800D or TJ07 ? Also SSD ?

[Cornholio]

Budget? Is the only requirement that it must be Aluminium and fit a H50?

Those speeds sound about right aswell.

Well i guess hes just a lucky fecker then, he paid £140 for both drives, brand new !.

And..it must look half decent, dont wanna be looking at an abortion when i look over, ya know.

[PeterStoba]

Well, not sure what you'd call half decent as tastes vary.

Here are some good cases that would allow you get an SSD aswell (X25-V).

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lanco...97-Audio-ports
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lian-...Window-w-o-PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Coole...r-Case-w-o-PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Zalma...Mid-Tower-Case
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Silve...Window-w-o-PSU

Considering you had a TJ09 though, and you were looking at TJ07/800D then these might be better for you (I prefer these too)!

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Silve...Window-w-o-PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Silve...Window-w-o-PSU
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Fract...-inc-Front-I-O

[chris_argyle]

I cant really comment on the SSD side of things as I am yet to experience one first hand. However my TJ07 is the best case, both in terms of looks and layout, I have owned. It just exudes quality, and when I overhaul my now near 2.5 year old setup, the TJ07 will still be the basis for the new machine.

[Queelis]

Maybe wait for Corsair 700D? Or do you need the side window and hot-swappable drive bays so badly? That should be a fair bit cheaper than 800D, while not having those two IMO not very needed functions. Then you could treat yourself to an SSD.

[ProbablyJoe]

Intel are slower when it comes to the sequential reads etc but when it comes to an OS drive they excel in random writes.

No SSD supports TRIM in RAID, the Intel now just support TRIM on a single SSD when RAID is being used on other drives. Although it is said that TRIM support will be coming soon to RAID SSDs.

Two X25-V perform marginally better than an X25-M 80GB, up to you wether RAID is worth the hassle of 1-2% gain.

Full story : http://www.anandtech.com/show/3618/i...m-g2-for-250/1

Useful info, thanks for that. Guess I misread the stuff about Intel's RAID TRIM support.

I'd go for a cheaper case and SSD personally, but then the case is something I tend to economise on. Something I regretted with my previous computer though, but I don't think I can justify £200 for a case when there are some nice mid-range offerings around now.

[PeterStoba]

Useful info, thanks for that. Guess I misread the stuff about Intel's RAID TRIM support.

Yeah, I did myself at first, wasn't made very clear.

[Terbinator]

I get about 190MB/s read and 45MB/s write with my Intel 40GB.

[Cornholio]

Really tempted by the Intel SSD (40GB), was chatting to Peter last night about it. I will have to find a "cheaper" case that i like now, dont get me wrong the TJ07 is beautiful but i cannot justify spending £250 on a case when i could have a cheaper case and an SSD.

[Terbinator]

Really tempted by the Intel SSD (40GB), was chatting to Peter last night about it. I will have to find a "cheaper" case that i like now, dont get me wrong the TJ07 is beautiful but i cannot justify spending £250 on a case when i could have a cheaper case and an SSD.

Lian-Li P50B ?

[PeterStoba]

Really tempted by the Intel SSD (40GB), was chatting to Peter last night about it. I will have to find a "cheaper" case that i like now, dont get me wrong the TJ07 is beautiful but i cannot justify spending £250 on a case when i could have a cheaper case and an SSD.

Timed my boot time this morning, POST to a usable desktop - 16 seconds

[Cornholio]

Lian-Li P50B ?

Doesnt look like the airflow will be the best though.

Bit of a difficult one, coming from a TJ09 which had 1x120mm intake, 1x120mm hdd fan, 1x 120mm at the back for my h50, and 2x120mm at the top for extraction, i seem to be struggling to find a nice case that doesnt cost the earth, but has decent air flow.

Just read a review on the 800D, i didnt realise it was steel, so they are asking over £200 for a steel case ? Right..coupled with the fact that the air flow is crap, even with better fans its still not the best.

The Coolermaster 922 is a bit too "Gamey" for me, if thats a word. Granted everybody has different styles, but im 22 now ive kinda gone away from that kind of case look.

Timed my boot time this morning, POST to a usable desktop - 16 seconds

Nice, ive just had a word with my mate and he kinda said to wait, as prices of nand will drop shortly + the fact that he works "somewhere" cant disclose where really, that supplies some of the big boy distributers, he said he would see what he had at work. But im impatient, scans open tomorrow and their today only will change at 1ish. This enermax case ive been forced to use is doing my nut in !

So ive voided the 800D. TJ07 is still on the cards, its just like i feel i might aswel take my pants down and get the silverstone tech share holders to take a turn, you know..

[this_is_gav]

Lian Li B70. Shame there are so few shops selling the original A70B now. The closest thing is the A70FB, though it comes with lights and a rather unattractive front.

A71 if you prefer the door.

[Cornholio]

Purhapse i should of been more clearer in my last post.

I like LED fans, and cathodes when used correctly, im just not a fan of the over eccentric designs on some cases.

Ideally i dont want a door, i have a zalman fan controller that ide like to use, and surely a door affects airflow ?

Ide like a window...as i do like to show off "what ive got".

I dont want a case that has an LED on/off button for the fans, picky i know but if and when i replace the fans i dont want an unused switch on the front of the case.

Am i a tart, possibly yes !

[PeterStoba]

Nice, ive just had a word with my mate and he kinda said to wait, as prices of nand will drop shortly + the fact that he works "somewhere" cant disclose where really, that supplies some of the big boy distributers, he said he would see what he had at work. But im impatient, scans open tomorrow and their today only will change at 1ish. This enermax case ive been forced to use is doing my nut in !

If anything NAND prices are just gonna keep going up tbh, now is the time. Shouldn't have much trouble shifting an X25-V if he is right though.

Gav has a good suggestion with the B70, but it's just too expensive compared to what the A70 was (£140). A70FB is a very nice case, probably what I'd go for.

[Cornholio]

How would air flow suite in that A70FB though ?

With 2x intakes on the front, h50 would be as an intake on the back, and only one exhaust at the top

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would try to go for a 60GB or 80GB SSD if possible. 40GB will fill up pretty quickly IMHO. I would probably go for a decent case first and then save up for a larger sized SSD.