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Offline aldo_14

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on: August 04, 2004, 04:36:49 pm
Any advice?  

I'm looking to chuck out my (going on 5 years old) crap-as-hell case.  Laregly because my PC is overheating a lot, it seems, and I have no space to add a case fan.  Also because it'll only get worse if I add a second HD, which I desperately need to do.

I'm looking at http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=2SJT or http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=3179 at the mo*, but this is completely new to me..... I'm hoping to spend less than 70 quid  (ideally much less).

*yeah, I know they're the same company, but I don;t have a brand preference of indeed any knowledge to form one.  The latter was on special offer ;)
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #1 on: August 04, 2004, 04:42:02 pm
Chieftec Dragon. I got one, and my system temps dropped by about 20 degrees.

Hold on, and I'll get a link.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1141261860&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55549

There y'are. You'd need a seperate PSU, and (tries to remember)... four 80mm fans, but Ebuyer sells them for about 50p a throw.

And AFAIK, this is basically the same case with a different fascia, but is a damn sight cheaper
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1141291844&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55649
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #2 on: August 04, 2004, 04:46:53 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Chieftec Dragon. I got one, and my system temps dropped by about 20 degrees.

Hold on, and I'll get a link.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1141261860&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55549

There y'are. You'd need a seperate PSU, and (tries to remember)... four 80mm fans, but Ebuyer sells them for about 50p a throw.


Seems a good shout :)
 

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Reply #3 on: August 04, 2004, 04:57:11 pm
Antec 0wnz...
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Offline Genryu

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Reply #4 on: August 04, 2004, 05:34:26 pm
I've got an Antec Sonata Case, which I'm damn too lazy to find a link for. If you want a case for OC, this isn't for you, but if you want noise reduction, this baby is a godsend.

Edit : just cause i'm in a good mood, here's a link.
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Offline Martinus

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Reply #5 on: August 04, 2004, 06:59:40 pm
[color=66ff00]Also have a Dragon, a nice purple one, built like a tank and brilliantly designed, I was so impressed with it.

My mate bought one soon after. :)

BTW if you do buy one get them to send you accurate colour pics as the new ones aren't quite the same colour. THe old black ones were pitch black, the new ones are dark grey and it doesn't look as good IMHO.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #6 on: August 04, 2004, 07:00:54 pm
To be honest, it could be cherryade vomit pink for all I care....it sits under the desk :D
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #7 on: August 04, 2004, 07:08:04 pm
Transferring all me bits into the Dragon was hell, though.

Some twat (i.e me) had stripped the heads on the HD mouting screws...
 

Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #8 on: August 04, 2004, 07:18:40 pm
Antec SLK3700AMB or Antec Sonata.
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Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #9 on: August 04, 2004, 07:22:54 pm
I have a Chieftec Matrix, kinda like a Dragon with lots of slits in the front for ventilation and more places to mount fans.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #10 on: August 05, 2004, 05:06:25 am
Hmm...one thing, though - and this will seem a daft question to 90% of people :) - how are the fans connected to the power, because the only piccies I've seen use the PSU connectors.... and I only have about 2 of those free, so can you get a splitter?
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #11 on: August 05, 2004, 05:17:26 am
Yup.

Although, iirc, the fans I got had splitters attached.
 

Offline Turnsky

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Reply #12 on: August 05, 2004, 06:00:05 am
Lian-Li's a good sturdy brand of cases.
most have a separate hard-drive bay, just behind the twin fans that have in the front of the case.
and they're quiet.

oh, and there's another outlet fan near where the CPU usually is.. so it keeps my athlon reasonably cool.
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Offline Fury

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Reply #13 on: August 05, 2004, 06:07:36 am
Antec 1080AMG, I've got two. :)
 

Offline Gloriano

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Reply #14 on: August 05, 2004, 06:16:55 am
I have Chieftec Matrix and it's pretty quiet
and nice....
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #15 on: August 05, 2004, 07:21:14 am
Quiet is not something I bother about, and just as well.
Having... nine fans in here means it sounds like something Frank Whittle would be proud of.
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #16 on: August 05, 2004, 03:36:57 pm
Balls.  I just discovered that I have no free power-out-cables in my Pc (once you factor in the HD I need to add)....'
 

Offline Grey Wolf

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Reply #17 on: August 05, 2004, 04:41:53 pm
Get a new PSU. Antec TruePower or NeoPower.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #18 on: August 05, 2004, 05:23:55 pm
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Get a new PSU. Antec TruePower or NeoPower.


It'd be the 2nd in less than a year, tho.... and my cupboard is overflowing with junk.  And I'm just a stingy bastard. :)
 

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Reply #19 on: August 05, 2004, 07:26:57 pm
I heavily second Turnsky's Lian-Li recommendation - they're widely accepted to be the sweetest cases out there - and they follow the less is more school of design thought. :D
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