Arctic Cooling Silentium Cases

mr.bond

mr.bond

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Ello chaps,

Does anyone have any experience with these cases? I'm thinking of purchasing one but am interested in your opinions of them.

Can the psu handle a high end GPU? Is there plenty of room in the case? Are the fans sufficent etc etc.

Any and all comments welcomed, good or otherwise. (Won't be over clocking anything)

Thanks.
 
Good PSU's in them, cases are ok but a little on the fragile side and not to suited to being opened and closed a lot, you have to take care or bits just break off.

adequate cooling for a stock rig, like any case really.

BUT

If you are planning on spending so much money on a high end GPU then the most important piece of your PC needs to be up to scratch, the PSU.

If the PSU is cheap or not up to the job, it can blow killing everything in the PC, cause stability problems, or just plain not work.

If you want a good idea of how much to spend on a PSU, 1/10th of the price of the PC or a really good one, which ever gets maxed out first.

For a £1000 rig, £100 on the PSU to protect your investment, £300 then a £30 one will be up to the job.

If it comes to it, you are much better off buying a £10 case and a £60 PSU with the idea of upgrading the case soon. I can not stress how the PSU is the most important part of the PC for stability and protecting your investment from a nasty accident.

The PSU you have listed is made by seasonic, but its a dead end upgrade path.

The ultimate question, how much money have you got to spend on the case and PSU?

Buying them seperately is a much better way to spend your money :)
 
Yewen, cheers for the reply.

I'm not planning on crossfire or sli, when I uprage aslo it's always a full system, no extras.

Is this case (and supplied PSU) capable of running a decent spec machine (amd3700+? ati X1800? and similar). Apologies for my ignorance, but have been out of the upgrade market for quite a while. I'd hope to spend no more the £700 on a new base unit, hopefully providing me with a good gaming upgrade from my current rig. (amd xp2700, ati9700pro, 1gb pc2700, asus a7n8 nf2 maybe ;/)

Any help you (and anyone else) can give will be a bonus, would like 2xhdd's though :)
 
I'm definitely with Yewen on this one. I can't believe I'm saying this, but look at the Lian-li PC-7+. Then put a nice PSU in it - something like a 460W Akasa Paxpower, Seasonic S12 430W or Tagan TG480.

You now have a good platform this computer and the next. OK- so you've just spent £120-£130 when you actually wanted to spend £60, but as Yewen said, buy a good PSU. And a good case is always going to be a good case.
 
Difference is the only thing cheap about the PC7+ is the price, its a basic design and setup, but they are built to a really high standard and it is good enough for the next 5/6 ATX rigs you want to build :)
 
Actually - if you want something nice, but cheaper, then the Jeantech Phong would make a nice pairing with a Hiper 580W Type-R and those are available in retail parks for about £90 the pair. Not nearly as nice as the Lian-Li, but then it's a fraction of the price.
 
Yeh, what ever case you buy it should be ok, £30 thermaltake mambo would be ok to.

You just HAVE to buy a good PSU, and I do not think it can be stressed enough. To many people skimp on the PSU, and to many of them end up with dead PC's.

You can get a cheap PSU and it will work brilliantly for 12 months, but when it does go as all PSU's eventually do, it will take the rest of the PC with it and the warranty wont get you a new one. A high end PSU when it dies, only the PSU is dead usually, and the longer warranties gets you a new PSU :)

If you look in the sticky there is a list of cases to consider at each price point, or what I would personally consider anyway: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=98795 (10th post)
 
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