phantom wrote in message . ..

I'm being shopping for a case online sometime but couldn't
decide on one.

Fry's has everything from the worst to the best, but the most
important factors are the quality of the power supply and the depth.

Many cheap cases come with the worst power supplies, including brands
such as ICTronics, Transworld, King Case (King Star), Raidmax, Allied
(one of the many Deer brands, some others being Codegen, L&C, Mercury,
Foxconn). These can't be trusted to deliver 100% of their rated
power, last long, or not interfere with TV/radio reception. But a high
quality case that includes a good power supply often costs more than a
cheap case with a bad power supply and a high quality supply bought
separately. Some good power supply brands are Antec and
Fortron/Sparkle, and www.directron.com and www.newegg.com have the
latter at good prices.

The height and width of a computer case aren't as important as the
depth because depth determines whether the motherboard and disk drives
will clear each other, and the largest motherboards need a case with
at least 18" of depth (excluding front bezel, which adds up to 1.5"
more) to avoid overlap with the CD-ROM drive. Most cases are only 16"
deep.