sonata II -black

bigfred · 19 Apr 2007 at 17:54

just wondered if anyone had customised a antec sonata II case... was wanting to maybe fit some fans in the side panel and keep it looking nice.. some pics would be great...

GinG · 19 Apr 2007 at 20:36

Hey,

Yeah i added a side fan - what a difference it made to temps! Dropped by atleast 10 degrees!

BlairH · 20 Apr 2007 at 01:30

GinG said:
Hey,

Yeah i added a side fan - what a difference it made to temps! Dropped by atleast 10 degrees!

Does that side fan intake or exhaust?

bigfred · 20 Apr 2007 at 20:12

GinG said:
Hey,

Yeah i added a side fan - what a difference it made to temps! Dropped by atleast 10 degrees!

i take it this was pretty straight forward to do?

GinG · 21 Apr 2007 at 18:36

It is an intake, just sits to the right of where my Big Typhoon sits. Very simple to do if you have a dremel! Just use a 120mm fan as a template then drill a hole and start cutting!!

vincent1989 · 21 Apr 2007 at 19:41

tbh its no surprise your temps dropped by 10 degrees, i remember when i had this case, i think it spent most of last summer with its side panel off, worst bloody cooling EVER!

GinG · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:50

yeah lol its such a bad case for an overclocked bit of kit! Nice looking case though!

vincent1989 · 22 Apr 2007 at 21:56

GinG said:
yeah lol its such a bad case for an overclocked bit of kit! Nice looking case though!

i agree, looks awesome, pity they didnt get the cooling right

Viral · 23 Apr 2007 at 08:47

I have this case too and my rig is currently sitting at 31c CASE and 36c HDD. Maybe I should cut a hole in the side of mine too.

vincent1989 · 23 Apr 2007 at 10:29

Viral said:
I have this case too and my rig is currently sitting at 31c CASE and 36c HDD. Maybe I should cut a hole in the side of mine too.

what program are you using to measure your temps, and that is quite cool, i'd bet your using speedfan?

what temp is your processor/GFX @

a1ex2001 · 25 Apr 2007 at 15:16

GinG said:
yeah lol its such a bad case for an overclocked bit of kit! Nice looking case though!

Not sure thats really fare I have any Opty 146 overclocked to 2.8 and an overclocked x1800xt and I've never had a problem with it overheating. Maybe no icy cool but it was designed to be quiet not the best cooling case

Viral · 7 May 2007 at 03:32

I am using speedfan, recently replaced my fans with Noctuas, its now supercool and quiet.

vincent1989 · 7 May 2007 at 09:19

Viral said:
I am using speedfan, recently replaced my fans with Noctuas, its now supercool and quiet.

terrible program, it gives temps about 2-3 degrees lower than they actually are, try something like core temp for your CPU

z0mbi3 · 8 May 2007 at 13:30

bringerofdecay said:
it gives temps about 2-3 degrees lower than they actually are

I can live with a 2-3 degree discrepancy.

f666 · 8 May 2007 at 18:20

bringerofdecay said:
terrible program, it gives temps about 2-3 degrees lower than they actually are, try something like core temp for your CPU

i don't find that, lined up next to my mainboard manuf software (corecenter), speedfan gives exactly the same reading