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Cooling & the "Alien" Hydraulic case...?

Journeyman

Senior member
For those who have them: what kind of cooling provisions does the case come with (fan mounting points, etc), and how is airflow? I'm in the market for a new (non-beige without painting) case, and these have decent looks and a good price, but it has to have adequate cooling characteristics without putting a lot of work into it.

If these don't cool well enough, I'll just get a Lian-Li... Just can't decide what the best way would be to make my beige drives blend in with the aluminum case.
 
I have one of the "alien" hydraulic door cases. Got it from Directron nearly a year ago. Its a decent case, side panel has become a little hard to put back on, but thats because I cut a hole and mounted a 120mm panaflo . I also added two blowholes(suckholes?) to the top. 2 80mm holes. I also have an 80mm mounted in the lower front. I cut off the metal circle in front of that fan. There are no good places to mount a fan on the back (only 60mm) unless you do some serious case modding.

Its a decent case. I'm upgrading to an Antec 1030 look a like (stealth black not charcoal like Antec's). But my hydraulic case will have my old computer (duron 700) and sit on the other side of my desk and use my other monitor.

The lian li cases look great, only problem is price. Dont forget to add power supply costs in there too.
 
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