New PC build- are these components good?

linnemeyerhere said:

I built a killer rig in this case and it's amazingly feature laden and a great value. It's available in a whole host of color schemes!

NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-W1 Black/White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com

As nice as that case looks, and it does look damn good, it would probably be pushing my budget a bit too far unfortunately. I looked through the NZXT website, but there was nothing that caught my eye in that is within budget. Any other cases to suggest?

Thanks once again.

whs said:

I would not use this NZXT Phantom case - not enough USB ports. One can never have enough ports. That's on reason why I don't use laptops.

True, but I don't use that many USB devices, the maximum I usually use is four, and if I every needed more I could use a USB hub or USB PCI card. So it's not a massive issue for me personally

whs said:

Hmm, I use 8 USB ports plus a 4-port hub and a 2-port hub that is in my monitor. That makes a total of 12 available ports (the hubs eat 1 port each on the box) of which 10 are used permanently. The problem with the hub is that there is not enough power for certain devices. Then you also want to be flexible betwenn USB2 and USB3 ports. Just 2 USB2 ports is really not enough.

The PCI card is an option. But that gives you just 2 more ports.

I've seen plenty of PCI cards that have 4 extra ports. But regardless, if I need any extra I'll either get a PCI card or a hub and put the lower powered devices on those and let the high power consumers directly on the mobo. Have you used any cases in my budget, whs? Recommend any of them?

Thanks for the replies :)