Super Case for Conroe System

mcdermotx

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Lads,
putting together a new Conroe system with a view towards SLI or X-Fire..
Anyway, looking through the cases I'm in a spot as to the best case. I'm willing to spend money to get the best, but I'm after a case which wil provide a good balance between cooling and silence with excellent build quality (I know thats the Holy Grail!)..
After using a Wavemaster for the last couple of years, I'm keen to go back to a slightly larger box, always found the WM a little too cramped for 3 HDDs....but I'm not married to size..
Has anybody out there had experience with the TT Tai-Chi (Water-cooled or not), LianLi v1100, S80, V2000, Antec P180, NZXT Lexa etc ?
I like the look and features of the TaiChi and originally liked the look of the Stacker830 (but what people are saying about the build quality has put me off)..
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated guys,,

P.S. will eventually end up having to put a fairly highly rated power supply in there as well whenever dual GPU goes ahead
 
Cheers Cuchulain,
bit of an ugly bugger though isn't it..........I've seen a few other people singing its praises though............what's its noise situation like?
 
Yewen said:
The S80 looks like it could easily fit a 120.3 in the roof. If anyone ever wants me to check just send me the dimensions of the rad.

The Tai Chi and NZXT Lexa are a completely different class of case to the others, mainly cheap cases with high price tags.

Any of the other cases listed would be a superb choice, and which ever one you go for you will be very happy with. Just see which one you like the look of and which ones price you prefer. :)

Any of the cases listed bar the Tai Cheap and NZXT Lexa would be a superb choice, up to you from there.
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Yewen,
I'm in the middle of your thread about the S80.........love the sound of the build quality...........how do you find the temps on general day-to-day use ?
I like what I see of it so far, but I want to be sure there'e an adequate airflow keeping the temps down.
 
Yewen said:
The Stacker is as bad as everyone says, when you compare it to say a S80. Side by side it is a load of rubbish, on its own its a great case, until you look at the competition.

Temperatures of my S80, I am running a x2 4400+ on a Zalman Reserator 1+ and 2x 7800gt's silenced.

My temperatures are:

CPU 33 load for all 5 hours.
Graphics top: 54
Graphics bottom: 56

Not bad temperatures at all, considering the rig is completely inaudable from 10cm away. I can drop 10deg of the graphics card temperatures, but then I can hear my PC.

Its one of the better cooling cases I have used, although the stock fans it comes with are dire for noise, but cool well.

(My idea of noise is, if you can hear it its bad. I can't stand it so you will probably be happy with it.)
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Cheers Yewen,
which replacement fans would you recommend as the best for noise/cooling ?
I know what your saying about noise,rather sensitive to it myself so I'd be willing to pay a bit more for real quality fans......the noise that really bugs me on my other setup is really just the 7800GTX when its under load
 
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