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    Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    I'm in the market for a new case - I've had a QuietPC somethingorother (one of their midi-towers with AcoustiPack insulation) for the last few years and although I've been perfectly happy with it, I need something "a bit more" now as I've noticed that due to an upgrade to the bits within, the inside is getting somewhat warm - mid-to-high 40s for instance when the CPU and GPU are given a work out. Full-load [stock settings] temps for the CPU (E6600) are 53-55C and the 4870, full load, gets to about 95C.

    What I'm after is primarily silence with cooling capability a close second - in a large-ish case. Something like the Coolermaster Cosmos, Silverstone Fortress, Zalman GS1000, etc. I'm not even considering any silly looking cases that looks like it's just fallen off the pages of Max Power (and that includes those with fans on the side that wouldn't look out of place in a windfarm).
    The large-ish requirement is just simply to get a bit of space as things are a bit cramped at the minute.

    Anyone recommend one or t'other - or even a completely different one. I did have an eye on that Coolermaster ATCS840 job (I know, it's huge and perhaps a bit OTT but that's not the point) but I am not paying £240 for a case. £150 is bad enough but that seems to be the typical price for such things these days.


    If it helps, what will be going in it will be:

    Gigabyte P35-DS4 (the first "v1.0" one with the huge heatpipes/heatsinks structure)
    Core 2 Duo E6600 (cooler is a Noctua NH-U12 with a Noctua fan)
    2GB Corsair 800MHz/CAS5 RAM
    1GB HD4870 @ stock (still has the Sapphire cooler but I'm not averse to changing it)
    Two DVD drives
    At least four HDDs- but space for as many as possible is good as I have a great knack of often taking 20-30GB of photos at a time.
    Don't care about external 3.5" bays.

    Cheers

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Antec 1200 might fit the bill. Not silent but very quiet with stock fans and plenty of potential for quiet computing.

    Silverstone Fortress that you mentioned is a lovely case though

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Antec P182.

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Cheers guys - I'd not even thought of the Antecs.... hmmm....

    Quote Originally Posted by format View Post
    Antec P182.

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    Is the P182 really that good?

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Bit tech IIRC awarded it a perfect 10.
    It's quiet, moreso once the stock fans have been swapped, fantastic build quality,
    Good cooling (my e6750 @3.2 is 30 idle, 50 load)
    Plenty of room
    Great cable management
    Great case
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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Do you work for Antec, format?

    Just off to read the review now...

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Haha, nope, but I did spend ages looking a for a case, and made sure I was getting the best one I could for the money I was spending.
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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Well I've just got a p180, it's basically the same there was improved cable management in the p182 (some holes cut here and there.)
    Case is nice, fans are not.
    The tri-cools are ok but there blades are just not agressive enough, I'm running as I type this with the fans set to low, pritty quiet but the air flow is pritty pants.
    Also they are 4pin molex only, so my fan controller is currently un-used (yes I've got some new fans on order from scan already)

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    Silverstone Fortress that you mentioned is a lovely case though
    I fully agree with Mike here, not the biggest but very nice, if I had the money I would get it.

    The Nzxt whisper is supposed to be quite good, but does require long PSU leads
    http://www.nzxt.com/products/whisper/

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Antec P182 is where it's at
    Excellent case
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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    WRT the fans, I swapped out mine with Nexus, although I'm looking at using a different fan for the one directly above the HSF, it makes a very odd noise now and then, I think it has a problem with hanging vertically.
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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    I've ordered some Sharkoon system fans and Sliverstone fans, they'll be run via my Zalman fan controller, also the Sharkoon slience kit which is a load of the rubber plugs + grommets + for rubber case feet for £10
    I'll be posting my thoughts on them when I get them.

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Cheers guys - all input much appreciated.

    I thought this decision would have been a little easier than it's turning out to be and it's not been made any easier by Scan's TO pricing on the Fortress - £126inc. Which is roughly, as near as makes very little difference, the same as a P182 (£117inc).


    On the subject of the P182 and swapping the fans... can you swap the fans out and still use the speed selector switch on the back or, to do this, do you need to get creative with a soldering iron?

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    Soldering iron would need heating up for that.

    I would suggest the P182 but it depends what you really need. It is a great case and love mine but I wouldn't want to pack more than 2 or 3 hard drive in there and try and keep it silent.

    I prefer the p180 mini I bought but that is uATX only.

    The P182 was great at it's old price point. I think mine was about £80 but at that price I would be trying out the fortress personally, better cooling potential and probably better noise potential as well.

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    £117 is a lot, I payed ~£90 for mine and I felt that it was expensive then!
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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    p180/p182

    /tread

    or p190 if you want LARGE!

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    Re: Quiet, large-ish case - which one?

    coolermaster cosmos

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