need advice on choosing a case.

rpatel2

rpatel2

rpatel2

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hello.

i have a PC which has a zorro case. its equiped with 3.4GHz 1Mb. and a gigabtye motherboard.

my pc was overheating for some time now but i never really though about doing anything until now when all of a sudden my motherboard became faulty and as gone for a warranty exchange. of course i have no proof in saying that my motherboard blew because of the overheating however i am fairly certain it did.

my pc is not overclocked but still overheats.

i need a new case. prefferably one that has excellent cooling. many places of fitting fans. comptable with liquid cooling for the future. i do not intend to buy liquid cooling at the moment.

if possible i would like a case that could easily get rid of the proccesor heat. even though i had three fans in my case it still overheated.

i used a normal heatsink that comes in the p4 box.

can someone please give me ideas of some really could cooling cases.

thank you
 
What is your budget?

As long as you don't mind the front the Akasa Eclipse has great cooling but is ~£100 with fans, Lian Li PC-007 has good cooling.

What you could do, is keep your current case and mod a 120mm fan into the side panel over the cpu cooler, as that would be the cheapest option and lowers temps quite a bit.
 
What temps were you getting?

It may be possible to tweak your setup as Raikiri says for minimal money.

Case and CPU temperatures would be ideal, also a full list of the specification of your computer including power supply.

:)
 
i never actauly recorded the temperature. but trust me the pc was getting very very hot. often you hear the heatsink change to a high speed. and therefore pc also becomes loud.

however the pc still couldn't be cooled efficently. which has lead to this failure of the motherboard.

i will pay upto £150 for a case.
 
I would have thought if the CPU was overheating that badly, then it would be the CPU that burned out, and no the motherboard...

I would suggest that you checked there is a good contact between the CPU and HSF?
Have you tried running with the Case panels off? does this stop the overheating problem...?
 
Running with the side panels of in a decent case should drasticly increase the temps.

The case I suggest you look at is the Lian Li PC7+ or the Akasa Eclipse; either will be perfect.

Spend the money on one of thoose cases and 2x Akasa 'Amber' fans, and then get a new HSF for your cpu.

That should instantly solve all of your problems :)

Well within budget too :)
 
Try a new HSF for your CPU if that is what is running hot before going all the way with a new case and what not :)
 
thought as much... im after a black one but im in no rush so ill just sit back and tap my fingers until they officially arrive...
 
im not that fussed about the blue fans... i took the front one out of my lanboy so i have a spare one if need be. I was more interested in the nice new badge as long as it came with 120mm rear fan... overclockers still says 80mm :confused:
 
They have said that since the dawn of time, but everyone I know who has ordered has got the 120/120 and I think they are saying it is dual 120mm when you phone them now.
 
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