Good Case?

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:29

BillytheImpaler said:
If you want performance, why not get an Eclipse?

yep was considering getting one of those but needed a larger case.

on further inspection the side panel of the stacker case can house 14cm fans? does such a size in fans actually exist?

Minstadave · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:31

Cyber-Mav said:
yep was considering getting one of those but needed a larger case.

on further inspection the side panel of the stacker case can house 14cm fans? does such a size in fans actually exist?

Yup, the Aerocool Streamliner

Yewen · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:33

You can get 140mm and 160mm fans quite easily.

All cases are indeed subject to the persons opinion, but most of the reviews I read on the net rate cases so highly in general its just a joke, the Stacker 830 has really shoddy build quality, its the major issue with the case really.

If you get a good one your laughing, but the case is as bad as the P180 for issues.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:34

Minstadave said:
Yup, the Aerocool Streamliner

how are they for noise?

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:38

Yewen said:
You can get 140mm and 160mm fans quite easily.

All cases are indeed subject to the persons opinion, but most of the reviews I read on the net rate cases so highly in general its just a joke, the Stacker 830 has really shoddy build quality, its the major issue with the case really.

If you get a good one your laughing, but the case is as bad as the P180 for issues.

yep, i decided to get the black one since its newer and hopefully better than the silver one. also black will get less dirty.

mind you once the system is built i never really go inside it. all it does is sit there.
last time i went inside my case was just to fit the new psu and the gfx card.
also i get real bad dust congestion inside my current case. whats the best method of keeping dust out of a case? is it to have more fans blowing in rather than sucking out? or the other way round?

Yewen · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:41

Best way to keep dust out of a case is to use tights as fan filters.

Although its a lost cause with a case like the stacker.

Brute force cooling can never compete with a simple one in one out system at sane noise levels, why the Eclipse is constantly better at cooling than the 830, which suffers from heat pockets and cooling dead spots due to its size.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 17:51

yea the eclipse has a very similar design internally to the antec slk3000b which i have for my 4th pc. very good cooling setup too. but for the cooling im intending on the stacker should work out well for me.
i got a thermaltake big typhoon, and the stacker will allow me to have a couple of fans placed directly over it for cold air intakes.

but with a case like the stacker, its gonna get a bit confusing which way to have fans mounted to either have intake or exhausts, looks like its gonna be some trial and error.

but im assuming that the 4 fans on the side panel should all be intakes, the front fan intake, then the rear fan, psu fan, and top fan should be exhausts.

but that makes only 2 of the case fans exhausts excluding the psu, and 7 intakes. unless the front intakes are switched over to being exhausts, :confused:

dang it im confused already.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:01

ahh damn it, i just realised, the 2 dvd drives i have and the floppy drive i have are standard beige colour, and the damn case i orderd is black.

oh well atleast its got a lid to cover up the shame

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:32

ok i cancelled the order on the stacker, since everyone on here doesn;t seem to like it much.

so that leads me to---- whats the best case going for £150 not too bothered about looks, more interested in functionality

Zefan · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:34

Cyber-Mav said:
ok i cancelled the order on the stacker, since everyone on here doesn;t seem to like it much.

so that leads me to---- whats the best case going for £150 not too bothered about looks, more interested in functionality

Akasa Eclipse or some sort of Lian Li.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:36

Zefan said:
Akasa Eclipse or some sort of Lian Li.

Akasa Eclipse?? lol when everyone mentioned the Eclipse case, i though tthey were going on about the thermaltake eclipse with the stupid cd drive thingy.

let me check the akasa out.

Zefan · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:37

Cyber-Mav said:
Akasa Eclipse?? lol when everyone mentioned the Eclipse case, i though tthey were going on about the thermaltake eclipse with the stupid cd drive thingy.

let me check the akasa out.

It is t3h sexeh

Yewen · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:42

Akasa Eclipse with the enhanced side panel, that will get you lower temps than the 830 could ever.

Get some decent, and I mean top fans and well under budget.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:45

the akasa case does seem a bit small to me.

also does the akasa case come with a side panel? or do you have to add it seperatley?

another thing is, the width of the case, my old full tower case is too thin to alow a internal 12cm fan on the side panel so i had to mount it externally. is the akasa fan wise enough to allow a side panel fan to fit and not end up hitting my thermaltake big typhoon?

benjo · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:45

Cyber-Mav said:
can;t talk me out of it

Cyber-Mav said:
ok i cancelled the order on the stacker

Easily persuaded?

It's the right choice at the end of the day though

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:46

benjo said:
Easily persuaded?

It's the right choice at the end of the day though

yea was a hard decision but decided on cancelling it. bit gutted but will wait and see now.

i still need a new case, as soon as i can get my current case pics up, then all will become clear.

Yewen · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:46

Cyber-Mav said:
the akasa case does seem a bit small to me.

also does the akasa case come with a side panel? or do you have to add it seperatley?

another thing is, the width of the case, my old full tower case is too thin to alow a internal 12cm fan on the side panel so i had to mount it externally. is the akasa fan wise enough to allow a side panel fan to fit and not end up hitting my thermaltake big typhoon?

The Eclipse is wide, and it does come with a side panel but the extra engineered one is the way to go, and it should fit fine.

Wider than the 830 I think.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:47

what size fan goes in that extra side panel?

Yewen · 11 Oct 2006 at 18:55

http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english/spec_page/cases/spec_ak_bkwsp_02.htm

120mm, just click full spec on the product on OcUK.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Oct 2006 at 19:35

hmm, internally the eclipse doesn;t seem to be much different from this case:
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)

except for the additional side panel that will have a 12cm fan insted of the 8cm one on the antec.

not fully convinced with the akasa case.