[Novalug] Building my own

[Bonnie Dalzell]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Opus wrote:

> Igor Birman wrote:
>       Barebones computers tend to come with really crappy cases. 
> 
> That has been my experience as well...
>       I like to build computers with the Antec NSK4480B II case - you can usually find it for under $100 and it has
>       a really nice power supply. 

I was under the impression that aluminum cases cool more easily and are 
lighter. I built my tower with an Antec aluminum case (wirh a window and 
with led colored light case as CPU fans :-) - was still cheaper than a 
sports car). Are there reasons not to use alumuinum cases?

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