Good Airflow Cases

[Vauhs]

Anyone know of any cases that is spacy inside that looks decent? Trying to find a case with a panel door on the front, window on the side, spacy enough for good airflow.

 

[ninja fetus]

what's your budget?

 

[Vauhs]

Prob not over $200, I also don't need a power supply since I'll be supplying my own.

 

[ninja fetus]

I'd get a thermaltake tsunami. Also, I did a review on a case I have you might wanna check out here http://www.hardwareforums.com/showthread.php?t=5457

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144001 here it is for $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133132 thermaltake tsunami $102

 

[Vauhs]

I like the Tsunami.... but I do like the temp gauge on the X-Dreamer. I know liquid cooling systems have them on it and was thinking on maybe getting one of those as well. Any suggestions on those?

 

[ninja fetus]

are you building a new computer? If so, Go towards AMD's 64-bit line and you won't even need water-cooling. I find water cooling pointless unless you have tons of money and wanna do it for looks. You can get air cooling that's just as good if done well

 

[Vauhs]

are you building a new computer? You can get air cooling that's just as good if done well

Yes, I'm building a new comp. Already going for AMD 64..

As for air cooling, what do you mean by done well?

 

[ninja fetus]

cabling and system that does not restrict airflow, like neat cables and having air move easily from front of the case to the back.

 

[Fred]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811150028
Very good chassis. Awesome airflow, and cheap.

 

[stinkfing3r]

thermaltake xaser III has 7 fans. front door panel w/lock, and side window. very big case to but with big comes heavy. its not the lightest case out.

 

[420Slayer]

thermaltake xaser III has 7 fans. front door panel w/lock, and side window. very big case to but with big comes heavy. its not the lightest case out.

Got my stuff in today...the results are dramatic to say the least...4 vantec tornados move a lot of air. Also the thermaltake giant 3 cools my 6600gt to 30c below what my stock hsf did.

 

[Cooper]

Nice case. Although I have had trouble with thermaltake fans in the past.

 

[zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG]

4 vantecs?!?! wow, i wudn be surprised if you put the whole thing in liquid nitrogen now haha. but wow, u live alone? haha

 

[stinkfing3r]

nice setup 420slayer :)

i added the smaller ide cables to. also added a fan that fits into your pci slot, its a dual fan that fits right under your graphics card.. they are like 10-20 bucks and i really recommend one. ill look for link to product.

 

[stinkfing3r]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835888112

great product.

 

[Matt555]

This is the case I am thinking of getting, good air flow with the turbine styled fan on the front, and its quite cheap.

http://www.xoxide.com/aerocool-aero...-jr-silver.html

Not completely sure if I will get it yet though, Might jus stick with my current Compucase 6A19 as its pretty good for cooling as it is.

 

[zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG]

a reli awesome line of good airflow cases are the Xasers, or the more expensive Lian Li's

 

[Matt555]

I got my EZ Cool case today! (model number 7104H)....£41 with a 400W PSU although i dont need it as got my own. The side panels and top panel are made with holes in the all over so good airflow, plus i have a large 120mm fan on the back.

There is a good cpu cooling idea as well, there is a tube fixed to the side panel where the cpu sits and a fan can be attached underneath it. This means the hot air from the psu is just sucked out of the side of the cse rather than circulating around inside a great idea i think and my average temperature has dropped since putting things in this new case.