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Please suggest me a case

Amraam

Amraam

Amraam

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Hey all,

really like the look of the Obsidian 700D, but would like to spend nearer £100 if possible. I'm after a full tower case that looks nice and subtle, has great cable management, cools well with good airflow and is quiet.

I have an SLi setup and I plan to OC my E8400 to 4Ghz so noise dampening, airflow and cooling are all vital.

Thanks!
 
Thanks for the suggestions. Trying to decided mainly between the 700D and the Fractal DD XL.

Cooling and low noise are the two most important things I'm looking for.

Is it wrong that I really like the look of the Thermaltake level10 GT? Shame it costs £200! Don't see the point spending that much personally.
 
Can anyone tell me if the door to the fractal XL shuts flush with the front of the PC? This will be a problem if it does as I have an XFi sound card with the internal drive bay. The volume controls etc stick about 15mm.
 
Can't help but keep my eyes on the ATCS 840. Like the 700D, it'sa bit more than what I wanted to spend, but I'm sick of my P180 and it's crap cooling and (lack of) cable management. I've had it for 6 years now too, so I'm well over due an upgrade.

Is the ATCS 840 quiet?

Yup, think I've decided on the ATCS 840. Any mods or tips worth noting? Thanks :)
 
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stulid said:
It not silent if thats what your after, theres the faint sound of air been shoved around by the huge fans it comes with.

Modding tips? get a side window panel:D
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As long as it's quieter than my P180, that's all I care about lol.

Never really been fussed about side windows. My installs have never been tidy enough or worth showing off lol.
 
stulid said:
There are also other things to consider with noise, the CPU heatsink and fan, the gpu etc.
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Yup and my GPUs cause a lot of it. My case has 5 120mm fans in t - even though they're noctuas it's still quite loud. I've got a corsair H60 coming in the post so hopefully that will be pretty quiet too :)
 
RiskyRix said:
how come you went for the h60 over the h70? jus curious cos thinking about getting a h70 soon ;)
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There was very little difference between them cooling wise based on all the reviews I read, so I didn't see the point spending the extra.

stulid said:
well the GTX260 fans spin up automatically when they get hot, The ATCS840 comes with a large box you can fit a 120mm fan too that fits over the rear expansion slots to suck air out and help cool the cards hot exhausts.
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Not sure if that's something in the GPU's BIOS (or equivalent of), but I use EVGA Precision (same kind of thing as MSI Afterburner) and I just manually control the fans depending on the game. For example in Mass Effect I just leave them both at 45%. I have them jsut boot up to 40%. They 65nm idles at about 55C with the 55nm one at about 50C.
 
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Just out of curiousity, what class of case is the P180? Is that full tower too? it measures about 50x50x20 so is a bit smaller than the 840 etc.
 
Cool cheers, and I thought the P180 was big! As bigger as it'll be I'm still going to get afull tower. Sick of hot spots and lack of space in it.
 
Not too keen on that, but thanks.

I think it was mentioned in this thread earlier, but only got round to reading reviews on it now, but I'm liking the look of the CM HAF X :D I was waiting for the Elysium, thinking that was going to be about £150, but it's £190 on preorder. The HAF X can be had for £130 now, so is it better to get that instead, or is the Elysium going to be that much better that it's worth waiting for and paying the extra?
 
Gah how annoying. I thought I had up until 18:00 to get next day delivery, it's only 16:30 so it'll be Monday before I get it now!
 
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