Thoughts on the Cooler Master Elite 430?

Hardware Cases / Chassis
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Title says it all.

Looking into a relatively modestly priced case, and the 430 caught my eye.

http://www.frys.com/product/6432762

Thoughts?

(also as a side note, does anyone know of any 4-pin power adapters to wire extra fans directly to the PSU?)

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Not having a 4/8 pin power cable cutout is a right pain in these. If you were dead keen on buying there at that price something like the http://www.frys.com/product/6609664?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Silverstone Raven RV03B case would be I think a better choice. Way better build quality, good quality fans as well.

Fans directly off the PSU > Just use fan to molex adapters off your existing cables. Search the bin outside any PC store and there will be heaps in there. 

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Another case to look at is the Corsair 200R $49.99 after rebate. http://www.frys.com/product/7372244?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

4

Thanks!

The Corsair 200R is available at the Frys I go to, so I'll probably jump on that.

5

Just to clarify, what exactly do you mean by a 4/8 pin power cable cutout?

Do you mean the rubber grommets?

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No he means a hole cut out of the backplate the motherboard rests on to feed cpu power plug up behind the backplate.

For instance here is the cut out for the 200r

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Ah. Gotcha.

Thanks!