Soldato
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- 9 May 2005
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I know i'll more than likely be up for a load of replys of "should have got a lian-li" and "wtf are you buying a TT case for" 
but overall the case is a lot better than I was expecting.
Looks - 6/10 - looks are not the most important thing to me, thats not to say it doesnt look nice, its a fairly eye pleasing case, the only bad thing I can think of is the stupid blue led on the front which is about 500% brighter than it needs to be.
Cooling - 10/10 - This is where im most impressed, I have a TT Big Typhoon (and no before you say, im not a TT sales rep)
. As the cooler takes air from directly above the cpu, it is pulling fresh air from outside of the case.
Im back using a P5N-E SLI at the moment and at 3GHz with 1.35v im getting 18idle/40load compared to 30idle/50load using a case that has a enclosed side panel.
Noise 4/10 - This is one of the areas where the Shark fails and it fails hard, with a cpu cooler on full and a Zalman gpu cooler spinning at over 3000rpm its pretty loud at the best of times, add to that 2x120mm fans and a side panel with holes in it you really do have to turn up the hifi.
Admittably I could turn the cpu/gpu fans down and 7v the case fans but then the OC would have to come down too and this is not underclockers.co.uk. Now wheres my hifi remote.
Build - 7.5/10 - I have to give this a reserved 7.5 as I dont have much experience with cases and the mark is based on the fact that its a lot better than all the plastic cases I have used in the past. The only other alu case I had was a Lanboy and I would say the panels are slighty thicker and have a stronger feel to them on the Shark.
Space - 8/10 - The Shark has a lot of space in it and allowed for quite a painless build, using a big air cooler sometimes I used to have trouble attaching the cpu power cables to the board but it was easy on here.
Theres not much room though for cable management which was a suprise, the rotated HDD racks are either going to be a love / hate thing, you'll love them if your going to put some large g-cards in, and hate them if you have a big collection of hard drives.
Overall I would say its a fairly decent case, the cooling has sold it for me as my 6600 was getting a little toasty before, im not sure if you would get the same temp drops with a side facing cpu cooler as that would still be using warmish case air to push through.
but overall the case is a lot better than I was expecting.Looks - 6/10 - looks are not the most important thing to me, thats not to say it doesnt look nice, its a fairly eye pleasing case, the only bad thing I can think of is the stupid blue led on the front which is about 500% brighter than it needs to be.
Cooling - 10/10 - This is where im most impressed, I have a TT Big Typhoon (and no before you say, im not a TT sales rep)
. As the cooler takes air from directly above the cpu, it is pulling fresh air from outside of the case.Im back using a P5N-E SLI at the moment and at 3GHz with 1.35v im getting 18idle/40load compared to 30idle/50load using a case that has a enclosed side panel.
Noise 4/10 - This is one of the areas where the Shark fails and it fails hard, with a cpu cooler on full and a Zalman gpu cooler spinning at over 3000rpm its pretty loud at the best of times, add to that 2x120mm fans and a side panel with holes in it you really do have to turn up the hifi.
Admittably I could turn the cpu/gpu fans down and 7v the case fans but then the OC would have to come down too and this is not underclockers.co.uk. Now wheres my hifi remote.
Build - 7.5/10 - I have to give this a reserved 7.5 as I dont have much experience with cases and the mark is based on the fact that its a lot better than all the plastic cases I have used in the past. The only other alu case I had was a Lanboy and I would say the panels are slighty thicker and have a stronger feel to them on the Shark.
Space - 8/10 - The Shark has a lot of space in it and allowed for quite a painless build, using a big air cooler sometimes I used to have trouble attaching the cpu power cables to the board but it was easy on here.
Theres not much room though for cable management which was a suprise, the rotated HDD racks are either going to be a love / hate thing, you'll love them if your going to put some large g-cards in, and hate them if you have a big collection of hard drives.
Overall I would say its a fairly decent case, the cooling has sold it for me as my 6600 was getting a little toasty before, im not sure if you would get the same temp drops with a side facing cpu cooler as that would still be using warmish case air to push through.