how hard is it to change to a new case?

jonnyc747 said:
cheers mate.. i take it this coolink fan is fine to use as a CPU fan?
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yup, the coolink should be fine, i wouldn't recommend fitting the fan controller to that one though :p, wouldn't want to roast your CPU by setting the RPM too low :D
 
guys..... IV DONE IT!

after being up almost all night with other problems my new cases is finally good!

Whoever estimated 15 mins to change things over must be well quick.. the toolless connections on the thermaltake case is a real pain in the ass. If doing it again id rip them all out. Took me about 2 hrs! It was so fiddly and not much room between sata disks and the back of gfx cards. The finished product, however, is nice.. blue dual cathode tubes in it and she looks well. Fans are great job. CPU temps now down to about 30 same as disks. 20degress decrease in disk temps is good!

Thanks for all the advice previously in this thread!

Regards
Jonny
 
please excuse the poor quality.. cant expect much more from a mobile phone!

You'll get the idea anyhow

Cheers
Jonny

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still have to do a bit of a cable tie job to sort out some of the wires but il do that sometime! it runs very quiet.. really pleased with it. When using the old case it sounded like a hoover in comparison!
 
try putting on of the cathodes up the left hand side of the window if possible, i'm not 100% sure it will fit due to the door locks, but it's worth a try, if not, try it on the right side ;) i just wanna see what it looks like, as i'm going to be putting 2 blue cathodes in my soprano next week :D
well done on getting it together in the end by the way ;)

the only tool-less part i had problems with was the expansion clips, so i just un-screwed it and took it out, every thing else was totally fine
 
lol thanks! next challenge is to build myself a new pc when i get some cash gathered up!

I really dont think theres room to mount one of the cathodes up the window.. i just put them along the bottom to start with.. will have a play about with it when iv more time.

Also im gonna rip out the pci slot clips.. when pluggin in my speakers etc the pci cards shake about.. using screws to attach pci cards is deffo a better option.
Overall really nice case!
 
Macabre said:
I have the same problem as you.

Ordered the ThermalTake Soprano though. My case currently is very small, like small as hell, so small I have the side off so the cables can be free and not pushed in.

Anyway switching cases does take some time, if you know what your doing its simple enough. Switching all the hardware from one case to the other. Another reason I got the Soprano was because its tool free so you can just slide the harddrive in and lock it with the side lock. I don't really see any problems installing all of the hardware.

For me:

PSU, put up screw it in - 2 minutes
Mother board - Put in place, secured - 5 minutes
Harddrive - Slide in place, lock - 15 seconds
Floppy - Slide in place, lock - 15 seconds
Dvd rw and dvd - Slide in place, lock - 30 seconds
Graphics card put in place - 20 seconds
Memory put in place - 40 seconds
CPU - Think I'll just leave it attatched to the motherboard.
Sound, other small devices - 2 minutes.
Attatching cables from psu to components - 2 minutes.

Making sure everything is in place another 2 minutes.

Give it 15 minutes to transfer it all over. Thats just an estimate lol, but that is probly rushed so I wouldn't rush.
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You will not be dissapointed with your Soprano as i have one and they are a fantastic case, very strong looks nice. Also did u get yours with a window?
 
I used to have a soprano as a cheap case to last me for a bit....It's ok, though the front door only opens to a limit and feels as if its gonna break :(
 
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