Best watercooling case?

[DerwenArtos12]

Yeah and if you ever get thrown out of your house you can switch it over to air cooling, find an outlet somewhere and live in this case, your quadcore should keep you warm at night.

 

[Mech0z]

wtf why don´t you like the case?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

It's not that I dislike the case, and it has it's usefulness but, for $350 it's just so excessive and it's more than two feet wide, 515mm. I'd much rather buy a TJ-07 or a LianLi PC-P80 or a TJ-10 or a PC-V2000B. I can just think of so many options that would work so well for less money I don't really see the need for one that big. That being said, I like cube cases, I built a fully plexiglass case that was a 15" cube that had all the watercooling space, it just didn't have 18 5.25" bays, it had 8-5.25" bays and 6-3.5" bays. That's a case I really should have kept.

 

[Mech0z]

Well yes but there just aint many cases like this so its not easy to be picky about it, and I can not build my own, I don't have the skills nor the equipment to do so. And if I get the job I am trying to get now then I will have the money for it ( Yes they could be spend otherwise but thats not the point) and this case should hold forever if I don't fuck up.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Well yes but there just aint many cases like this so its not easy to be picky about it, and I can not build my own, I don't have the skills nor the equipment to do so. And if I get the job I am trying to get now then I will have the money for it ( Yes they could be spend otherwise but thats not the point) and this case should hold forever if I don't fuck up.

You'd be surprised, everyone I know who has bought a 343 or a MM has gotten bored with it inside about a year. There really are only so many ways you can set-up any case regardless of it's girth.

Ask aigomorla about his MM case, he's staring at a TJ07 and something else deciding what to build next cause he's bored of his MM.

 

[Mech0z]

But whats the reason they get bored? If its because they just want something new to play with then it do not matter what they buy anyway, if I was to buy something that should last then this is the most feature full case available I guess. But yes I might get a bit bored with it as well. But I hope don't , plus it should have a rather high resell value as I would not need to cut in it.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
But whats the reason they get bored? If its because they just want something new to play with then it do not matter what they buy anyway, if I was to buy something that should last then this is the most feature full case available I guess. But yes I might get a bit bored with it as well. But I hope don't , plus it should have a rather high resell value as I would not need to cut in it.

computers are like cars, buy them expecting to loose your ass but have fun along the way.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
But whats the reason they get bored? If its because they just want something new to play with then it do not matter what they buy anyway, if I was to buy something that should last then this is the most feature full case available I guess. But yes I might get a bit bored with it as well. But I hope don't , plus it should have a rather high resell value as I would not need to cut in it.

because theres only so much you can do at the top.

Once your there, thats it for the build. Theres no possible way to make it look nicer, or perform faster, or even give it a jump in performance.

The gains at top is a lot smaller then at bottom. This is also why i dont clock my system to 3.8ghz. 3.7 -> 3.8 requires around another 80W of heat to distribute. Also makes my hardware undergo more stress from running it at strict protocal.

But yeah, im bored of the system. Having something at bleeding edge, something higher then cutting edge, is expensive, and also doesnt last very long. Im looking at 1 yr life span on high end boards, 8 months on the RAM, and about ??? yrs on the cpu. Havent killed one yet from natural deaths.


Ive had a TJ07. It was used to house my first quadcore. QX6700 on striker platform. OMG dont get me started on ASUS 680i. I sold the system b4 i could mod the case and make it look blingy.

This time im not repeating that mistake, and im gonna make it blingy. The TJ-07 has a much better multi role in aesthetics then a MM or a 343B does.

 

[Mech0z]

Maybe but if we think practical then do you agree that its one of the best if not the best case on the market? Plus I would not dream of paying what the TJ-07 when its just "normal" sized.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Mech0z
Maybe but if we think practical then do you agree that its one of the best if not the best case on the market? Plus I would not dream of paying what the TJ-07 when its just "normal" sized.

From a purely practical standpoint, if you have room and don't mind the size, it's a very nice case and in comparison to others you are getting a lot for the money and there are a lot of options for setting up the system. Having admitted that, I can say I would probably buy a TJ-07 before one of these. Keep in mind though that I'm not buying a TJ-07 any time soon. I've never spent more than $120 on a case for myself and I don't know that I ever will. I'd just as soon build my ownand have it be exactly what I want.