Lian Li & Silverstone - dust, noise and case temp issues

[pl2k1]

I have decided to purchase either a Silverstone or Lian Li case.

My choices have been narrowed down to either:

Silverstone: TJ-07 or TJ09.

or

Lain Li: A16, V1200 plus II, V1000


I currently own an Antec 900 which has become very dusty throughout use (3 months since build), fairly noisy (with the fans on low) and I don't believe it cools my components sufficiently.

I don't have a watercooling setup and don't intend on buying one, it just uses air to cool the components. My spec is below:

QX6700 + Tuniq Tower 120
680i
2GB corsair dominator
8800GTX
Corsair 620w
Antec 900
500GB


I cannot find case temps for the TJ07 so would appreciate if anyone can post theirs.

I chose the cases above due to their size, I read that if there was more room and ventilation in the case it would benefit the temperature of the case. Is this correct?

I have the money for a TJ-07 but most of the people who have them, have watercooling setups. I love the curved design on the TJ-07 but on the Lian Li V series I'm not too keen on the inverted position of the mobo. The TJ07 is more expensive compared to the others so I would need to justify that this is the correct case.

My antec porvided me with lots of problems like if the case was nudged, the computer would switch off, if something was plugged into the back i/0 port, it would switch off, although, i presume there must be a loose connection somewhere which would probably solve this issue.

I must stress that air cooling will be used so the temperature, noise and dust issues are important to me help me with my decision on purchasing the correct case...hopefully within a few days.

Thanks in advance

 

[gt_junkie]

I have a PC-101B (identical layout to the v1000) fitted with 3x 120mm 1000rpm sharkoon silent eagle's. Two at the front (1 in lower intake and the other in a scythe kama bay above) and one at the rear extracting (against Lian Li's directions ).

Spec is as in sig. I did have an e6600 and titan amanda tec cooler but am in the process of upgrading. The P4 is a temporary solution while i wait for intels price cuts.

Machine is super quiet and cools excellently!

Here's a couple of pics:

gt

 

[clone]

Had a sliverstone TJ09 and the cooling was great on it,front vents for hard drives and videocard cooler sold it for me in the end.

 

[pl2k1]

Thanks both for the pics.

Clone, how did you find the noise of the fans and the dust generated inside the case? Nice job of the cable routing, was this difficult for this case?

I'm leaning more towards the Silverstone because the inverted position of the mobo in the case is a slight concern for me regarding the temps.

 

[Raikiri]

I have the v1200+, dust surprisingly doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Temps were great when I was running air cooling and overall it is very quiet with great built quality... However had I been spending £150+ I would have got a Silverstone TJ-07 (I got my v1200 for £70)

I have posted these pictures loads, there might be a couple more in the case gallery... but here you go:

 

[clone]

Dust wise not to bad if you keep up with it,noise of the fans well that depend`s on what fans you fit,yate loons would go nice with this case,as for cable`s you can hide them no problem as long as you take your time doing it as i took over 3hrs working out what was the best way.

Ive had LIan li and this was my first siverstone case,for air cooling you can go wrong m8 belive me,Richdog bought one after what i told him