppy but being retired the extra time doesn't really bother me..
I just looked at the Antec Titan for $160 and it comes with a door. I do know it sometimes is hard to get the right color to match the case when you have exposed
cd/floppies...

[mylanta]

Larry,
Those are all excellent points, I guess my problem is worrying about the door breaking which has always happened to me.

[casey]

Rich,

The thing I worry about is the tray from the cdrom drive sticking out and breaking that. I have never broken a door yet (3 Antec Cases) but I also have never broken
a cd tray off either. I have hit them pretty hard but never broke one.

[mylanta]

Wow I never even thought of that one, I usually break the door before that happens...I guess.

[casey]

I hesitate to bring this back up but since I just used this case and found out some of the information I thought it only fair. First the door which was the concern, snaps on and off, without much effort. The case looks just as good wiothout the door in place as it does with it on. There were two parts of the case that I found fault with. One was they have the holes for the standoffs raised up except they only do that for 6 holes and the last three are normal. This means to get the board even you must find 3 standoffs that are bigger. It was really not a problem but I could see where it could be. The other problem was the have the floppy drive situated in where the regular CD or DVD drives go, which means they have a cage inside the frame. It's impossible to just insert the floppy and screw it down without taking the cage out and installing the floppy and then re-assembling. It makes for unnecessary work and lost time. I must admit I assembled the whole computer without once realizing that the door wasn't assembled on the case. Now I have to make the decision of installing it or leaving it off...