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Thoughts on the Antec Aria?

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RockGuitarDude

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