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feedback on this case?

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budec

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Thinking about getting this:
http://www.directron.com/pc6070b.html

I need to run a server 24-7, so was thinking that was a good choice (to less-en the noise. I keep it in the other room, so it doesn't have to be completly silent, just silent enough) I have a great cooling system setup for it, but just wondering if anyone has used this case or heard good/bad things about it?
 
oh, I'm going to be running:

Dual AMD MP 2200+
with dual Vantec Tornado TD8038H (80MM fans - 55.2 dB[A] @ 5700 RPM)
 
well those tornados don't really help with the silence effect at all now do they? :p

I'd look into one of those new CoolerMaster Stacker cases. they look sweet and that cross-flow fan thing is wonderful!
 
It's a Beautiful case, get it.


But silent and tornados in the same paragraph?!?!?

Take a look at the antec sonata too, cheaper.

And what are you gonna be serving?
 
It's going to run:

firewall (nat/ipfw)
mysql (database) server
apache (http) server
samba server
Folding :D
NWN server (video game)

right now I'm running all this stuff on a single AMD 550, so it will be able to handle the load.... but the dual AMD 2200 I run now where overheating with "stock" CPU fans.

I run massive heat sinks on them (Thermalright, SLK-800s) and with Torando fans they max out at around 25-30 degrees and that's folding 24-7 The stock fans where hitting temps in the 170s and shutting down (hard crash) :( I also tried some "silent" fans, but the stupid things keep cranking down the RPMs (even when folding) which would cause it to rise slowly in temp till it hit over 100+ degrees (which I had my system monitor tool shutdown the system if it gets over 100). Also tried a pair of those smaller (65mm? 50mm?) CPU fans that where made of alumina (sp?) since those where supose to "absorb" the heat, but on a cold boot as soon as the monitoring tool came up it would shut down the system (they went from 0 to over 100+ in the time it took the system to boot).


What would be a good 80mm fan that would keep these things cool and be somewhat quite?

I have 4 pairs of Torando fans (2 on CPUs and 2 still in their box).... I was going to put the two new ones on the new system I'm building (going to be dual 2800) to keep em cool.

Then again, I'm running duals in my workstation which has 3 15K scsi drives, 1 7.5-10K IDE drive, GeForce 4 (with default heatsink/fan) and some other stuff....

The server is only going to be duals with 2-4 IDE hard drives, ATI (2d) graphics card, 2 network cards and that should be about it.
 
That thing won't handle cooling 2 athlons. The CM Stacker is a possibility... how important are size, weight, and appearance (if at all?)
 
Size: Mid-Tower or smaller
Weight: Doesn't matter
Apperance: Somewhat decent. Don't want anything to flash and nothing to dull.
 
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