Best air cooling solution

MoRT489 · 22 Aug 2006 at 12:31

ive narrowed it down to 3 but wanted to know if any of you have one and what is the cooling/noise/ease of fittings like?

Thermaltake VC3000SNA Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower (seems a shame there's no top blowhole on the midi

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Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower (w window + fan)
Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower (w window + fan)

any other suggestions for about the same figure (£65+VAT)?

Thanks :cool:

gr1mey · 22 Aug 2006 at 12:41

Thermaltake isnt very popular round these parts, why dont you take a look at the Lian-Li case range

rangor gubbins · 22 Aug 2006 at 13:23

isn't the akasa eclipse 62 supposed to have one of the best cooling atm.

Messiah Khan · 22 Aug 2006 at 13:26

rangor gubbins said:
isn't the akasa eclipse 62 supposed to have one of the best cooling atm.

Yup.

Yewen · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:57

creed said:
ive narrowed it down to 3 but wanted to know if any of you have one and what is the cooling/noise/ease of fittings like?

Thermaltake VC3000SNA Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower (seems a shame there's no top blowhole on the midi )
Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower (w window + fan)
Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower (w window + fan)

any other suggestions for about the same figure (£65+VAT)?

Thanks

Just nock the Tsunami of that list, terriblie case. The Armour Jr is ok, but nothing on the Armour really.

Soprano is a very nice case, but it is beaten by the PC7+ in just about everything bar looks.

The Akasa Eclipse is considerably more expensive, once you factor in fans. Not really anywhere near the budget!

MoRT489 · 22 Aug 2006 at 16:19

Yewen said:
Just nock the Tsunami of that list, terriblie case. The Armour Jr is ok, but nothing on the Armour really.

Soprano is a very nice case, but it is beaten by the PC7+ in just about everything bar looks.

The Akasa Eclipse is considerably more expensive, once you factor in fans. Not really anywhere near the budget!

Whats the differecne between the tsunami and soprano? couldnt see anything different on website except looks not putting in watercooling so think supermidi will be big enough

Zen8 · 23 Aug 2006 at 21:03

creed said:
ive narrowed it down to 3 but wanted to know if any of you have one and what is the cooling/noise/ease of fittings like?

Thermaltake VC3000SNA Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower (seems a shame there's no top blowhole on the midi )
Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower (w window + fan)
Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower (w window + fan)

any other suggestions for about the same figure (£65+VAT)?

Thanks

Check out the excellent Antec P150 / Solo. Way better than any Lian Li, but many here prefer form over function and vfm, maybe you’re another.

Yewen · 24 Aug 2006 at 00:09

How are they way better than any Lian Li, the P150 has build quality issues with the drive stealths? :confused:

Please backup what you are saying.

glitch · 26 Aug 2006 at 20:16

Yewen said:
the P150 has build quality issues with the drive stealths?

Please backup what you are saying.

Only if you're a cack-handed individual.

They're not the sturdiest of plastics but you can only break them if you mount the drive incorrectly. And seeing as they're on rails, I can't imagine how you could - I've tried and failed.