Upgrade from my P180?

krooton

krooton

krooton

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It has served me well for the past 3 years, but I think it is time to move on to pastures new.

Now the 902 seems to be the logical upgrade path. I don't mind a huge case, as I don't move my computer around, so bigger means more space, better cooling, easier cable management.

Is this wise, or are there other cases I should consider?

The HAF 932 looks good, but not worth the extra £40.

Cheers!
 
just to clarify as well
902 is equal to HAF922
HAF932 would be on a par with a 1200
Yeah the P series are best for noise, so unless youre not bothered about that anymore P193 is about only upgrade
 
Looks like P193 is the best bet actually, will have to wait til bonus month though.

Any ideas if a Corsair H50 can be mounted on the big boy 200mm fan? Or if that would be any good (not sure if the rad will benefit from a smaller, focussed flow fan like an Apache)
 
I doubt it, would need some srious modding i think, also I gather these are best on intake fans anyway, so its cold air coming in over the radiator, rather than warm air going out over it
 
krooton said:
Isn't the side fan on the P193 an intake?
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Yep, too bad Antec just didn't go for clean case because with fan in its place it can hit to CPU heatsink limiting heatsink's height to 140mm.
http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTgxNg==
This picture should visualize well its size compared to your current case when you look apparent size of motherboard
http://www.overclockersonline.net/images/articles/antec/p193/large/an35.jpg
(while hyped Hundred serie just barely takes long graphics cards)
 
krooton said:
What about the Stacker 832?
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Bling bling, ping pong.
Now single noise leak hole of P193 becomes fully leaking side... and PSU moves to the hottest available place above CPU.

BTW, "small water" isn't really worth the hassle over "big air"
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/h50-fort120-cogage,2401-6.html
http://www.technic3d.com/article-92...pu-kuehler-kompakte-fluessigkeitskuehlung.htm


raptormonkey said:
AMD 550, 4g 8500ram, 4850 Card with silent cooler, 500g samsung f2. Quiet heatsink!
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Not really high end, and the fact remains that properly designed noise containing can muffle component sounds ~5dB.
 
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