Thoughts on the Antec Aria?

[RockGuitarDude]

Anyone have this case? It seems very nice to me and I'm definately considering it for my next build. Just wanted to hear what everyone had to say about it.

 

[DaveSimmons]

From the reviews, it's a little harder to set up than other cubes because they can't pre-wire ports and pre-route cables, but it's a good choice for a mATX mobo.

Also, for high-end CPUs you may need to use the supplied slot cooler to keep it cool, which means giving up a PCI slot, leaving you with 1-AGP and 2 PCI (or 1 if you also have a 2-slot video card) if your mobo is 1+3.

 

[RockGuitarDude]

do you guys think its possible to fit a bigger powersupply in there? 300W isnt enough for me... It will be my next computer and it will definately have a 6800GT in there.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I thought the reviews said it's a custom supply, but I'm not sure.

Cooler Master has some mATX cases that take standard power supplies, but the form factors are desktops for home theater, and I think mini-towers. No cubes.

 

[Boogak]

Originally posted by: RockGuitarDude
do you guys think its possible to fit a bigger powersupply in there? 300W isnt enough for me... It will be my next computer and it will definately have a 6800GT in there.

It's got a proprietary power supply in a L shape so you'll have to do some MAJOR modding to get a different one in there. It's a nice case but it gets extremely hot inside it, I had a stock Athlon XP 1700+, 2 7200 RPM hard drives, and a cdrom drive in there and ambient inside the case shot up over 50C - this is with integrated graphics and the PCI exhaust. I've since added a 80mm intake to the side of the case that should help I think, just waiting on a new mobo to go alongside my mobile XP 2600+.

 

[Mik3y]

the gt should be fine with the aria's 300W psu. only the ultra's and higher require a much higher wattage psu.