By the way, I remember Midi, Mini and Micro skirts all here in the US. It seemed that they progressed from one to the next as the generations...and inhibitions...went by the wayside.

Okay, Jan, the NZXT is probably a good choice for you. Here's my take. Micro ATX means more than just less room. It severely limits you in your choice of power supplies, something that is VERY important when building/buying a computer system. Since you are looking at cases, I'm assuming you're planning on building your own. DO NOT skimp on the power supply. I highly recommend Seasonic if you can get it in the UK.

A good rifle and scope combination, your optics should cost as much as the rifle. The same applies to computers. Your power supply usually will cost nearly as much, if not more, than your case will. For today's processors, you want to look at a minimum of 550 watt with an 80+ rating. I think I this is the one I bought for my build earlier this year:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151031

This is the case I put it in.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133062

One of the things that I did, which I most likely will not do again, is I also bought a liquid cooling system. It keeps the CPU cool, but not to the extent that I thought it would, so it wasn't really worth it for me.

As to cooling, getting a computer case like mine with plenty of fans is nice, because it does keep the mainboard and stuff cool, but it also produces noise. Your CPU will be cooled by some sort of cooling system, not the case fans. Either a heatsink with a built in fan, a liquid cooler, or something in between, or something totally different, I don't know which route you'll choose. Your graphics card, if it's a modern, up to date one, will have a fan on it, possibly even more than one, depending on what you going to use it for. Those will make noise. Neither one will die if the case fans stop working. However, having a cooling flow through the case is good for everything else, like hard drives and such. Even those can have individual coolers. If you're planning on getting a newer, faster CPU, your memory will also probably be newer and faster, so find some that have heat sinks, or heat spreaders on them.

IF you aren't sure, do your research online first, or, of course, ask here.

Gary


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