cooler master centurion 532

[acegazda]

Hey I'm looking for a relatively cheep pc case ($50-100) for gaming, preferably with a front intake fan so that i can mod it. Is the cm centurion 532 any good? Lian li pc7aplus?
Any suggestions welcomed and encouraged.
Also any mod suggestions are helpful too. For any case.

 

[krotchy]

I definitely am digging the case. Sturdy as a whole, albeit a little cramped for my SLI setup. However nothing a few zip ties and plastic mounts cant handle. Heres a thread showing my centurion 532 with some very minor mods:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=37&threadid=1860843&enterthread=y

I definitely love how simple it is to mount the HD's in the lower cage, and just install drives in general. Just make sure you get a nice exhaust fan.

*edit* looking at your sig, why go A8N-SLI if your buying an ATI Card? Why not go with an A8R series mobo?

 

[acegazda]

thanx i took a look at talcite's guide and it's awesome...must have missed your post, ure case looks good.
you can use ati cards in sli formation right? I heard the crossfire is usless.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Great case, have one running right now and don't get me wrong, GREAT case there are really only two cons as I see them, airflow from the front fan is HEAVILY restriced by that front hard drive cage and it is near impossible to mount harddrives in the upper two 3.5" bays so you're limited to three unless you want to pop and icage in three of the four 5.25" bays. The icage is a perfect compliment to the case though, breathes air through the front filter and pushes it right across the cpu/ram to the back 120mm fan. I would highly reccomend replacing the front fan and adding a rear fan right out of the box. You didn't mention your mobo but, be warned, any of the DFI s939 boards with the highdef duaghter board for the sound will be incredibly cramped next to that rear fan, it'll make it but they will touch, firmly.

 

[krotchy]

Originally posted by: acegazda
thanx i took a look at talcite's guide and it's awesome...must have missed your post, ure case looks good.
you can use ati cards in sli formation right? I heard the crossfire is usless.

SLI is Nvidia only, Crossfire is ATI Only. Crossfire is a little more of a hassle than SLI I have heard, but not useless. If you are buying an ATI card, I definitely recomend an ATI chipset. From what I hear a single ATI card will work nicely in an SLI board, but there is no way whatsoever to run two ATI cards in crossfire (or SLI mode for that matter) in an SLI board.

I do not know what the best crossfire board is off hand, so I recommend doing a little research, but definitely if you buy an ATI card, an SLI board is not a good idea.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: krotchy

Originally posted by: acegazda
thanx i took a look at talcite's guide and it's awesome...must have missed your post, ure case looks good.
you can use ati cards in sli formation right? I heard the crossfire is usless.

SLI is Nvidia only, Crossfire is ATI Only. Crossfire is a little more of a hassle than SLI I have heard, but not useless. If you are buying an ATI card, I definitely recomend an ATI chipset. From what I hear a single ATI card will work nicely in an SLI board, but there is no way whatsoever to run two ATI cards in crossfire (or SLI mode for that matter) in an SLI board.

I do not know what the best crossfire board is off hand, so I recommend doing a little research, but definitely if you buy an ATI card, an SLI board is not a good idea.

You make my brain itch. The first sentance of your post is true. Crossfire is really no more a hassle than SLI, only main difference is the DVI dongle. There are ways to get Crossfire to work on an SLI chipset but, that is a definative PITA and visa versa.

Best crossfire board is the DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR.

 

[acegazda]

can you use two x1800xt's in SLI formation and if so without any performance loss?

 

[acegazda]

bump

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: acegazda
can you use two x1800xt's in SLI formation and if so without any performance loss?

You can use two x1800xt's in crossfire only but, it has been done on an SLI board, I'm not an expert on how but, I can hapily tell you it isn't much more difficult than some third party drivers for both the chipset and video cards, so far as I know, have not personally done it.

 

[acegazda]

ok ill try to find some forums about this