Newegg has free shipping on an Antec Mini P180 MicroATX case. It’s looks like a pretty sweet case and I’ve been tempted to start building a new gaming rig seeing mine is 2 1/2 years old now.
I’ve been planning on building a MicroATX based system for my next rig as it’s getting to the point you don’t need as many slots (unless you want to run Crossfire or SLI) as everything except video is built in the motherboard now and it’s all “good enough”. With the new Intel LGA 1156 systems out now, that’s kinda the sweet spot between price and performance.
Not that I’m saying that you can’t build a good AMD based system … AMD’s new Athlon II X4 CPU is a budget builder dream. The X4 is pretty good at overclocking from what I’ve read and it will work with existing AM2+ and AM3 motherboards (something I wish Intel would do). For about $220 you can get the CPU, Motherboard and RAM that would be a good base for a budget gaming rig and at least $100 cheaper than a bottom Intel LGA 1156 i5 rig.
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