Which one?

PaulW

PaulW

PaulW

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which one should i get? for my new system still REALLY stuck on which case to get spec for new system at bottom.

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black (No PSU)

+ very quiet
+ easy to fit stuff in
+ seprate PSU & MB chambers
+ well made (good internal design)

- looks boring (dont like the exterior much)
- £118
- heavy

OR


NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Black

+ quiet
+ £68.99
+ looks funky (like it)
+ lightweight

- harder to fit stuff in
- one chamber
- cheaply manufactured case.


any other cases that you think might work with empasis on quiet, cool, nicely designed. ultimatly its up to me but both cases have good and bad points from my needs...


Monitor : 26" Samsung SM-T260 26" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Rose Red
Processor : Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
Motherboard : Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Graphic Card : BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC 1024MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Retail (Core: 702MHz)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS)
RAM : Corsair 6GB DDR3 XMS3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) X2
DVD : Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
PSU : Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 850W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply
OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)
Case : ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
CPU fan: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
NIC : Linksys WMP110 300Mbps Wireless-N PCI RangePlus Adapter

Thx in Advance
 
I would take the Antec over the NZXT any day.

What about the Antec 300? I have always liked the looks of it...

Clicky
 
ryder said:
What about the Antec 300? I have always liked the looks of it...
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Only problem with the 300 is that its actually not that quiet. At least when compared with the p182.

As said above, i would go with the antec p182 over the nzxt. Much better build quality from what i have seen. Perhaps you could try sourcing a p182se if you want something a little more "funky". Or perhaps have a look at the 900-2....;)

P182 SE:
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Blackhawk47 said:
Perhaps you could try sourcing a p182se if you want something a little more "funky".
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I'D LOVE IT but i cant get it anywhere!!! no UK supplier has it : ( not even Overclockers i have looked everywhere!

in fact i originally wanted this but i just can get it :mad::mad::mad:
 
PaulW said:
NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Black

+ quiet
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Fans might be low speed ones but that case is plain noisy by both design and construction.
- That low weight means very thin panels.
- Hard HDD mounting guarantees resonances/vibrations with previous point making it worser.
- Hole in front guarantees leaking of noise.
- Very restrictive fan vents for very little airflow and more turbulence noise.
- PSU in hottest place, worsened by previous point.
- That Akasa Sh*tmat is acoustically about impotent, if it does anything that's only because panels themselves are tin foil.

From noise aspect price of this bling-bling trash should be one tenth of P182.


There's silver version of original P180 which might be available:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article254-page1.html

EAN code is 0761345091800
Antec's pwn code is 761345-09180-0
 
PaulW said:
I'D LOVE IT but i cant get it anywhere!!! no UK supplier has it : ( not even Overclockers i have looked everywhere!

in fact i originally wanted this but i just can get it :mad::mad::mad:
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It was a limited edtion case, and there are none left.
 
Ive just found a place that has it in stock/available....£98.24 inc VAT. Not half bad seeing as the standard p182 is about the same price. (give or take). ;)

Fancy one myself but already got a antec mini p180. :o

EDIT: says available next week :)
 
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PaulW said:
I'D LOVE IT but i cant get it anywhere!!! no UK supplier has it : ( not even Overclockers i have looked everywhere!

in fact i originally wanted this but i just can get it :mad::mad::mad:
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you tried google?.....there's one store i can see it in as being available from next week.
 
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