I want to know what my options are for a case while Ive got my eye on the Antec p180.
Ive got my own priorities:
1) Dont care what it looks like Im not going to ask it out anyhow.
2) Dont care about build quality (much) as long as its not making noise due to a poor fit. Although if it has good build quality I wont mark it down.
3) Has to have 120mm fans (dont mind one 80mm aslong as its an option), and has to be quiet. How quiet Im not sure, my previous case was unbelieveably noisy out of the box. OcUK "tornado" (I belieive the shell was an Antec), now has holes in it from past watercooling setups. Its going behind a wall in a cupboard (which cuts 90% of the noise from my 5 7v 80mm + 7v 120mm (1 120mm psu fan)+ 2 * 40mm fans. Strangely dont hear it now but when I first installed a diamondmax 10 I got whinny high pitched noise, but atm my monitor mains hum is the most noticeable noise.
4) I dont want to pay over £100
5) I need to install an eheim 1250, 80mm rad in it. The reason I say 80mm rad is cause its largest outside dimention is 125mm and I was planning to fit it into the lower p180 chamber (fanless with a 120mm>80mm to guide airflow through it).
6) If there is a good place to put a 120mm in the antec (without chopping it up and losing its accoustic properties or having to lose hard drive bays) let me know plz.
7) Open to suggestion of other cases besides p180 (hence this post), and the watercooling system only has to cool a x800gto@16 and later an x1900 (have the mounting kit already), possibly stretching to a x1900 mosfet cooler.
Ive got my own priorities:
1) Dont care what it looks like Im not going to ask it out anyhow.
2) Dont care about build quality (much) as long as its not making noise due to a poor fit. Although if it has good build quality I wont mark it down.
3) Has to have 120mm fans (dont mind one 80mm aslong as its an option), and has to be quiet. How quiet Im not sure, my previous case was unbelieveably noisy out of the box. OcUK "tornado" (I belieive the shell was an Antec), now has holes in it from past watercooling setups. Its going behind a wall in a cupboard (which cuts 90% of the noise from my 5 7v 80mm + 7v 120mm (1 120mm psu fan)+ 2 * 40mm fans. Strangely dont hear it now but when I first installed a diamondmax 10 I got whinny high pitched noise, but atm my monitor mains hum is the most noticeable noise.
4) I dont want to pay over £100
5) I need to install an eheim 1250, 80mm rad in it. The reason I say 80mm rad is cause its largest outside dimention is 125mm and I was planning to fit it into the lower p180 chamber (fanless with a 120mm>80mm to guide airflow through it).
6) If there is a good place to put a 120mm in the antec (without chopping it up and losing its accoustic properties or having to lose hard drive bays) let me know plz.
7) Open to suggestion of other cases besides p180 (hence this post), and the watercooling system only has to cool a x800gto@16 and later an x1900 (have the mounting kit already), possibly stretching to a x1900 mosfet cooler.
There are a bewilding number of cases out there and google is turning into a price comparison site when searching for computer components.