Would like some opinions on these cases

CAse 3 is the best, it looks professional not stupid like 1 and partially 2
although i like professionaly over goofy or "cool"
- Jack
 
yeah, those are some good thoughts. I mean alot of people are only choose case 3 b/c it has water cooling built in, but if they were to read the specs to what I building they would notice no matter what case I purchase I will be installing the new Aquarius III water cooling + some more advanced mods for it.
 
i personally love number 2 but not in the silver color u have pictured but in black. i have wanted that case for a while now and i think it looks great.
 
Voted for #3. Mainly because of the aluminum frame, and the plastic/steel supproted bezel. Too many cheap cases have crappy plastic only bezels, and wanna-be-ricer guages/style. I did not even know #3 had water cooling in it until after I voted, so that makes no difference. I'd personally prefer air cooling because it gets the job done, is cheap, and is much less troublesome.
 
i guess i would not have to add the w/c if I went with #3. Your right fans are alright, but with all the advancements parts tend to get hotter and hotter, and fans can't keep the proper temperature especially if you overclock them.
 
Water-cooling is hardly ever used for it's performance, it's usually people who just want to show off their cool computers. Overclocking with air is the standard, and with heatsinks like the XP-120 and the like, you can even run fanless with a moderate overclock. I think proper air cooling can do everything a water cooling kit can do, if you have problems keeping cool with air, you bought the wrong hardware, or your ambient temp is way too high. Today's processors are running 1.35v-1.45v now, and require little voltage to overclock a long way...
 
well, i installed the aquarius II on one of my old desktops and using the laser guided temp reader from sharper image my computer was running in between 3° and 4° cooler, which is a huge differance. This time I will be going with Koolance inc. parts instead.
 
If you're not overheating, dropping the temp has 0% effect on your PC. To a certainn point, dropping temps don't help overclocking either. Whether you run 30C, or -50C, your PC will still have a wall it cannot get past when overclocking.

A few degrees isn't a "huge" difference, unless it makes the difference between stable and unstable. But if you're 3C away from instability, you're obvously pushing your hardware too far. My point is if a $30 CPU coler can give you 40C load temp, and a $200 water kit gets you 36C...you're spending $160 for 4C...when you could just lower the A/C in your room, or improve your case airflow.
 
lol, i do keep my condo around 70°. in my world every little quarter of a ° is important.

You can tell your point of view to all the idiots who have been leaving their 360's on carpet and wonder why its overheating.not realizing how much heat three 3.2 ghz proccessors put out.
 
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you should look at the hardware, I am using. this level of power requires w/c...

LMAO by the way since according to you water cooling makes no differance, I wonder why G5 PowerMacs come with water cooling.... hmm idk .... LMAO
ROTFL
 
zer0cach3 said:
you should look at the hardware, I am using. this level of power requires w/c...

LMAO by the way since according to you water cooling makes no differance, I wonder why G5 PowerMacs come with water cooling.... hmm idk .... LMAO
ROTFL

None of your hardware "requires" water cooling, if this was so, it would be included with the CPU, an be mandatory o cool your processor. It comes with air cooling, and runs fine wih aircooling, even overclockied. Your CPU does not get extremely hot when overclocked, its only a 4400+ and they are not known for overheating. Your 4GB of RAM is also overkill, and requires no cooling at all really. What do you do with this machine tah requires 4GB of RAM? Overclocking certainly does not improve with more RAM, if anything it is more difficult. On top of thta, its standard PC3200...your overclocking is limited right there RAM wise, you'll have to run a divider to get any serious overclocks.

You should be laughing, because the reason behind it is indeed funny. They include water cooling to look "cool" and attract newbie gamers who want to have a flashy computer like regular PC users. A G5 can run fine with air cooling, as any computer can. Why do you thnk wter cooling comes mainly in cases with windows, and they provide CLEAR tubing with shiny dye's? To LOOK at, it's a visual thing more than a performance thing, and I would wager 99% of the time it's an unnecessary accessory.

If overclocking required water cooling, the majority of serious overclockers would run it. Look around, most of us guys run air cooling and still achieve very high overclocks, those that do not will run home made phase-change cooling and look for world records...but that's another level. Add on top of that people who own FX-57 based computers and run dual 7800GTX's which are far more powerful than anything you are running...run air cooling when overclocking. There is no point in which water cooling is "necessary" to run a computer and overclock it.
 
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I didn't intend to insult anyone, or act as if I was somehow "better" or anything, please don't take it that way. It's jsut it sounds like you feel as if you NEED water cooling because you have powerful ahrdware, when it's simply not true. By all means buy it, but you ould save moeny and still get the same performance from air in an optimal environment. It might be *easier* to get the colder tmps with water, but it's certainly not cheaper...which is my main argument. You can col air to VERY cold levels, but a water cooling kit is going to have problems reaching anything past -50C, and even one that good is VERY hard to maintain, you have to constantly check on it and make sure you're not freezing the hardware, and the moisture is low, and that you have no leaks/cracks, etc.
 
i dont really get offended. As I stated every little ° counts in my world, and I have the money for it, so its worth it to me. the hotter equipment runs the shorter life it has. So, to me its worth it. 4gb of RAM is a little overkill, but we sometimes make some crazy videos, which my 15" 1.67 powerbook with 2gigs of RAM can barely handle.
 
I guess it depends on your definition of "hot" too lol. That's cool, I'm glad I didn't offend you, I usually have a problem with "starting stuff" when I know I shouldn't. A bit off topic, but I wish I had your powerbook :D
 
i dont get offended. yeah, it does depend on the persons def. of "hot". I tend to want everything running at its perfect temp, not too hot and not too cold. Even on my car I don't really mod my car but I make sure I have a Fluidyne Radiator(always), just too keep it cool especially in Central Florida.

I may end up buying Koolance Inc.'s Case. They just released alot of nice products

But, alright its midnight, and I want to finish reading Kevin Mitnick's "The Art of Deception", and I have to get up early. So, I will talk to you guys sometime this weekend. -a exit
 
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Fact is, the case doesn't matter to much unlesss your a hardcore overclocker or really care about the level of noise your computer generates. Just make sure to get a good PSU. I mean how much does looks (lights & bling) actually mean?
 
tweaker said:
Fact is, the case doesn't matter to much unlesss your a hardcore overclocker or really care about the level of noise your computer generates. Just make sure to get a good PSU. I mean how much does looks (lights & bling) actually mean?

I plan On putting some Dynamat inside anyways.
 
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