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Best Case For Stock Airflow...

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Rogue71

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ok so im getting pretty annoyed with my current case. the antec morons that designed the airfilters for the 1200 should be fired. having to disassemble the darn thing every month to clean the filters is just stupid. ive ust picked a pair of 6970 video cards to repalce my current 5870 cf setup, and im looking to possibly change my case to something else that has great airflow and easy clean filters. the closest i can see so far is the coolermaster hafx. any other ideas? if i could find some aftermarket replacement drive bays for the 1200 id probly just keep this one, but i havent seen any.
 
If you want really good stock airflow, consider coolermaster HAF, 932 or X
 
for the 1200 its not bad if you just get rid of all but two screws for each drive bay...why they have 8 fuckin screws for each bay (4 on each side) is beyond me, i removed 3 from each side, and guess what, it still works ;) makes dis-assembly the 4 that hold on the panels and 3 per side for the bays, no time at all :D
 
silverstone ft02bw filters just slide right out. i am pretty sure the rv02 is the same way.
 
Haf x is pretty good, if you want easy access to everything go with the 650d no doubt. Everything is tool less and the filter unlike ur antic is really easy to clean. Just one push of a button and it's out. Watch a few videos of it, I looks like a fantastic case.
 
mannyman said:
Both cases are the same, This would be my pick.
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RV02-E & FT02 have the same interior. The RV02 has a slightly different interior and has 8 slots instead of 7 (in the RV02-E/FT02). This may or may not matter depending on how much space you need for your video cards. With my mobo for example the 3rd video card slot is case slots 7/8 so I cannot use it with my FT02.

On the other hand the hard drive setup is better in the FT02/RV02-E.

I don't think any of the Silvestone cases push the volume of air the HAF cases do, but the stack design works very, very well with blower style video card coolers.
 
ben5 said:
Haf x is pretty good, if you want easy access to everything go with the 650d no doubt. Everything is tool less and the filter unlike ur antic is really easy to clean. Just one push of a button and it's out. Watch a few videos of it, I looks like a fantastic case.
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The 650D isn't the greatest case for Air cooling. My Antec 900 has better cooling than my 650, but the 650 is a way better designed case and easier to use.
 
My Vote is for the NZXT Phantom. I have 2 480's in SLI and they are 42 C at idle. They go up to 78C in LONG gaming seminars. I keep my room at 77F.

Edit:: had some major misstypos, I must have been half asleep.
 
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I'd have to say, hands down, the FT02 or anything along the likes from Silverstone would have the best performance out-of-the-box. Easily. I'd also wager the TYR series from Lian Li as well.
 
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