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Wanted: Superfluous Air Cooling Case

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foodfightr

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I'm not satisfied with my current case... I want an air cooling case that is WAY over the top. I'm really interested in these XCLIO cases ( http://www.xclio.com/htm/products.htm ) There is the windtunnel which looks sweet, the a380 and then a host of cases with 350mm fans. I'd like to run one of these cases, or a case with a similar theme of over-doing it.

Here is where it gets tricky.... the climate here is VERY DUSTY. So I'd like to run a positive pressure system-- but won't I have to filter the fans? I'm not sure anyone makes a dust filter for these fans- they look fairly specific to the cases.

- What case would you reccomend
- How would I make it "dust free"
 
Lets see, there is the coolermaster stackers which has 4 120mm fans on the side panel, plus one in the back and 2 in the front I think. To make it "dustfree" you'd need filters, which would have to be cleaned regularly
 
I have the a380

its badass. enough air for everyone and everything


just 1 exhaust tho,,,


edit....it has filters too
 
The new coolermaster stacker seems like it would cool the best. You can add a ton of 120mm fans to the side as well.
 
Second Vote for Stacker.
It's big
It has lots of Fans
It's a showpeice
 
The Performance-PC's Lian-Li "Goliath" is what I have, and its awesome.

Its got the 250mm fan blowing directly on the PCI slots, which is what I really wanted(and I even replaced the stock 250mm fan with a 100cfm one). Also, the bottom front intake and top exhaust are 120mm fan holes replaced with 140mm aerocool streamliners that are silent. I also bought a Lian-Li 5.25" expansion kit with a 120mm fan to intake air right across the case and over my CPU. It also has an 80cfm exhaust fan and since I have dual PSUs it has those as exhaust too. This was definately the best case I've ever bought.
 
yeah but if you are going to fork over 300+ I would argue the TJ 07 Silverstone is superior.

4 120 mm fans 2 92mm

solid alunumium and most importantly, the hard drive and power supply are completely separate from the motherboard keeping all heat sources from mixing with each other.
 
foodfightr said:
- What case would you reccomend
- How would I make it "dust free"
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You'll probably have to seal the room the computer is in and HEPA filter the air. There's no way you'll be able to keep dust out of the electricity wasting excuses for gluttony mentioned here.
 
mark660 said:
antec p180b has airfilters with it and a pretty good cooling system too
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I just upgraded to a P182 and it's pretty good. I do have two complaints though. If you Install an 8800GTX or Ultra, the front 3.5 drive cage becomes useless due to clearance issues. This sucks as putting drives down below won't keep them as cool. The other issue I have is that large power supplies barely fit in it and you have to delete the bottom fan to make one work.

I'm considering the Antec P190, but I hate the fact that it only comes with two Antec 600 watt PSUs that I don't want. Sure I could just rip them both out, but then what do I do with the big hole in the back left open by the missing PSU?
 
kuyaglen said:
maybe something like this could help you.
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I've ordered one. I'll give that a shot. If I don't like it or it doesn't work I won't be out much of anything. BTW just so you guys know, my P182 seems to give me better temps than I got in the Stacker. I don't understand it, but it does.
 
Shlomo said:
Lets see, there is the coolermaster stackers which has 4 120mm fans on the side panel, plus one in the back and 2 in the front I think. To make it "dustfree" you'd need filters, which would have to be cleaned regularly
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Actually the stacker side fan bracket can hold 140mm fans too. 4 of those on 12V sound like a box fan and pushes as much air :D. Theres also 3 front intake mounts, 1 top exhaust, and 1 rear exhaust for a total of 5 additional 120mm fan mounts. This is definitely the most over-the-top air cooling case I've ever seen, barring modded cases...

Oh and it looks damn good too.
 
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