good gaming case

PAULRYAN52

PAULRYAN52

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hi im after a good gaming case for this pc

Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail
OCZ® Platinum Series 2GB DDR2 PC6400 800Mhz, Dual Channel Kit with Platinum Heatspreader
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
768Mb XFX 8800GTX Extreme XXX, PCI-E (x16), Mem 2000 MHz, GPU 630 MHz, Dual DVI/HDTV
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM
 
What exactly is a "gaming case" :confused:
Is a joystick stuck on the top of the case? Have built-in speakers?

Just buy any standard, good quality tower.
 
Fit one of these on top then.
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PAULRYAN52 said:
how good is Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case
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The problem is that there are (at least) two camps on the subject of gaming cases. The first camp says they are the dogs doo-dahs and you can never have too many flashing lights and fans. The second camp says that if you're looking at your case while you're using it, then you're playing the wrong games. And if you're looking at your case while you're not using it then you need to get yourself a girlfriend or at least a picture of someone elses girlfriend with no clothes on.

So, when you come on here and ask for a gaming case you will be offered 2 choices. The somewhat staid looking classics - Lian Li PC7+ II, Akasa Eclipse etc. or what is, quite frankly, a very ordinary steel case with big fans and flashing lights strapped into it.

Does that give you a hint as to where i stand on the Antec 900 Gaming Case? I'll give you another clue. It has an iPod tray. If you actually said one of your primary case requirements was that you needed somewhere to keep your iPod I still wouldn't recommend it. Sorry.
 
You're having a laugh aren't you? Granted - it's better than an Antec 900.

What about an ASUS Vento? They're very highly regarded amongst gamers apparently. Not my cup of tea personally, but it could be just your thing.

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WJA96 said:
You're having a laugh aren't you? Granted - it's better than an Antec 900.

What about an ASUS Vento? They're very highly regarded amongst gamers apparently. Not my cup of tea personally, but it could be just your thing.

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you been drinking tonight? EVERYONE hates the vento without a doubt
 
ANTEC P180

good points
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very quiet with quiet components and fans turned on low, helped by heavy doors which absorb a lot of the noise. about the biggest advantage. when I had one rigged out with 4 hard drives, and 2x7800gtx's it was very quiet compared to when I had the same hardware in an Eclipse 62. Extra quietness was due to the heavy doors and the way the hard drives are mounted.

decent cpu cooling

good noise isolation for hard drives

3 fans provided - can run on low,medium,high - quiet on low, option to add 4th fan to aid gpu cooling


bad points
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difficult for cable management. in fact a mess unless you are dedicated.

weighs a tonne

known build quality issues - warping front doors, sidepanel clips are plastic and can break, aluminium in sidepanel can flex and pop out...some of these problems fixed in rev2 of the case

can't fit an 8800gtx without removing upper drive bay and no chance of running 8800GTX's in sli

crappy gpu cooling even after adding the additional front fan and removing the upper hard drive bay. they removed the useless gpu duct and replaced it with vented pci slots but it doesn't seem to help. plus the doors are heavy and help with noise but also cause all that heat to build up, hence the need for 4 fans

need to make sure your 12v aux/eps cable and atx cable are long enough to reach mobo or buy extenders

the fans are actually not mounted using any type of isolation at all and are known to mysteriously buzz

cannot adjust speed of fans outside case...have to open case everytime to adjust and they are not 3pin..4pin only. A disadvantage for some.

if running sli (7 series), can be difficult to get say a soundcard into bottom pci slot of your motherboard as usually the cables running from the bottom where the psu cage is to the top of the case can block this area.

can be difficult to fit long psu's unless you remove the 38mm fan that cools the hard drives. should not be as bad now as they ship a standard 25mm thick fan on rev2 of the case.
 
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