Michaelius
Supreme [H]ardness
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I have trouble deciding on my perfect case i want
What i'm looking for is:
- great airflow in GPU area
- quiet operation and noise absorption
- 12,5" space for biggest GPUs
- classy looks (steel and or aluminium no bling bling HAF-X / Antec Dark Fleet look alikes)
- bottom mounted
The case will be positioned below my desk - so the top of it will have around 1m from my head around 50 cm to the side
Raven2/Fortress2
+ great airflow and quiet fans
- using it means saying goodbye to any aftermarket coolers for GPU as the tests show the performance of long heatpipes suffer greatly in such orientation
- all the noise escapes through the top and gpu cooler is located closer to me than normally
- problems with getting version with AP181
Corsaid 700D
+ good looking front
+ nice cable managment
- not so great airflow
- open top
P193
+ good sound blocking
- all tri-cool fan for replacement
- won't fit high tower CPU coolers
Define R3
+ possibility to block front and top direct noise path
+ good airflow (if i put a bunch of Gentle Typhoons)
- requires removal of hdd cage for longer GPUs (i'd have to put one in scythe quiet base)
PC-A71FB
+ good airflow (I found 2x140mm front fan revision in one of shops here)
+ no direct noise path
- I'd have to buy insulation mats
Which one would you choose?
What i'm looking for is:
- great airflow in GPU area
- quiet operation and noise absorption
- 12,5" space for biggest GPUs
- classy looks (steel and or aluminium no bling bling HAF-X / Antec Dark Fleet look alikes)
- bottom mounted
The case will be positioned below my desk - so the top of it will have around 1m from my head around 50 cm to the side
Raven2/Fortress2
+ great airflow and quiet fans
- using it means saying goodbye to any aftermarket coolers for GPU as the tests show the performance of long heatpipes suffer greatly in such orientation
- all the noise escapes through the top and gpu cooler is located closer to me than normally
- problems with getting version with AP181
Corsaid 700D
+ good looking front
+ nice cable managment
- not so great airflow
- open top
P193
+ good sound blocking
- all tri-cool fan for replacement
- won't fit high tower CPU coolers
Define R3
+ possibility to block front and top direct noise path
+ good airflow (if i put a bunch of Gentle Typhoons)
- requires removal of hdd cage for longer GPUs (i'd have to put one in scythe quiet base)
PC-A71FB
+ good airflow (I found 2x140mm front fan revision in one of shops here)
+ no direct noise path
- I'd have to buy insulation mats
Which one would you choose?