Is the LanBoy difficult to work in ?

[syzygy]

or perhaps a better question would be how difficult is it to work inside a LanBoy ?

Space looks cramped. obviously no mobo tray. round cables essential. Would an Abit
IC-7, Radeon card, sound card, modem, one HD, crdw, possibly a dvd-rw, and a floppy
drive be too much ?

I'm a newbie, building my first system. could it be dangerous for someone like me too ?

 

[0roo0roo]

i'd suggest a dragon or x-pider http://www.svc.com/aluminumcases.html

space is good.

 

[syzygy]

space is good.

aaah, so space is an issue. yes ?

i'm going to swing by compusa to have yet another look.

the dragon and x-pider are both nice cases, and the black chieftec with a allied true 450 psu via newegg
is my other choice.

 

[0roo0roo]

lack of space isn't really dangerous in a good case with rounded edges. atleast physically. cooling is easier with a large case, working in/cleaning etc is easier in a large case. lots of space for fan mounts and just "stuff" is always nice to have. a case generally lasts through atleast one upgrade, might as well get one decent. and large aluminum cases weigh very little. my xpider weighed less then my other steel minitower case both fully built. scary.

http://fox302.com/index.pl?s=vg&user=oroooroo&category=Case cold cathode still needs install. u can buy these cases from other places without ps included. i think case-mod.com

 

[amcdonald]

The only space issue I had with the lanboy was dealing with the 5.25 bays
Longer CD drives may not fit because they overlap with the memory modules.
I just bought a x-dreamer to replace my lanboy (no door, more space inside) and i'm staisfied with it.

 

[newuser]

btt, I am having the same dilemma the lan boy vs. the chieftec server tower. I need to be able to cool a AMD 2500 or AMD 2600 (possible oc'ing too)

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: newuser
btt, I am having the same dilemma the lan boy vs. the chieftec server tower. I need to be able to cool a AMD 2500 or AMD 2600 (possible oc'ing too)

So pop an SLK-900 and a good fan on there, then get an exhaust fan pulling that toasty-warm air right out the back.

Of course, you won't take me seriously though.

- M4H

 

[Tab]

Heh, you could easily make a blowhole and mod the back and possibly the front intake of the Lanboy to hold a 120mm fan if you wanted to. Tempatures aren't really a problem, you've got enough room. Here are some pics of mine.

Picture of my case

 

[newuser]

So your just running two 80mm fans intake/exhaust?
What is that small gold fan next to the cpu hsf.

MercenaryForHire, glad you like the sig.
( pet peeve of mine is people with like 15line sigs (even worse in forums where they allow pictures and people post like 3"x5" pictures), yours is not that bad)

 

[TXMatt]

DO NOT BUY A LAN BOY!

They do not cool well unless you put high speed fans in the 80mm holes, and then you have to listen to jet engine noise.

Because of the thin metal they use on this case to lighten it; it resonates much more than typical cases. I cannot figure out why it needs soo much more airflow than other cases, perhaps because its smaller size.

I had to cut a 120 MM hole in the back and another 120 hole in the bottom to get mine to cool properly and remain silent.

I have a new case enroute, and then this Lan Boy case is going to get beaten like the fax machine in Office Space.

 

[amcdonald]

What exactly is your definition of "cool properly"?
What internal cooling solutions do you have?
User error is the only reason I can see why you wouldn't be able to run low DB intake and exhaust and get reasonable temps.

 

[Gage8]

Originally posted by: TXMatt
DO NOT BUY A LAN BOY!

They do not cool well unless you put high speed fans in the 80mm holes, and then you have to listen to jet engine noise.

Because of the thin metal they use on this case to lighten it; it resonates much more than typical cases. I cannot figure out why it needs soo much more airflow than other cases, perhaps because its smaller size.

I had to cut a 120 MM hole in the back and another 120 hole in the bottom to get mine to cool properly and remain silent.

I have a new case enroute, and then this Lan Boy case is going to get beaten like the fax machine in Office Space.

noooo! It's not worthy of that! :Q

 

[TXMatt]

Cooled properly is CPU idle at 45C or less and case idle at 35 or less as recorded by the board, not a hoaky stick on probe. With the medium speed Panaflows (FBA08A12H1A 32CFM, 28 dB-A) on front and rear I was 50 cpu and 39 case at idle, even after modding the stamped grills.

Cooling solution currenly SK7 with a 32 dB-A, 40 CFM fan (Panaflow FBA08A12H1A). I am soon switching to a Swiftec cooler though. I mounted it properly with AS3.

Your assuming user error is rather obnoxious.

Originally posted by: amcdonald
What exactly is your definition of "cool properly"?
What internal cooling solutions do you have?
User error is the only reason I can see why you wouldn't be able to run low DB intake and exhaust and get reasonable temps.

 

[chocoruacal]

Lanboy = overpriced crap designed to ripoff noobs and posers who *need* a window. If you have $100 to burn, the slk3700 is a much better deal.

 

[TXMatt]

Originally posted by: chocoruacal
Lanboy = overpriced crap designed to ripoff noobs and posers who *need* a window. If you have $100 to burn, the slk3700 is a much better deal.

I agree with you 100% choc. I was trying to be constructive with my criticism. The case is made of thin metal, its narrow, but wooh boy it comes with a window and a carrying strap. The SLK3700 is made of thick metal, and is wider so it has more breathing room, and space for those sweet 120mm fans. Better yet, it isn't $100 like the Lanboy, its more like $70. The noobs who think their Lanboy cools properly are using the dangling and stick on temp probes wich read 10 C too low. I am ashamed I was fooled into buying one.

 

[amcdonald]

Using 3 L1a's (intake, rear exhaust, and HSF) with an alpha 8045 I had drastically different results with the case compared to you...
I had both an a7n8x & an 8rda+ in that case at different times.
The 8rda+ yielded higher temps: ~43ºC/~32ºC which is conveniently within your guidelines for "cooled properly"
Thats with a 2100+ @ 1.85vcore and ambient temps of 23ºC, running SOB constantly. (under load)
There's more to the definition of cooled properly than an arbitrary number betwen 30 and 60.
You have to take into account ambient temps, wattage of the processor, and other internal components that generate heat. This case is 'overpriced', and the 3700amb definitely has better stock cooling, but I knew what it was capable of when I bought one. It has an intake and an exhaust. Its simply not meant to cool a scsi raid 5 fileserver.
You can see exactly what potential it has online/in a store, so there really shouldn't be any suprises.
Its basically an aluminum 2600amb with a window.
Besides, your temps (50ºC/39ºC) are more than acceptable (if its amd).
What is the ambient temp in the room?
What kind of processor/internal components are you running?

 

[DeeTees]

More to the point, what mainboard is being used to determine the cooling capacity of the case, what CPU, what fan(s) how many fans, what video card, how much and what speed memory and all the other variables the can effect caae and CPU temps?

If I can find two mainboards that give me the same CPU temp and the same case temp at the same time under the same load, everything else being equal I will be very much suprised. Most of the mainboards that read temp from the built in termister in the CPU read considerably higher than mainboards that read from a seperate sensor in the CPU socket well.

With mainbaords that have the sensor in the CPU socket well there is a large variation in temps from board to board depending in the location of the sensor and whether or not it physically contacts the CPU.

If the case can only run at a 45 degrees C CPU temp with a VIA CPU, 128 megs of PC-100 memory and on-board video and sound in a 20 degree C room the case is probably a piece of xxxxxxx.

If the case can run at a 50 degrees C temp in a 30 degree C room with a high end video card, 1 gig of DDR 3200 memory, several 10000 rpm hard drives and assorted other cards and a retail heat sink/fan, it is probably a great case.

Just stating temperatures means nothing, state a temperature and the conditions leading to the temperature.