SPEC ME A CASE

FrostedNipple said:
i want a case that i can buy from ocuk with the best cooling and no psu
midi case i think, one tht will fit normal boards :D
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Well the Antec 900 is a beast for cooling imo.
 
PinkFloyd said:
Lian Li PC7 / Akasa Eclipse.

If you don't like either of those, you best give us a budget to work with :)
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You know the PC7, if you buy a window for it, will it change anything, more noise etc?
 
Macabre said:
You know the PC7, if you buy a window for it, will it change anything, more noise etc?
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Windows don't make noise, its the components inside that make the noise. :p But no, if vibration is minimised then windows shouldn't make much difference to sound levels.
 
lol will be getting that with my sata dvd-rw drive then :D

should be able to get my PD805 easily at 3.8gigz,, yes no? got a zalman aero flower as well btw
 
Well with the Antec 900 and the Aeroflower I'd say you'd have one of the best air cooling setups you can get...so there's a good change of your D805 doing 3.8 or more ghz
 
gurusan said:
Antec 900..the best cooling, period.
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How can you say that?

Settles it, getting one and comparing it to the PC7+II and the Savrow SR71.

It can not have the best cooling period, due to the way it uses lots of fans and no focused airflow.

If you can provide some proof to the claim that is credable then I would accept it, but just saying that without anything to back yourself up with is not really good practice.

Savrow SR71 with its hundreds of users has the lowest temperatures across computers probably for the decade consistantly, a case with more than two fans beating it to me is uncomprehendable without proof to dispute the last seven years of one chassis dominance for cooling. :)

There are specialist cases that can cool one particular system the best possible. No case can have the best cooling for every system; each will have its strengths and weaknesses but never be the best cooling across the board.

The best cases cool everything well, but nothing poorly.
 
I have to say that the pc-7 is brilliant i have 3 fans 2 out and 1 in and it keeps all my conpoments cool though i have added a 120mm in case fan to help the graphics card
 
Yewen said:
How can you say that?
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Because he believe it to be true. I think that's fair. His experience is probably a lot less varied than yours.

Yewen said:
Settles it, getting one and comparing it to the PC7+II and the Savrow SR71.
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If you need any 'high temperature' components - give me a shout as I've got a couple of particularly warm ATI 1950 graphics cards here for crossfire and they'll elevate the temperature of most cases.

I think to make it really stressful we should probably fit an overclocked 805 as well as that really does sort out the cases that can cool from the cases that distribute air about.
 
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Also I have no experience with the Lian Li PC7 but from the pictures it looks like the Antec does have slightly better cooling.

And no the Antec doesn't focus airflow...it simply sucks it in front and dumps it out of the bottom, middle, and top of the case with a 200mm fan so there aren't any hot spots.
 
I've never had one but I would go for the Lian li pc7, as one direct flow of air through a case should give better performance than a number of conflicting flows. If the air has one route, then there is also less likely to be hotspots.

Jonny
 
the antec 900 design makes me think that there will be air turberlence where the air will just go around in cirles becuase of fans
 
jaykay said:
the antec 900 design makes me think that there will be air turberlence where the air will just go around in cirles becuase of fans
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That does seem to be the case. In my experience it works better without the two front mounted fans and the rear and top fan pull plenty of air through the big gap at the front.
 
WJA96 said:
That does seem to be the case. In my experience it works better without the two front mounted fans and the rear and top fan pull plenty of air through the big gap at the front.
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I tested the airflow with some smoke and the air simply gets sucked in the front, and promptly rushes out the PSU at the bottom, the 120mm fan on the back, and the 200mm fan on the top.

minimal turbulence
 
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