CoolerMaster Praetorian 732

Roduga · 3 Mar 2006 at 14:29

What is the verdict on these? I'm guessing the 2 80mm fans on the back make a bit of a racket, are they OK for cooling?

Roduga · 4 Mar 2006 at 21:37

Inside will be:

AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache -
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2

Roduga · 31 Mar 2006 at 23:37

Right-o, I'm a little confused.

I have it sat on my desk and am just about to order the rest of the gear. Do I add a 120 on the side door? Replace the IO panel at the top with a 80? Or leave it as it is? My room gets forking hot so I'm a little worried...

Roduga · 1 Apr 2006 at 12:57

Yewen said:
The most difference you will see is by using the top 80mm blowhole fan.

Cool, top fan it is.

Roduga · 1 Apr 2006 at 13:14

Noni said:
Post pics

Well, I will do if you want. Just placed the order for the rest of the gear, Tuesday should (hopefully) be the day.

I hope I haven't forgotten anything...

Roduga · 4 Apr 2006 at 14:14

She's all installed, except the power LED doesn't come on. Not sure why as I matched up the +/- on the board. Any ideas?

Roduga · 4 Apr 2006 at 14:30

Yewen said:
Try it the other way round, sometimes they have them wired up wrong

Bingo! Cheers Yewen, you are a star.