Which case?

[Isaac MM]

Well i can't decide if i pick a Lian Li PC-P80 or a Lian Li A77, they are both amazing cases. I'm gonna stick to air cooling, already bought a TRUE. Which do you think i should get? Also feel free to recommend other cases, any help is really appreciated.

PC-P80 pictures: http://www.lian-li.com.tw/v2/e...=25&ss_index=61&g=spec


A77 pictures: http://www.lian-li.com.tw/v2/e...=25&ss_index=61&g=spec




http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5566/ati4ww1.jpg

So i just found this picture of the PC-P80 with a DVD burner already on it, from what i see it gets in the way of the fan and stops part of the air from coming in? So if i add 2 more drives where i showed that fan will be useless?

 

[Zepper]

L-L is well known for doing many things just because they can - not because they make any particular functional sense. Yet people who should know better continue to buy them. Those fans only make sense if there are racks of HDDs in behind them or just open space so the air can make it back into the case.
. Certainly burners and similar require no cooling air unless you plan on running a dupe shop. Then extra cooling is useful, but you'll have to space the drives out. I guess there is enough redundancy that there will be enough open spaces or HDD racks to allow at least some of the air to make it to the back. Just remove the fans that are too blocked and use them elsewhere or closet them for backups... If they are anything like the ones that came in the RFFT, you'll probably want quieter ones anyway.

.bh.

 

[ROJAS]

I've been using Antec cases for years, And this company will stand by their products in replacement parts.

 

[Zepper]

Yes, Antec is one case company you can depend on for parts - L-L doesn't even have an office in the US. If it wasn't for some resellers like Performance-PCs and a few others, there would be no replacement or repair parts for L-L available here. Evercase is another that backs their cases with parts at their US office. I had luck in getting some repair parts for shipping damage to my Silverstone KL03, but I'm not sure whether that would apply on a regular basis. Unfortunately, very few companies make cases that directly compare to the ones you linked. Perhaps the Antec 1200 or one of the new Tt Armor Plus cases.

Or maybe one from the specialty server resellers like www.servercase.com or www.buildtoorderservers.com

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