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Thermaltake Tsunami vs. Coolermaster Wavemaster

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shadykidd

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For the longest time I have wanted to own a Wavemaster. Lately, many people have told me to stay away from 80mm fans (which the Wavemaster has), and I will have to do at least some modding (dremeling the front intake and/or top mount fan). Also, I wouldn't use the stock fans, so I would have to buy 4 new fans.

The Tsunami cosmetically looks nice and similiar to the Wavemaster, but comes with quality 120mm fans for far superior cooling/airflow. I still am partial to the look of the Wavemaster though....

There is also a pricing difference. The Wavemaster is about $130 + $30 for fans, so $160. The Tsunami could be had for about $100.

I know this is very much a personal preference choice, but I would like to hear some opinions on my dilemma.

By the way, this case will be housing a C2D E6600 and a BFG 7900GT OC. I plan on experimenting with some overclocking, but nothing hardcore (this will be my first time OCing). I will most like buy after an after market fan for my GPU and a HSF for my CPU as well.

Thanks for any advice!
 
Tsunami seems like it's cheaper, looks better, better quality. It seems that you might like the Wavemaster though and it might be best since you've wanted it for so long.
 
Tsunami no question, 80mm fans are brutally loud, 120mm are near silent even at 1800-2000 RPM. Smaller fans = smaller blades = faster spinning with less air.
 
Make your choice about whether you want to overclock or not. If you do, then buy a case with good, wide-open cooling - IMO, neither the Wavemaster nor the Tsunami are really very good for that. Get something with a true, unimpeded 120mm fan like a LL 7B or something similar. If you don't want to overclock, then get the Wavemaster - it's fans are certainly not "brutally loud" as gramboh suggests, especially if you volt them down using a Fanmate or something similar. My wife's PC is built in a Wavemaster - it sits a few feet behind me and I never hear it.

But you've got to make the choice - if you want to overclock your machine, the Wavemaster is just not a good choice, despite how sexy it is.
 
AFAIK, the wavemaster's 80mm (rear) fan is only there because of the removable mobo tray, so you get something in return for the noisy fan(s). If you're not one to add/remove components often, then the mobo tray would be useless. I'll just throw out another choice.....the CM WaveMaster 2 (otherwise known as the CM Mystique). 2x 120mm fans, but no mobo tray.
 
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