coolermaster wavemaster case- one of the best ventilation/airflow and quiet cooling?

[darkaznkid]

i was wonderin if the wavemasters had one of the bests ventilations and quiet cooling. If not, what case would you recommend for good airflow/ventilation with quiet cooling?

thanks to all replies.

 

[Cerb]

Evercase e4252, Antec SLK3700...
There are three or four threads a week about this .

I doubt the wave will have much as far as quietness goes, but you might be able to manage. It certainly won't be insane, but aluminum tends to vibrate easily.

 

[0roo0roo]

do the fans look like they have free flowing grills? or are they kinda blocked for looks sake

 

[darkaznkid]

so...do you guys think that the praetorian cases from coolermaster actually have better airflow than the wavemasters. wonder why the price for the wavemasters are expensive...is it just cuz of the design and the led lights?

 

[0roo0roo]

its more expensive because of the looks, its nice unpainted brushed aluminum.. its thick aluminum that doesn't resonate with the vibes.. its an expensive material.

 

[slpaulson]

You could definately get better airflow with quiet fans in an antec case.

All you have in coolermaster cases is two 80mm intakes and 2 80mm out.
A lot of the new antecs use 120mm which would be quieter at the same output.

With that said, I own a coolermaster 201-bxt and love it. It has enough airflow for me, but it isn't the best in that department.

I'd also consider some of the kingwins that look very similar to coolermasters for much less.

 

[Axon]

I just picked up the Wavemaster and I have seen an 8 degree reduction at full load. I was running at 55-56 celcius case temp, but now it is rare I see more than 47. With the sides of the case off, I won't go above 44-45. (How do you make the degree symbol, btw?)


I was using a cheap generic case with one fan, though, so some improvement was virtually guaranteed.

Still, the Wavemaster has its flaws - the installation of the CD-Roms was irritating as all heck, as Coolermaster did not machine any "guides" for the drives into the frame - you're forced to hold the drive up as you screw it in. The door can get a little annoying, but I'm not one to constantly switich CDs or Floppy disks. If I was, I would have pulled the door off on day 1. The case itself is a bit longer and taller than your regular mid-tower, so if you have limited space on your desk or countertop, this could be an issue. These are all small details, however. The case has no major problems IMHO.

The case looks great and does not make a lot of noise. That's my opinion, though - some people might be more sensitive to that sort of thing. The aluminum is rock solid and I do not think this would break easily.

I don't have any airflow problems, though Antec does come with better stock fans. Basically, all I need now is an Artic Cooler on my 9800 Pro and I suspect I'll be dropping into the high 30's for overall case temperature.

 

[Cerb]

Axon: what's the case temp? Your CPU temp means near nothing when comparing cases, as the case temp tends to be much more accurate.

 

[beatle]

Don't forget to clean the filter on your Coolermaster!

 

[Axon]

The numbers I posted were case temp.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Axon
The numbers I posted were case temp.

!!!
My case is my OCing bottleneck by far, not moving enough, and...
ambient: 27C
case: 31C
load case temp: 33C (if I increase the CPU speed, this and CPU temp keep rising until I shut the PC off).

Your case temps are insane.

 

[Axon]

Actually I hear it's quite normal for an AMD - I've heard as high as 60 C.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Axon
Actually I hear it's quite normal for an AMD - I've heard as high as 60 C.

That's an old CPU (or new one if you get diode readings), not case. The case temp is the ambient temp with whatever heat that hasn't been evacuated. With a room temp ambient (25-30C), the case temp shouldn't be above 35C in most cases.
Typical ambient: 25-30C.
Typical case: 28-35C.
Typical CPU socket reading: 35-50C (wide range, somewhat inaccurate, as it relies on the temp of the bottom of the chip and air around the bottom, rather than the die itself).
Typical CPU diode reading (assuming normal cooling): 40C-60C. More accurate, very few boards use this, or even allow you to get this reading (despite using it for shutting the PC down if it gets hotenough to cause permanent damage)

 

[Axon]

http://www.clanshroud.org/nick/casttemp2.JPG


So....this is wrong?

My apartment is about 80 degrees right now.

 

[Cerb]

Wrong? You mean the 60C? Yes.
The first socket AThlons, Thunderbirds, ran HOT. Current ones have only gone up maybe 20% in max power draw, and have gone down in actual use.
A Tbird 1.4 could run 50-60C socket CPU temp regularly, and could handle it. This was back when AMD CPUs ran hot and regularly died of overheating.
The Athlon XPs run much cooler, drawing less power, and thus producing less heat. Also AMD started getting their retail HSF act together, offering good HSFs with the CPUs.

Use MBM, SPeedfan, or your BIOS and offer up the case & CPU temps, now that we have the ambient.

 

[Axon]

Originally posted by: Cerb
Wrong? You mean the 60C? Yes.
The first socket AThlons, Thunderbirds, ran HOT. Current ones have only gone up maybe 20% in max power draw, and have gone down in actual use.
A Tbird 1.4 could run 50-60C socket CPU temp regularly, and could handle it. This was back when AMD CPUs ran hot and regularly died of overheating.
The Athlon XPs run much cooler, drawing less power, and thus producing less heat. Also AMD started getting their retail HSF act together, offering good HSFs with the CPUs.

Use MBM, SPeedfan, or your BIOS and offer up the case & CPU temps, now that we have the ambient.

No, what I was asking if the reading I'm getting in the link I posted is somehow incorrect.

I really have no idea what you're getting at. That link I posted is a direct cut and paste of my destop, using Motherboad monitor, to show my case temp. Expand the image and look at the bottom right corner. It clearly states 46c Case Temp. So what I was getting at was this - is that reading wrong?

My case temp was often 56-57 C prior to buying and using my Coolermaster; I've read posts here from people who say their AMD case temp was higher.

 

[Cerb]

I completely missed the tooltip

MBM is set up incorrectly.
Case 28C, socket 46C sounds right, and the other is just kinda odd.