Verticle Cases Vs Horizontal Cases

[paadness]

Two cases verticle and horizontal.

Which is better?

For me as far as desktops is concerned, i would love to buy a horizontal case for the following reasons.

1. Extremely safe, large surface area.
2. I could now mount 10 Kg CPU coolers.
3. No need to apply screws to lock the heavy VGA cards.
4. Much easier to work with, wires and hardware removal.
5. Easily better cooling.

The only reason why i would not prefer....

1. May look old fashioned and ugly.
2. Not much desk space.
3. Poor for LAN parties (which i do not attend )

Im sad though, can't find any sexy H cases.

 

[ericlala]

Originally posted by: paadness
1. Extremely safe, large surface area.
2. I could now mount 10 Kg CPU coolers.
3. No need to apply screws to lock the heavy VGA cards.
4. Much easier to work with, wires and hardware removal.
5. Easily better cooling.

1. Safe from... falling over? that almost never happens
2. Most of the really good coolers are below 1 kg
3. Come on... are you that lazy? and there are tool-less cases too. You risk snaping your card if your monitor cable suddenly jerks
4. I think most people lean the cases down to work on. Most horizontal cases are used so ppl can put monitors on top, which adds to the hassle
5. Cooling looks about the same.

 

[NetDevil]

This is one hot(as sexy) case : http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/tenor/black/black.htm
Silverstone Lascalas are good looking too.

 

[CrispyFried]

In a well designed case, cooling should not be a factor either way. As for using anvils for heatsinks, maybe horizontal may be better.

 

[grimlykindo]

Wow, that case is friggin sweet! I've never seen anything like that, it would make a great HTPC

 

[Odeen]

In a tower case, convection (warm air rising in colder air) helps you slightly. You intake the coldest air in the room off the floor, then exhaust the hottest air in the case via the high-mounted rear case fan(s) and PSU fan.

A desktop case breathes in warmer air, since it sits higher off the floor (on your desk), and can be warmed by the monitor heat emissions. Since the airflow in and airflow out is on the same vertical level, you get no convection bonus.