Chieftec Tower question

pegasus1 · 4 Jun 2006 at 09:54

Found these for only £34 on another site, need a large case for WCing my current setup and this looks great value. Anybody got one of these and have any comments on them.

pegasus1 · 4 Jun 2006 at 10:12

Triad2000 said:
I have two, very nice for me, nice amounts of room, fan spaces, etc.

Cheers mate, just looking at the layout and i think i'l move the HDD tray to the lower DVD drive bays and put my water res in its place.
Is the side door double lines or just a single piece of steel, i'l cut a side window into it as well as put 2 x 120 fans at the front and maybe a 120mm in roof (love my 120mm saw).

pegasus1 · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:04

This is the one i'm getting, a little taller than the one in your pic.

pegasus1 · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:12

Yewen said:
Yeh the full tower, be warned it is likely it will not come with the Hard Drive cages like the older models and what most reviews say, as they put them at the top now to cut down on costs.

Cheers, ive got a spare HDD cage from an old case, i'l just rivet into the 5 1/4 bays.

pegasus1 · 7 Jun 2006 at 11:47

Well it turned up in the post and the 1st thing i noticed is how sturdy it is, side panels that that dont flex like they are made of tin.
The internals are a modders dream, ive already marked up the front internals so as i can cut out for 2 x 120mm fans.
The suppleid 120 rear fan moves some serious air and made hardly any noise.
I'l also move the HDD cage as its in the way of the WCing tubing route, i'l probably refit them nearer to the fron or suspend then above the 2 x optical bays i'l be using.
I cant internaly fit a 120 in place of the 2 x 80 fans so i may cut the panel out and replace it with an aluminium plate with 2 x 92mm fitted.
i'l also add a 120mm behind the unused 5 1/2 blanks (stick 3 blanking plates together and bore a 120mm hole), this will blow air across the HDD and into the rear of the PSU to be extracted.
looking fwd to doing this, just need a free weekend.

pegasus1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 08:41

Yewen said:
Sounds good, any chance of some pictures so I can see what revision you ended up with?

At work at the mo so i'l post some pics tonight.

pegasus1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 09:43

Yewen said:
I will look foreward to it, then bug you when you don't.

Popped back, this is it before i take the dremel to it.

pegasus1 · 8 Jun 2006 at 13:12

DaveMac said:
Are those 120mm fans on the front & would a triple rad fit in there?

80mm but ive marked out the cuts for 2 x 120mm ones.
My 2 eide cable will easily reach cos im putting the DVD's at the bottom, the twin fan rad is going on the back.

pegasus1 · 19 Jun 2006 at 22:52

Got the W/C in and have modded some elements of the case. Below is the case with just a PSU added (needed to test some measurments)

Below is the case at the mo, understand that its just been bunged in so is very untidy.

Ive added a 120mm hole in the top and 2 x 120mm fans to the front, ive also removed the HDD from the upper portion of the case and placed them in front of the lower 120mm fan, i will mod this slightly in the future as there is a tiny amount of vibration.
Idle temps are only 1 degree cooler (might reseat CPU Block) but the load temps only rise slightly, went from 34C to 37 during COD2 and only up to 39 during Prime.

pegasus1 · 19 Jun 2006 at 23:34

I'l cut a couple of windows and seal off the upper bay next, then i'l look into tidying the insides up.

pegasus1 · 28 Jun 2006 at 18:15

Well ive made a couple of further enhancments to the case, ive WCed the 7800gtx and moved the pump, ive also added a 120mm fan in the upper drive bays that blows over the pump and res.
Still havnt got round to sealing off the upper and lower areas with perspex or cutting a window but i may do it this weekend (before football), i'm also gonna move the HDD bays and suspend it with bungees.
Dont comment on the wire as they will be the last thing i'l tidy.