Zalman Case Or Equivalent *Help and reviews needed!*

aries2580

aries2580

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Hi everyone, quick question,

I have my eye on the Zalman GT1000 Black. (i know its a lot of money)

But i have justified it with the following.

ITs a performance case, but it is quite small, noise suppression, window just everything about this case leaves me thinking "this is the one"

but (there is always a but) ;)

I read there are no PSU rails to support the PSU. I would love your feedback about this case or from other case owners that don't have case rails as well.

OR would anyone be able to suggest an alternate case?
It has to be small, quite and be able to support a Q6600 at 3.6GHz

Cheers all :D
 
I have the case in question.

The build quality is fantastic, a real engineered case all CNC'd, beautifully brushed and anodised. The HD mounting system is great. No PSU rails, but this is not an issue for my Enermax Revolution 850 PSU.

There is no other case like it.

It’s not without fault though. The front fans are loud so purchase a Zalman ZM-MFC1+ and 2 Noctua 92mm fans at the same time. It also takes half an hour or so to replace the front fans as the HD cage has to be removed.

I am still very pleased with mine.

Matt
 
Thanks for your review.

Its good to hear about the powersupply. Are the front fans easy to replace? I was thinking about sticking some xmatech fans in...

Is that how you spell it? lol
 
As long as you have a dumpy philips screw driver its not so bad. There is a block that conects the HD cage to the upper bays. You need to remove the screws (2) that secure the block and then remove it to allow removal of the the lower HD cage. Ensure that you have removed the lower HD cage screws first (4). Then replace the fans and rebuild. The original fans look fantastic and push good air but far too noisey.

In my opinion its the best case ever.

Are you near Reading? If so Happy to help with the mod.

Matt
 
mattup said:
Are you near Reading? If so Happy to help with the mod.
Matt
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Yes thats the name of the company. You know the orange fans they have?

Anyway God, no im in belfast. But Thank you man. It just goes to show how dead on people are. Like you would help me with my mod/fan replacement :D

Thats so nice of you... Made my day so you have :)
But lol no im in belfast so i'll just have to give it a shot myself.

I'll be sure to post some pics when its all done. (also need to save the money)

B-day round the corner so that will help with funds i hope!:D

Anyway again, you are such a legend! :)
 
No worries. Save hard and spend well. You will enjoy the case.

You are right Belfast is a bit far!

Mail me if you have issues.

Matt
 
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