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Best Mid Tower (Without Door)

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LoryWiviott

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I'm researching the best mid tower for my new rig. PC is in a desk with sides that hinder opening a front door, so I've narrowed it down to 3 enclosures without doors:

1) Antec P 150 (Love the gloss white and silver but is it too small for proper airflow with an nVidia 8800GTS...not the longer GTX)?

2) Lian Li PC 60A Plus 2 (A bit put off by the reverse fan flow on the rear)

3) NZXT Adamas (handsome case in black or silver but don't know much about NZXT versus the others)

My priorities are (in descending order) effective cooling, reasonable noise dampening, build quality and presentable looks as it's situated in our family room rather than office. Planning a rig with Core 2 Duo 6600, ASUS P5B-E or Deluxe MoBo, nVidia 8800GTS (single), 2 sticks of PC6400 RAM, a pair of Seagate or WD 320 HD's, DVD burner and ROM, internal TV card, multi-format card reader, not much else. All aluminum preferred but not essential.

Thoughts and Recommendations Appreciated.

LW
 
As much as I like the Antec P150. I'de have to say for the new levels of heat the G80 series cards currently bring, the larger NZXT Adams case looks to have far superior airflow potential. Your components will run hot, but cooling on the Adams case looks to be up to the job more so than the other cases. With the included fans I would just and a fan controller and have the side fans exhaust to blow out the heat from the 8800GTS. Your eys and ears will thank you.
 
Looks sweet...but don't the 80mm fans on this Praetorian produce more noise than the 120mm fans on the Adamas?
LW
 
LoryWiviott said:
Looks sweet...but don't the 80mm fans on this Praetorian produce more noise than the 120mm fans on the Adamas?
LW
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Well, that depends on how fast you want to run them. Generally 80mm fans have to spin a bit faster to move the same amount of air that a 120mm can. However, its still very possible to get good and quiet cooling from 80mm fans. Plus I believe the Praetorians intake is 2 80mm fans which is very good.

I've built in cases that use 80mm fans and they were just as effective in controlling system temps..and were quiet.




 
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