Currently looking at a new case since I think my current one caused my video card to overheat and completely destroyed it. Right now I have the Ultra Dragon series case and from what a friend of mine has told me, it lead to two of his video cards burning out also. So even if the case is good enough, I don't want to take a chance.
For this reason I'm looking at migrating my existing hardware to a new chassis and was wondering if anyone on this board had any suggestions of what I should be looking at. At the moment I've been eyeing the Antec Twelve Hundred and the Cooler Master Stacker 830. My only problem is that I've heard that these cases (due to having a lot of fans) are both noisy and dust magnets requiring frequent cleaning. This is something I'd like to avoid since I've read that some people have to clean their case as often as every 3 weeks. I don't do any overclocking so heat shouldn't be a huge issue, despite it apparenlty being one in the case I have now, and I definitely don't want to blow the bank either.
If I had to sum up my key buying features they would be:
- Efficient design balancing cooling, airflow, and noise
- Cost. Cheaper is better but I'll spend more on something that's worth the extra money
- Low maintenance. I usually only clean my case once every 6 months (is this something that needs to be remedied?)
- Space. Right now I have 6 hard drives in my setup and I'm looking at adding a 7th so 3.5" space is important.
For this reason I'm looking at migrating my existing hardware to a new chassis and was wondering if anyone on this board had any suggestions of what I should be looking at. At the moment I've been eyeing the Antec Twelve Hundred and the Cooler Master Stacker 830. My only problem is that I've heard that these cases (due to having a lot of fans) are both noisy and dust magnets requiring frequent cleaning. This is something I'd like to avoid since I've read that some people have to clean their case as often as every 3 weeks. I don't do any overclocking so heat shouldn't be a huge issue, despite it apparenlty being one in the case I have now, and I definitely don't want to blow the bank either.
If I had to sum up my key buying features they would be:
- Efficient design balancing cooling, airflow, and noise
- Cost. Cheaper is better but I'll spend more on something that's worth the extra money
- Low maintenance. I usually only clean my case once every 6 months (is this something that needs to be remedied?)
- Space. Right now I have 6 hard drives in my setup and I'm looking at adding a 7th so 3.5" space is important.
