case: Bad idea?

colinloves · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:58

Im looking at this case for contaning
E6400 - Corsair HX 620 PSU - 1 360 HHD - 1 DVD ROM - 2 gig RAM - 150 quid graphic card and a sound card too. And gonna overlock to boot.

Picture LINK - (sorry its in pdf

I can throw in some fans, but Im not sure the best choose or set up. Can someone comment on this being a good idea or now. I like the funky design, but that aint goona mean much if it wont make my PC cool.

colinloves · 29 Nov 2006 at 01:35

Its about 35 quid.

Im not asking what you visually think of the case. Each to there own, ya know.

To me, its the importaint of airflow and keep all me bits cool. If the case aint up to it, I need to know how and why.

Thanks guys.

colinloves · 29 Nov 2006 at 06:58

Next please

colinloves · 30 Nov 2006 at 00:32

Thanks guys.

I will keep on looking. But from what Ive seen so far, apart from the money, they all seem the same. Fans are normally set up one way, so airflow will be roughly the same.
The only big diference I see with cases are, who makes them. I know we live in a 'name' world. People dont have a problem with spending the extra 30 quid, cos its a known name. Me, I couldnt give a toss. Ive learnt that the big names copy their designs from the unknown names. So apart from the name logos and a few extra buttons, you pretty much got the same thing.

I've been put of by the cases that have the PSU at the bottom, due to the PSU and mobo Im getting, might not reach each other.

What I would like to know, apart from other case suggestions is how much of a difference in temps between the steel and ally cases? Ally is like double the price, but Im guess its far from double the cooling.

cheers

colinloves · 1 Dec 2006 at 08:31

Ok I got some PC specs from a friends thats using this case.

Hope you can tell me how it compairs to others. are the temps ok??

PC Specs:
Asus P5LD2 SE Mobo
Asus EN7900GTX
Audigy 2 PCI Sound Card
Intel Pentium D 940. 3.2 DC
500W PSU
2gb DDR2 Ram
1 250gb HDD
1 DVD RW Lightscribe drive
1 CD R drive

Temps: Idle
Mobo - 31
Graphics - 42
HDD - 30
CPU 41.

5 and a half months and it looks like this:

PIC

colinloves · 1 Dec 2006 at 13:35

PICTURE

colinloves · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:58

Well on the basis that Im ripping my hair out trying to pick a case. I think I'll stick with this and see what happens.
Its either 35 quid for this one or 75 for Antec Nine Hundred. Its all about fans and airflow for me. I mean, Im gonna overclock my PC not sit looking at it.

Wotever happens, I will be giving feedback, for *** its worth.

colinloves · 2 Dec 2006 at 14:07

colinloves said:
Ok I got some PC specs from a friends thats using this case.

Hope you can tell me how it compairs to others. are the temps ok??

PC Specs:
Asus P5LD2 SE Mobo
Asus EN7900GTX
Audigy 2 PCI Sound Card
Intel Pentium D 940. 3.2 DC
500W PSU
2gb DDR2 Ram
1 250gb HDD
1 DVD RW Lightscribe drive
1 CD R drive

Temps: Idle
Mobo - 31
Graphics - 42
HDD - 30
CPU 41.

5 and a half months and it looks like this:

PIC

UPDATE: Temps:after 1 hours of BF2 on high settings, Alt-tab to get:

Mobo - 33
Graphics - 51
HDD - 31
CPU - 47