Need advice choosing a case.

[wildstyle]

Hi there..
I really could use some advice with selecting a new case for my next rig.
I have some criteria; It should be spacious, enough to fit a watercooling system with margin
It also should have 120mm fan options rather than 80/90. And oh yeah, i want it to be quite "sturdy" to avoid noise.

Planning on using about 2-3 120mm fans in it (2 exhaust for the dual rad) and perhaps an intake in the front. Dont know about that really just yet.

I have gave Thermaltake Armor some thought, which seems to be perfect. BUT, the 25mm side window fan is not available just yet in Sweden, i guess it's quite recently out in the public. I was almost set on this particular case until i notices it had a fan exaust on the top with plastic surroundings, making it hard to make a nice rectangular hole for the radiator, which i plan on mounting in the top.

I also had a look at the Gigabyte 3D Aurora, which i read a review of. It seemed perfect until i was told that the dual 120mm fan holes in the back couldnt fit a black ice dual rad, which the reviewer stated. So mush for reviews, huh?

So come on poeple, hit me with your best shot.

 

[imported_Tick]

Bit-tech.net might be better able to help you decide on a case for water cooling. But I like the Silverstone TJ07.

 

[beemercer]

Chenming 901B http://www.xoxide.com/chenming901.html works for me, lots of space.

 

[wildstyle]

That silverstone looked real neat! The only thing is that i cant figure out where the radiator would go..

And OH MY GOD, That Chenming case was GNARLY AS HELL, and i mean that in a good way. Think i never seen a bigger case before. Quite too big, i must say.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Welcome Swede, to AT.

We have a Cases & Cooling Forum and you might consider posting over there.
Note a water cooled rig in the title or sub-title, so the water guys will know.
Note also that your from out of town or they will be linking domestic goods.
We do have a number of Euros that post here.


...Galvanized

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: beemercer
Chenming 901B http://www.xoxide.com/chenming901.html works for me, lots of space.

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

 

[beemercer]

http://beemercer.googlepages.com/pcpics those are some pictures of my Chenming 901B, it is ugly stock, but with some work it can look pretty good.

 

[wildstyle]

WOW BEEMERCER

That really does not even resemblence the stock one..
Great overallt job man!

Too bad i just dont have the patience to mod stuff, im more of a... conservative person
Allthough, i will have to use the jigsaw to get the radiator mounted. I pray to god that will turn out fine.

I have found the 25cm fan to the Armor on FrozenCPU, and they seem to be shipping worldwide, so i might just order an Armor here in sweden and get the fan-side from FronzenCPU. Will have to run som numbers to see if its worth it.

 

[beemercer]

The Armor is a real nice case (you may be able to mount the radiator internally it'd take about 7 bays).