PC Peripherals Best cabinet for Air cooling.

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Lord Nemesis said:
Guy's I have done some research myself on the internet and here are the findings.

Antec 900

Compatibility issues with some long Graphics cards. Not worth considering.

I can fit in 2 9800's in there, the 280 fits fine too, I agree its a little mushed up but well I dint pay $250 for it. The air flow in the case is really good, you can have 3 fans pushing air in and that keeps the gfx cards really cool! How much do u have it there for? I paid $130 here.
 
well.. it aint for 250usd here either. it retails for arnd 6k ish odd. which i think is a real good price considering what you paid for it.

but then.. you guys DO have MIR's.. currently its for 120-40MIR at newegg
 
i_max2k2 said:
I can fit in 2 9800's in there, the 280 fits fine too, I agree its a little mushed up but well I dint pay $250 for it. The air flow in the case is really good, you can have 3 fans pushing air in and that keeps the gfx cards really cool! How much do u have it there for? I paid $130 here.

yeah 6k is like 130 dollas :)
prices here aint always bad :P
 
i_max2k2 said:
I can fit in 2 9800's in there, the 280 fits fine too, I agree its a little mushed up but well I dint pay $250 for it. The air flow in the case is really good, you can have 3 fans pushing air in and that keeps the gfx cards really cool! How much do u have it there for? I paid $130 here.

Antec 900 is 6k here i.e $140. Anyway, I kinda didnt like the design and layout of that cabby. It doesnt look as spacious a my current Jamaica cabby (which has the exact same interior as the Silverstone TJ-05).

Didnt care much for Antec P180/190 either. But I am in love with the Antec 1200.

Its a well though out cabby in my opinion, You can use it as it is, or you can mod it like hell. 9 well spaced and ventilated HDD bays and 3 more 5.25 inch bays, thats the kind of expandability I am looking for.

Only the price is a bit too high. $150~160 (7k) would be a very nice price point for it. Anyway, I think I will wait for it unless I suddenly get the urge to get one of those stackers. :ashamed:
 
sTALKEr said:
well.. it aint for 250usd here either. it retails for arnd 6k ish odd. which i think is a real good price considering what you paid for it.

but then.. you guys DO have MIR's.. currently its for 120-40MIR at newegg

Yea I got from bestbuy was on sale back then, but MIR's actually arn't as lucrative as they sound, sometimes they will come back in like 3 months, sometimes they wont. Out of I think 8 rebates that I have sent 4 have come back the rest dint, and some companies like OCZ have terms such as - you have to send the rebate in 12days from ur ORDER DATE, so just in case u order on a friday night, it comes to u say on thursday, you almost lost a week, and it wont get postmarked by monday, and losing a day or 2 is easy. So most probably you lost it already. I have had this with my laptop memory, they said it was late and it actually wasn't, I was so pissed, I had to email them couple of times before they accepted that they will process it. So its mostly a PITA with MIR's.

_pappu_ said:
yeah 6k is like 130 dollas :)

prices here aint always bad :P

Thats a really good price, for this cabinet.

Lord Nemesis said:
Antec 900 is 6k here i.e $140. Anyway, I kinda didnt like the design and layout of that cabby. It doesnt look as spacious a my current Jamaica cabby (which has the exact same interior as the Silverstone TJ-05).

Didnt care much for Antec P180/190 either. But I am in love with the Antec 1200.

Its a well though out cabby in my opinion, You can use it as it is, or you can mod it like hell. 9 well spaced and ventilated HDD bays and 3 more 5.25 inch bays, thats the kind of expandability I am looking for.

Only the price is a bit too high. $150~160 (7k) would be a very nice price point for it. Anyway, I think I will wait for it unless I suddenly get the urge to get one of those stackers. :ashamed:

I would agree for you Antec 1200 would be a better choice, I dont have too many hdd's infact just one, and I would prolly add 2 more, 1 for raid and another one for regular stuff, btw many people here have modded the antec 900 a lot

Antec 900 Build Log UPDATE 5/28/08 WOOOOOOT Sub 50*C Load Temp On Air!!!! New Pics!!! - EXTREME Overclocking Forums

But if you can get the 1200 , I would say go for it!, I just checked its like $215 here on newegg

And what I meant with $250 was, that I dint pay 250 for my cabi hence I got what I paid for. I would say for $130 its pretty good for my needs, I got to better the cable management and I think the temps would drop a little more. For $250 there are a lot of good choices on newegg, however I dint have the dough to pay for that kind of case.
 
Got an email from Prime today saying they are expecting the NZXT Guardian 921 case shortly. Also expected is the NZXT Tempest.

 
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