I hope no one minds, but I would like to pose a similar question regarding the best case that is both very quiet and has good airflow. However, I would like to know which case you would choose if there was no price concern (-there was a price cap of $200 on the previous post). In light of the fact that I was willing to purchase the PC-X500 before I read the somewhat disconcerting reviews here, it seems to me that I have a lot budgeted for the case. (FYI, I do not want the X2000 because it is just too tall for my setup.)
I was just wondering if everyone on the previous thread would still purchase the P182, or go for something else, such as a Lian Li or Silverstone. I have been looking very hard at the Lian Li PC-A70 and Lian Li PC-A7110. Yet, based on the reviews, it appears the P182 may be just as solid a choice, but I am not certain it is in the same class as the Lian Li-type cases.
Except for the graphics card, everything else for my build has arrived (see below). Thanks to silent-circuit, danny bui and others, I think I am going to stick with this for the next year or so before upgrading if the time is right for Nehalem processor, ram and mb. And I am actually building it myself. Who knew.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
ASUS P5Q-E
Visiontek 4870x2 Graphics Card
OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W Power Supply
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
I was just wondering if everyone on the previous thread would still purchase the P182, or go for something else, such as a Lian Li or Silverstone. I have been looking very hard at the Lian Li PC-A70 and Lian Li PC-A7110. Yet, based on the reviews, it appears the P182 may be just as solid a choice, but I am not certain it is in the same class as the Lian Li-type cases.
Except for the graphics card, everything else for my build has arrived (see below). Thanks to silent-circuit, danny bui and others, I think I am going to stick with this for the next year or so before upgrading if the time is right for Nehalem processor, ram and mb. And I am actually building it myself. Who knew.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
ASUS P5Q-E
Visiontek 4870x2 Graphics Card
OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W Power Supply
Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme CPU Heatsink
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB
Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.