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Case & Gfx upgrade Opinions
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03-11-2009 5:55pm#1Hey all, looking to replace my current case and gpu with something a little newer.
Looking to replace the 8800gt as playing stuff like f3 and borderlands etc at 1900x1200 it does struggle. From what I've read the 5850 seems to be the card to go for.
As for the case, my relationship with the antec 900 is at an end.
Looking for something that has cable management,tooless if possible,room for 4+ hdds and some space to fiddle around in.
Been adding and removing drives on a regular basis recently and its a right pain having to unscrew everything and the lack of space doesn't help either.
I was considering getting a 1200 but it also seems to suffers from the same squashed design as the 900
The coolermaster haf 922 seems to be quite popular around here (unlike the 900
) was thinking about it or maybe this http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=33
My specs atm are:
e6600 / tuniq tower
p5n32e
8800gt
4gb corsair XMS2
3 samsung f1's
1 wd caviar
corsair vx550w
creative Xtrememusic
Dvd drive
antec 900.
Dell e248wfp
Have around €300, can stretch it a bit if needed. Cheers all.0
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Komplett.ie wrote: »The HaF 922 is a very nice case to work with, lots of room inside and good cable management options. The 5850 is also a very nice card with an exception punch for its price. Ati/AMD have also done a press release stating new drivers will further improve the performance of the 5XXX cards later in the month too !
+1 to those.the HAF is great,to give you an idea of how big it is,heres a pic of it making my IFX-14 and 4890 small (and the 4890 is a 10'' card IIRC)
That Fractal case looks clean as a whistle though,cant comment on it because I've never seen it before,how much is it ?
EDIT : Just read about that case,seems like an Antec P183,quite a bit smaller than the 922 though0 -
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Deano12345 wrote: »Seems like a good case,although it would be smaller than the A900 your replacing :P
antec 900 20.6(w) x 46.8(h) x 49.3(l)
define r2 20.7(w) x 44(h) x 52.1(l)
in a way it is 0 -
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Hey all, looking to replace my current case and gpu with something a little newer.
Looking to replace the 8800gt as playing stuff like f3 and borderlands etc at 1900x1200 it does struggle. From what I've read the 5850 seems to be the card to go for.
As for the case, my relationship with the antec 900 is at an end.
Looking for something that has cable management,tooless if possible,room for 4+ hdds and some space to fiddle around in.
Been adding and removing drives on a regular basis recently and its a right pain having to unscrew everything and the lack of space doesn't help either.
I was considering getting a 1200 but it also seems to suffers from the same squashed design as the 900
Have around €300, can stretch it a bit if needed. Cheers all.
Ok I never thought id recommend a Thermaltake..........
but the Thermaltake Element G. Its got 7 3.5" hdd bays and 2 SSD bays.
It has gotten very positive reviews, apparently excellent cooling, lots of room to work. Also it looks quite nice (subjective of course). You can turn the lights off, has an all black interior, good cable management, im tempted myself.
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BeansBeans wrote: »Ok I never thought id recommend a Thermaltake..........
but the Thermaltake Element G. Its got 7 3.5" hdd bays and 2 SSD bays.
It has gotten very positive reviews, apparently excellent cooling, lots of room to work. Also it looks quite nice (subjective of course). You can turn the lights off, has an all black interior, good cable management, im tempted myself.
Only thing I can knock on that case by checking out the specs of the fans,they aren't the best
Thermaltake quality is skill sketchy for me though0 -
Deano12345 wrote: »Only thing I can knock on that case by checking out the specs of the fans,they aren't the best
Thermaltake quality is skill sketchy for me though
Lack of front drive bays suck as well
Im waiting on the next gen HAF which I hope will be black inside and out and have better dust filters and maybe USB 3.0 sockets 0 -
Lack of front drive bays suck as well
Im waiting on the next gen HAF which I hope will be black inside and out and have better dust filters and maybe USB 3.0 sockets
Black interior would make the HAF's too close to the Storm Sniper (or the Scout.Not sure which one ),the 922 is indentical to it on the inside so I doubt they would improve the HAF without removing the Scout/Sniper from the line up0 -
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Deano12345 wrote: »Black interior would make the HAF's too close to the Storm Sniper (or the Scout.Not sure which one ),the 922 is indentical to it on the inside so I doubt they would improve the HAF without removing the Scout/Sniper from the line up
It's the Storm Sniper the HAF922 is identical to. The only difference is the Sniper comes with a better front panel (fan controller + 2 extra USB ports) and some more dust filters I believe. I've seen it mentioned in some places the fans are better too, but looking at the pics to my eyes they are the same models.
Storm Scout is a different beast though, mainly in that it has much less room.Leman_Russ wrote: »The scout has an all black inside.
And it is the Smexy
Too each his own. To me the handles on the scout remind me of a hunchback.0 -
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Deano12345 wrote: »Only thing I can knock on that case by checking out the specs of the fans,they aren't the best
Thermaltake quality is skill sketchy for me though
Yep i know the name is really off putting. Hehe. Personally i never take too much note of fan specs, id rather read a review, all the reviews i have seen have this have rated the airflow highly .
Although ill probably never buy it, just so tempted by the design and the green fans, ahem.Lack of front drive bays suck as well
Im waiting on the next gen HAF which I hope will be black inside and out and have better dust filters and maybe USB 3.0 sockets
Im not being snarky here but what in the name of god do people need a lot of front drive bays for, i never understand that. For me id use 2 max (fan controller and a dvd-rw) at a longshot 3 if i ever decided to get a bluray drive for instance. A curiosity for me.
Ach my english, im murdering the language!0 -
BeansBeans wrote: »Yep i know the name is really off putting. Hehe. Personally i never take too much note of fan specs, id rather read a review, all the reviews i have seen have this have rated the airflow highly .
Although ill probably never buy it, just so tempted by the design and the green fans, ahem.
Im not being snarky here but what in the name of god do people need a lot of front drive bays for, i never understand that. For me id use 2 max (fan controller and a dvd-rw) at a longshot 3 if i ever decided to get a bluray drive for instance. A curiosity for me.
Ach my english, im murdering the language!
Fan controllers, DVD-RWs, Card reader, floppy drives, Blue Ray drive, sound card controls etc.
3 is just way to low imho.0 -
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