A "true" case ensures all 4 feet sit firmly on the floor so the case does not wobble on 3 and so the motherboard, cards, drives, etc. That is, it has exactly 90.0° bends at all the corners. And most importantly, a quality case is "true". A quality case has "finished" sheet metal edges - edges that have been rolled or ground down so they don't have jagged edges that shred knuckles.
So what's a quality case? A quality case is one that supports multiple "large" (at least 120mm, preferably 140mm or larger) case fans (not counting HTPC cases). The GPU does NOT form or support the foundation - it depends on the foundation to support it! In fact, many computers and their users don't even need a separate graphics card for their "mission critical" zero-downtime allowed, essential purposes! I just said the case (along with the PSU) form the "foundation" for a system that can support years of upgrades.
You don't even have to spend $100 to get a quality case. I am NOT saying you need to spend $200 on a case during your initial build. It is also the case's responsibility to protect the components inside from accident kicks and bumps - but that's a lessor requirement. The CPU's cooler need only toss the CPU's heat into that air flow. Cooling! It is the case's responsibility to provide a sufficient supply of cool air flowing through the case. Some accounts exist souly to leave positive reviews on stuff rather than actually belonging to a random joe who buys stuff on amazon.Ĭlick to expand.Nope. Products with thousands of reviews are slightly more trustworthy, because even though reviews still could have been botted, there is a higher chance that people who actually bought the product would leave a review - you just have to be smart and read through a few pages of them and you'll start noticing how they structure their reviews in the same way or use the same words/phrases to praise the product. 20 positive reviews is not enough to tell if a product is good or not and judging by the price Its not going to be good unless you use it with an extremely low end system that doesnt pull much power from mains. Only 20 people left a review on your Argus PSU, I would have stayed completely away from it. Im always weary of reviews on amazon because its been known that a lot of manufacturers and merchants will pay money to botters to leave positive reviews on their products. You want something from at least tier B or C - A if you can afford it I wouldnt of bought it and if i did, i wouldnt even plug it in. Now i saved up some money and i was thinking of upgrading my used RX 580 to something like 6700XT or 3060 ti and also my current PSU's 12V rail seems to be fully capable of powering a 200-230W GPUĤ0€ for 700w? Im willing to bet its closer to 250-300w.
Other than that i didnt have any other issues with it, even when PC was on full load for many hours.
Fast forward to couple of weeks ago there was a very quick blackout in my town (lasted under 1 second) and my PC actually restarted instead of just powering off, this seemed odd and im not even sure if its PSU's fault. The bad part comes with this 720W PSU, its non modular, claims 85-89% efficiency on the spec sheet yet it doesnt have 80+ certification at all (honestly a giant red flag), has ketchup and mustard cables, but it was around 40€ and it had decent reviews on amazon so i went for it. Initially the case was absolutely horrid, but i removed the glass front panel and now the 3pin fans are blasting at full speed i just have to clean it more often. When i was building my PC i was on a budget and i had to cut corners somewhere, so i did it with PSU and the case.