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Buying a NZXT Phantom tonight. Mid or Full Tower ?

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Arthan

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Well, this is my first post here. I've been reading this forum for a while but never had to post before. The problem tonight is that I really need to order my new build in the next few hours as I'm going to be away from home for a few days after that.

So here's my problem : I am kind of a computer noob, and I never built a computer with a full tower before. The thing is that these two cases are the EXACT same price on NCIX right now. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to building with a mid or a full tower ? I really hope someone can give me a bit of advice before I'm forced to play heads or tails to pick one of them. The full tower is likely going to give me a ton of wasted space, which could be good, bad or irrelevant for all I know.

Here's what the build is going to look like, if that makes any difference.

ASRock Extreme4
Core i5 3570k
8GB Low Profile 1600 RAM Vengeance Corsair
500GB HDD
128 Samsung 830 SSD
MSI GTX 670
Corsair HX750W PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler

Thanks a lot.
 
the full tower is bigger has more airflow and has a 5 speed fan controller not to mention that it has a 200mm fan on top and an option to add 2 more on the side and one more on top i say go with the full tower
 
It's kinda up to you... A bigger case also lets you to cram heaps more stuff in there, easier to work with, & has better cooling.

I always go smaller cos none of those things have been important enough for me.
 
richaron said:
It's kinda up to you... A bigger case also lets you to cram heaps more stuff in there, easier to work with, & has better cooling.

I always go smaller cos none of those things have been important enough for me.
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This

Along with it being your money.
 
Thanks for the answers. I really just wanted to make sure that there wasn't any inconvenient to running an almost empty full tower. You know like noise or whatever... as I said I really know next to nothing about cases.

Also since the 410 came a while after the original Phantom I was wondering if it could have a better design or features. That being said, since there seems to be no reason to go with a mid tower at the same price I'm probably going to go with the original full tower black Phantom.
 
Unless you are the tiny hands guy from the burger commercials I would recommend the full tower. My mid tower used to cut my knuckles up everytime I worked in it because my hands are very big. Rule #1 for my next build is get a full tower.
 
I've always been an advocate of as small as possible, resulting in mITX to microATX builds, never bigger (simply no reason).
 
I have a ATX-mid case and I feel it is crammed. (2 HDDs, 1 SSD, 660Ti, DVD) I wish I had a bigger case, but I wasn't willing to spend an extra $40. If they are the same price, I'd go big. I'm sure microATX cases are great for people that need portability and don't have video cards or more than one HDD.

From my experience a bigger case doesn't help with noise but does run cooler. Plus it's easier to deal with the plethora of cables.

One recommendation. Buy a 1TB HDD. It is only $20 more, and you won't kick yourself later. Otherwise, your build is great.
 
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