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Case decision looming. Sonata or X710?

shiner

shiner

Lifer
Ok....so I've managed to narrow my choice in cases to the Antec Sonata and the Inwin X710. There are loads of reviews on the Antec case out there but I've only found one, in English, so far for the Inwin case. Has anyone here used it? Basically I want something that is quiet, but I don't need to to be church quiet, just don't want it to sound like a 747, has good cooling(this is for an Athlon 64 3200), and has a fair amount of room.

Suggestions??? Ideas?
 
Inwin looks alright. Just did a build with the Sonata and it was very nice (but damn those blue lights are BRIGHT if you look at them head-on!!). Plenty of bays but it might be a little cramped inside....for assembly purposes. Once it's built it is fine though. Plenty of spots to hide your cables too. Oh and the psu it comes with is the 380 watt model, but 1 fan only for noise considerations...ran cool in my very limited testing before delivering it. 2 120's do the trick just fine...

I guess my vote would be the Sonata, especially since that's an Antec psu you're getting with it. Good luck 🙂
 
<- Just pulled the trigger on a Sonata 🙂. I love the look and I'm tired of noise. The review at silentpcreview sold me.
 
Don't forget the 3700BQE.

SilentPC

"Between the 3700BQE and the Sonata, which would I choose?

The 3700BQE, no matter what. It breathes better so it'll run cooler at the same noise levels, it's roomier inside and it costs less money than the Sonata. The one thing the Sonata has going for it is the front Firewire port, but that's not much of an obstacle to work around in order to start with a better case."
 
Originally posted by: Todd33
Don't forget the 3700BQE.

SilentPC

"Between the 3700BQE and the Sonata, which would I choose?

The 3700BQE, no matter what. It breathes better so it'll run cooler at the same noise levels, it's roomier inside and it costs less money than the Sonata. The one thing the Sonata has going for it is the front Firewire port, but that's not much of an obstacle to work around in order to start with a better case."
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Yep....I am now considering the 3700BQE and the Fong Kai 330

I'm leaning towards the 3700BQE but I really like the Fong Kai...it's just so damn expensive!

Decisions....decisions....decisions.....
 
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