Just ordered my Coolermaster Ammo

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 02:03

Seems a lot of places are out of stock of this case, it's really cheap for what you get, would have got the Lian - Li PC-7 but this case was slightly cheaper and has one extra 5 1/4 bay...

Also has the side air vents and since I do not have enough for a Zalman 9500AT or Scythe Kama Bay, I can use my existing SIlverstone NT06 Heatsink with the 120MM fan on it, think of it like an SI-120, and fresh air can be pulled from side vents, anyway total price with just under £70 Shipped which also included an Akasa Amber 120MM fan for rear of case, I like this case cause of the good cooling, and the top mounted power/reset buttons..I like the looks of it to....

Will be Mounting Asus P5LD2-VM MATX Mobo in it, with Pentium D 830, 2* 512M DDR2 667, Radeon X1800XT fitted with VF900, Audigy 2 ZS, Terratec 2400DTI..3* hard Drives, 2 * DVD Writers..."One Brushed Aluminium Pioneer 109XLS and One LG DVD RAM"... oh and Mermory Card/Floppy Drive.., so all in all woud be a good looking case, All Silver Drives, will be powered by 480Watt Modular Tagan..so loudest piece of hardware wil be VF900...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:14

begbo said:
no offence mate, but that is one ugly looking case. Your choice though. Get report up with how good the cooling is!

Of course I did, I don't like the look of the Lian-Li PC-7 as the floppy bays are to the left, want them centered, only Lian-Li that I like is the V1000 or memorial Edition looks, and like I said like the power button on the top and the Rubber Feet so it will stand steady on my wooden floor...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:17

Raikiri said:
Edited for truth/most peoples opinion (including mine)

Hope you enjoy your new case, up to you at the end of the day

Reason I want the extra 5 1/4 bay is for the 2nd DVD writer so then i have 3 5 1/4 slots to mount the Scythe Kama Bay if I need to.. I will get that and a Zalman 9500AT if I thing the cooling is not so good....

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:22

Yewen said:
Yes but you don't need a karma bay in most of the cases you were recommended.

I would not buy a case that I could not check out in person....only thing I liked about the PC-7 is the hard drive cooling. and the fan is placed right in front of the drives, with the AMMO the hard drives do not get that much air flow...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:19

Yewen said:
Not as good as the Soprano, Lanboy, PC7+, Eclipse using Ambers.

Like oyu said, you have never had this case, and the customer reviews on newegg speak for themselves..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16811119098

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:58

To many people bad mouthing this case..so Ammo vs. Lanboy..

Asus P4P800
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
Thermalright SP94 with Artic Silver 5 and a 92mm Panaflo H1A
2x 512mb Corsair
Seagate 120 GB SATA
Seagate 80 GB SATA
Sapphire Radeon 9600 256mb
Antec Smart Blue 350W

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:59

Yewen said:
Eclipse using Ambers.

Wel lthe Eclipse is UGLY!!!

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:01

Order Ready To Ship....

, should be picked up by courier tonight and should recieve it tommorow...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 14:20

wudsta said:
I don't think newegg is the best place to look for accurate reviews...

*customer reviews*, out of the 88+ reviews I think some of them should know what they are talking about, rather lsiten to 88 of them than 3 web reviews....the PC-7 has been through 2 revisions in fact a lot of Lian Li cases go through revisoions, so speaks for themselves really...and as far as i'm aware none of the Lian-Li cases support the HD Audio standard and if you don't know whatt hat is you should not be commenting...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:57

Raikiri said:
HD audio is high def audio, it is implemented by most intel chipsets... guess what the case makes no diference to what motherboard you have.

What a bunch of noobs, HD Audio includes several standards that are incompatible with the older AC97 Audio standard such and multistream audio output, and motherbaords wiht HD Audio headers only work with cases with front panel audio headers, which all the new coolermaster cases feature, Silverstone Also include it on there new case, some motherbaords like the Asus ones can be conected to both HD Audio as well as AC97 type front panels but Intel boards and others need a HD Audio panel...depends on what board you have and also if you intend to use the onboard audio, I have an Intel Viiv Mobo which Features HD Audio and Dolby Digital Live, and want to take advantage of it and the multistream Audio output feature so I can play a game with a 5.1 soundtrack going through my surround sound system while ouputing a seperate VOIP session through a headset at the same time...

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/hdaudio.htm

http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=discovery_detail&serial=271

http://www.coolermaster.com/installation_manual/new-2.jpg

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:04

Yewen said:
May I add the PC7+ especially is nicer to work in.

Although the Ammo is slightly easier on the hard drive removal front than a Lanboy, its such a small inconvienience that I really normally would not mention it.

I don't mind small spaces, I have a SUGO remember, managed to fit 3 hard drives in that a 180MM optical drive and a modular PSU as well as an X1800XT..takes 3 hours to build and I doubt most of you have the patience for that espeically the 45 minutes - 1 hour of cable management..most of you would give up when you find that you have no room for your 20 PIN ATX cable..again an old pic of my SUGO with a Non MODULAR PSU...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:13

Yewen said:
Everyone has just challenged your comment on the HD audio, no need to call them noobs when your the one that could be wrong.

I Like a challenge.......*could*....

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:17

Yewen said:
lots of far more knowledgeable people on this forum than you

that's a bold statement., considering most of you juged the Ammo by just taking one look at it, yes you know who you are...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:18

Yewen said:
What is wrong with could?

If you like a challenge, accept when you are wrong and try to debate in a nicer style, will make you more friends on the forum.

I'm wrong? I just showed you proof..why don't you just accept you were wrong, it's that that hard to admit...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:23

Raikiri said:
PCI-e TV tuner

Yup, the Terratec 2400i, nice card, has Dual Freeview Tuners, and super fast channel switching, great PQ when Using it with the Win DVD 7 Decoder, you know PCI-E x1 cards are becoming quite popular, you have tv tuners, RAID cards, network cards, even graphics cards using that port, glad they are finaly making use of it, just remember when getting a MATX mobo make sure the PCI- E x 1 slot is not below the PCI-E x16 slot, otherwise dual slot grapchics cards will block it....oh if your looking for a Dual PCI DVB-T Card Hauppauge have just released one, "NOVA- T 500"...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:26

Raikiri said:
Again, how were we wrong. Nothing I said there was incorrect.

Oh and, cable tidying: looks different to what you posted

If only you had a Sugo with a non Modular PSU...and cutting off the excess cables is not a solution...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:29

Yewen said:
What was I wrong on?

Just because someone else says something does not make all my usage of cases wrong.

Lanboy cools better than an Ammo.

I'm talking about the HD Audio and the comment a few of you made about that it will work with any case, which is wrong, just ask Intel Tech support or the tech guys at Silverstone...anyway why don't case reviews state if the case supports HD AUDIO, maybe some of the reviewers need to be educated about new technologies/developments...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:31

BillytheImpaler said:
So apparently it takes a person of superior intellect, charisma, charm, grace, and overall machismo to pull off fitting all that kit in a SUGO?

Nope just a guy with a lot of patience...oh and small hands...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:35

Yewen said:
HD audio, its a marketing campaign surely, a onbaord solution will never get 'HD' as THX means nothing.

Proper HiFi gear and a EMU404 soundcard are the pinacle of PC audio, and front ports degrade the signal, so you would be better of using the rear connections for said HD audio.

But your Sugo is not tidy on the cable side, at all.

try shaking it, you won't see a cable move..., there all tied down in some way, i was talking about cable management not neatness, and believe me although it does not look neat, it is..., most people with sugos on differnet forums shove the cables under the 2nd 5 1/4 bay I hardly call that neat, and it's kinda hard if that bay is used...

..anyway now with my modular PSU things looks much neater...

meansizzler · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:47

Yewen said:
We also didnt say it would work with any case, anywhere.

Raikiri said:
HD audio is high def audio, it is implemented by most intel chipsets... guess what the case makes no diference to what motherboard you have

Yewen said:
HD audio, its a marketing campaign surely,

That would be VIIV, total and utter pile of poop why use it when S3 Standby does a better job anyway.....if you read that link I posted earlier about HD AUDIO then you will know what it really is and the advantages it has other the older type of AC97 Audio....eg Higher Frequency/Mutiple Audio Streaming