coolest (temp wise) case for under £100

bagaante · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:53

whats the coolest case (temp wise) for under £100, ive been looking at a few, but the reviews ive found are mixed

ive looked at the antec 900, the fractal design r3, the coolermaster scout gaming case ( i was going to go with this one, till someone said it was flimsy for high end graphics cards) (im getting a black edition xfx so its quite heavy), id like a case with really good airflow to keep the system nice and cool

i would prefer one with a side window (unlike the r3), but id take the coolest one temp wise over looks, id like a couple of usb ports at the front, and somewhere to plug in earphones nice and handy

thanks a lot

bagaante · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:01

sorry about the double post

King Damager · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:26

Somewhere, there's a chart that has all the cases temps up with a similar system in. Can't quite remember what website has it though... But I'm sure someone will find it...

kd

Jay794 · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:31

In my opinion there's very little difference between cases, it's all about cable management, positioning and number of fans and location of your PC

King Damager · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:42

Jay794 said:
it's all about cable management, positioning and number of fans

All of these factors depend on your case -.-

kd

Jay794 · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:53

King Damager said:
All of these factors depend on your case

Or how willing you are to mod it, I'd be interested to see the difference in temps between a Corsair 600T and the HAF 922 containing the exact same system

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:20

The two which are probably the best would be
Antec 902 V3
Coolermaster HAF 922

Havent read about cases for a while tbh, but the 1200 used to be THE best case for air cooing, til the HAF X came out, that was a couple years ago now, but its prob safe to assume their little brothers will be there or there abouts when it comes to top cooling performance. I'd go with the 902 V3 personally out of those two

bagaante · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:39

thanks for the replies guys, will have a read up on them two

and id be prepaired to put extra fans in the cases (ie to get them moving more efficiently) but i wouldnt be water cooling just air

bagaante · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:56

yeah the reviews look excellent for the antec 902 v3, going to keep reading up on it

King Damager · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:57

Back on topic, I'm pretty sure the Silverstone Raven is pretty epic at air cooling (only £109 - so if you were willing to buy a couple of fans for another £100 case then it would go over that price anyway)

I think it works well because of the 90degree mobo and the air penetrators..

kd

macca672 · 27 Jan 2012 at 16:39

another vote for the silverstone raven, i went from an antec 1200 to the raven 2 with the same hardware just the case changed, and the temp drops were massive, 9 degrees cooler at idle and around 10-15 degrees cooler while gaming on the cpu alone, GPU temps dropped around 15 degrees under gaming.

Have since changed hardware but kept the case as it was so good, my i7 2600k sits at 23-28 degrees idle and peaks out around 55 degrees during benches (lower in gaming)

95thrifles · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:10

You must live in a fridge with those temps
My systems under custom water and not that low

ChrisD. · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:39

Jay794 said:
In my opinion there's very little difference between cases, it's all about cable management, positioning and number of fans and location of your PC

Don't be stupid.

There's a huge difference between my FT02 and my old Lian Li 1200.

Jay794 · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:44

MilanoChris said:
Don't be stupid.

There's a huge difference between my FT02 and my old Lian Li 1200.

Are the parts inside exactly the same?

Obviously the case has something to do with it but you're hardly going to see a 10c difference in temps between ANY 2 cases of similar size and purpose

You can't compare a HTPC case to a HAF X

95thrifles said:
You must live in a fridge with those temps
My systems under custom water and not that low

REALLY? My i7 idles around 23c and rised to mid 50c under burn tests, I guess it depends what OC you're running and if its constant

ChrisD. · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:47

Yes the components are the same.

I saw a 10 degree drop all round on average iirc.

I now run Crossfire, something I'd never have considered in the old case.

Jay794 · 27 Jan 2012 at 19:14

Really? well thats impressive, I would have never thought it could make that much difference

mayebaza · 28 Jan 2012 at 01:59

Well, all I know is CoolerMaster rightly lives up to its name, it you get your fan configuration right. My set below achieves 5.1 Ghz on AIR.

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AsRock Z68 Ex4 G3, [email protected] , G. Skill RipsawsX 8GB,
5850 1GB(CFX), CM90 II Advanced, Crucial M4 256GB, 4 HDDs,
NH-D14, XFX 850W BE, Xonar Essence STX, BlackGold HD DVB.

95thrifles · 28 Jan 2012 at 08:05

Jay794 said:
REALLY? My i7 idles around 23c and rised to mid 50c under burn tests, I guess it depends what OC you're running and if its constant

OK, guess I live in a sauna then, lol

95thrifles · 28 Jan 2012 at 08:07

mayebaza said:
Well, all I know is CoolerMaster rightly lives up to its name, it you get your fan configuration right. My set below achieves 5.1 Ghz on AIR.

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AsRock Z68 Ex4 G3, [email protected] , G. Skill RipsawsX 8GB,
5850 1GB(CFX), CM90 II Advanced, Crucial M4 256GB, 4 HDDs,
NH-D14, XFX 850W BE, Xonar Essence STX, BlackGold HD DVB.

two words, can you guess what they are?

Cable Management

King Damager · 28 Jan 2012 at 08:43

Jay794 said:
Really? well thats impressive, I would have never thought it could make that much difference

Not really surprising though, the Raven is amazing at air cooling.

95thrifles said:
OK, guess I live in a sauna then, lol

Maybe not.... my stock i5 idles at 35....

Yours also is straight after your GPU in loop, so that'll dump a tiny bit of extra heat into it.

Only an A70, but still....

kd