Zalman GT1000 - Good case or waste of money?

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-015-ZA&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=736

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I think it looks pretty damn good but does anyone have any actual experience with this case? Is the price justified, or are there better alternatives if you're looking for something a little flash?
 
Construction/material quality might be good but after that it's pretty much just horribly overpriced flashy toy with bad cooling layout with tiny and noisy intake fans, HDD cage blocking them, cramped space for any long graphics card and PSU in hottest place.
http://hothardware.com/image_popup.aspx?image=big_zalmangt1000_install8.jpg&articleid=1037&t=a

Coolermaster Storm-line has lot better flashy cases with lot cheaper price... you would get even Lian Li full towers for cheaper than that.
 
It was very good when it frist came out but cooling & layouts have chanced a lot since then.

Its built like a tank but you really do pay for it.

Have a look at the Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W but just look at the other lian li & silverstone offerings also have a look at the coolmaster atcs 840.
 
Cant comment on the Zalman really as I havent used it but it does look good.

EsaT said:
Coolermaster Storm-line has lot better flashy cases with lot cheaper price... you would get even Lian Li full towers for cheaper than that.
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I can however say that the Coolermaster Storm series are awful; noisey warm eye-sores ;)
 
I have one. It is a quality case built to last. First thing I did was to swap the front fans for some Noctua NFB9s and add a Zalman MFC1 + fan controller.

Running with rig in my sig. CPU idles 34c and fully loaded 60c. GPU idles at 42c and loaded at 76c. Cooling is fine. Build quality is stunning.

Well worth the money in my opinion. It is pure class.

Matt
 
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