Which case for sli'd 8800gtx's (antec 900,tj09,eclipse etc..)
Building another rig for a mate.
Budget not my problem but he likes the TJ09 and the Antec 900 and they are obviously very different cases. Trying to decide which to get him.
Going into this rig will be an Asus P5N-32 E SLI 680, QX6700, Tuniq Tower, 2x8800GTX's, X-Fi, 2 sata DVDRW's, and 2xSeagate 320gig 7200.10's PSU will probably be an Enermax Infinity 720w, seeing as I have read reports the Galaxies are not that quiet and Corsair have even demo'd their 620w running GTX's in sli, so the Infinity is loads. I have a single pci-e to dual pci-e splitter cable (hard to come by) and that will be used for the single pci-e cable attached to the psu and power one of the gpu's. The other 2 pci-e cables will power the other gpu.
So to the case choices :
Antec 900 is 65 quid with tricool fans, will fit on his desk, and should have enough room for sli seeing as OcUK offer this case with gtx's. Also seems to have decent gpu cooling with 2 front fans and possibly a 3rd on the side if needed. Tricools are decent enough on low setting. I think this case looks fine. No idea of build quality though. I expect it's fairly plasticky in places.
TJ09 rigged out with 4 ambers is costs 210 quid. 3 times the price but probably 3 times the quality. Will have to go on ground. Not ideal at all. And possibly too deep anyway.
The only other option I am considering is the Akasa Eclipse. Had one myself, and while good, I never thought the cooling was that much better then previous cases I had (lian li pc7, antec p180 etc) but it was the easiest case I ever worked with. The optional side panel would obviously help gpu cooliing.
So which case for this new rig ?
One more thing - seeing as I have only had the Eclipse out of these 3 cases I mentioned, how would it compare noise wise fitted with say 3 very quiet fans (scythe 800rpm's for example) to the Antec 900 with all fans on low setting.
Building another rig for a mate.
Budget not my problem but he likes the TJ09 and the Antec 900 and they are obviously very different cases. Trying to decide which to get him.
Going into this rig will be an Asus P5N-32 E SLI 680, QX6700, Tuniq Tower, 2x8800GTX's, X-Fi, 2 sata DVDRW's, and 2xSeagate 320gig 7200.10's PSU will probably be an Enermax Infinity 720w, seeing as I have read reports the Galaxies are not that quiet and Corsair have even demo'd their 620w running GTX's in sli, so the Infinity is loads. I have a single pci-e to dual pci-e splitter cable (hard to come by) and that will be used for the single pci-e cable attached to the psu and power one of the gpu's. The other 2 pci-e cables will power the other gpu.
So to the case choices :
Antec 900 is 65 quid with tricool fans, will fit on his desk, and should have enough room for sli seeing as OcUK offer this case with gtx's. Also seems to have decent gpu cooling with 2 front fans and possibly a 3rd on the side if needed. Tricools are decent enough on low setting. I think this case looks fine. No idea of build quality though. I expect it's fairly plasticky in places.
TJ09 rigged out with 4 ambers is costs 210 quid. 3 times the price but probably 3 times the quality. Will have to go on ground. Not ideal at all. And possibly too deep anyway.
The only other option I am considering is the Akasa Eclipse. Had one myself, and while good, I never thought the cooling was that much better then previous cases I had (lian li pc7, antec p180 etc) but it was the easiest case I ever worked with. The optional side panel would obviously help gpu cooliing.
So which case for this new rig ?
One more thing - seeing as I have only had the Eclipse out of these 3 cases I mentioned, how would it compare noise wise fitted with say 3 very quiet fans (scythe 800rpm's for example) to the Antec 900 with all fans on low setting.
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