Wavemaster cooling / Emi / aaaarrrghhh help!

[inflictionmitch]

I'm very, VERY close to buying this case, which I'm totally in love with (and yes, I've seen the Tsumani and I think it's awful). I've read several posts talking about the cooling being on the verge of bad, but most seem to say that if you don't overclock it will be fine. Now, these people ALL seem to have gone for the top-cooling option, which I can't apply as I need those top USB / firewire ports. So, if I were to just stay with the config that this case ships with, and if I'm NOT overclocking, will there be any heat issues?

I've considered putting an intake fan / tube in the side to fit over the processor, but that makes me worry about EMI shielding going kaput.

People, what's the word???

[Proplus]

Get it.

With a single 80mm exhaust fan at the back, and 2 x 80mm built into the front (I have a 80mm fan installed at the top, but its not used), I have in it (not overclocked):

- Asus A7N8X deluxe
- XP2600+ barton
- 2 x 512Mb PC3200
- 5 x IDE Samsung 120Gb HDDs
- Pioneer 107
- LiteOn CD-RW
- Audigy2
- Asus 6800
- PCI IDE controller card

The CPU is cooled by am ArticCooling HSF (set to high, but still low noise). You can imagine the heat generated with all my HDDs and the 6800 whilst gaming, and the case copes easily. (The PSU is a 400w FSP one with one regular 80mm fan).

[BlueMagician]

Is the Wavemaster that bad, even without the top 80mm fan?
I've yet to decide on a case myself, and was considering this one, and will be overclocking. I've heard and read mixed opinions..

I did notice (I think in the Hexus review), that you cant remove the popup door from the top of the case, so even if you wanted to use an extra fan instead of the port bay, you'd have to leave the flap open. A bit pointless really...

Interested in others opinions on this one,
S.

[da_ging]

I've seen the Tsumani and I think it's awful

looks at his tsunami and nope have to disagree with you there

[inflictionmitch]

Thanks for the input, everyone!

Da-Ging, yeah, the Tsunami looks great, it's just not for me. I don't like the fact that the power / rest switches are behind a door and the buld quality seems flimsy (seems being the operative word, because I know the Tsunami's built well). For whatever reason, I just love the Wavemaster!

System-wise, I'd be putting in:

Asus p5GDC Deluxe s775 intel 915 board

Kingston dual 1024mb memory

Seagate 80 gig S-ata drive

Seagate 200 gigl S-ata drive

ATI all-in-wonder pci-e x600 pro

NEC ND-3520a DVD

Lite-on combo DVD

Antec Neopower 480 PSU

I guess that would work out?

MD