Which Case for under £150?

OLDPHART said:
Take a look at this review include's harddrive temp's come's out top= 27c

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/silverstonefortress/5.htm
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Problem is I have 4 hard drives, which would block the intake bay? Then I need to buy a 2nd one which costs £30/40?

I see the test temperatures are good, but they only had one hard drive in the test? I'm just worried that the case would crumble under a 4890 crossfire setup + 4 hard drives? I am really torn between the Antect 1200 or the Fortress :(
 
rexehuk said:
Problem is I have 4 hard drives, which would block the intake bay? Then I need to buy a 2nd one which costs £30/40?

I see the test temperatures are good, but they only had one hard drive in the test?
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Yep, it's entirely different thing to cool one lonely HDD than pile of them packed to close distance from each others inside cage with only very small airflow holes which get blocked by HDDs. (and plastic tray eliminating chance of conduction to case structure cooling them)

Also Samsung drives are known from showing lower temperature than others while being actually equally warm. (want cooler drive than others? easy, just move sensor to cool spot/adjust it to get wanted reading)
 
skibum said:
Hi!,

My first ever build! Staying air cooled but looking for a case that meets these requirements:

1) Looks, I want a plain understated look. No neon lights and a dragon on the top...

2) The best cooling possible, but...

3) Also needs to be quiet! I do not want a wind tunnel next to my desk.

So far I am thinking:

Antec P193 or 183

Silverstone FT01

Lian Li PC-P50

New to all this so thanks in advance!

Skibum
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HAF 932, bit ugly but woudl kill the job, upto 13 120mm fans :O
more if you heavily mod (but that's with no psu so call it 10)
 
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