Nez: Computer Case

MOOOOK. MOOOOOOOOOOOK.

I need you



Cooler Master 830evo you showed me gets bad reviews. So I moved on to look at Antec, and their 1200 full tower. However, the side fan on that black beast would rub up against my GTX280s, assuming I put two (of course I'll put two). So I kept looking around, and somehow I got into the territory of water cooled. And that's bad.

Baby, help me out, I'm lost in an ocean I just want a full tower spectacle, just a monolith of a computer, that'll fit everything I want.

I love my Stacker, but whatever.
I'll look for a different case for ya right now.

If you want a really good quality case, and don't mind spending extra money, then these are good choices
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112159
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112160

For less money there's these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133068
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119138
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119150

Those are all good quality full tower cases, ans they should fit what you need. Let me know which one you pick first though and I'll help you do a bit more research on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112159

I'm looking at that one very seriously. However, it seems it would require an LCS cooling system: I'm very, very concerned about cooling on my rig. Would I need one? And if so, I'm assuming buy a Thermaltake liquid cooling, yea?



Oh, and the big issue I saw with the Evo830 wasn't that it wasn't a solid case or anything, but that the fans died often, collected way too much dust for too few fans, and the air didn't reach the metaphorical corners of the inside. I mean, it's not a TERRIBLE thing for most rigs, but dude, the parts I'm buying, they're wonderful. So wonderful, in fact, that they heat up like an exploding star.

Heat will be a HUGE issue. :/

I wouldn't touch liquid cooling just because I would be too scared of it leaking on my parts and frying my system, but that's just me, if you want liquid cooling and you're comfortable installing it yourself then go for it. I don't think that Lian-Li case "needs" liquid cooling, I think several fans would be just fine, get high quality fans and a high quality CPU cooler and your parts should be fine on air cooling, but if you really want to use liquid cooling and you're not scared you'll mess anything up then do it.

I just read about the case on the website, it has 3 140mm fans in the front, one 140mm fan on the top, and one 120mm fan in the back, if you get a good quality CPU cooler then you should be fine with cooling, you could also probably get after market coolers for the graphics cards if you're that concerned.

Hey Nez you want to spend some more money and get these for me!?
http://www.astrogaming.com/products/detail/3/A40_Audio_System/

Haha JK, I'm getting them for my birthday though I can't wait!

Alright, it's between the Lian Li PCP80, the Thermaltake Armor+, and the Antec 1200 (I can't let go of it, the air cooling is PHENOMENAL).


I'll decide later. Headphones baby, buy Icemat Siberias ;D

Naw, I'm pretty much set on getting those headphones, they're really expensive but all the reviews say they're worth the price so that's good enough for me

Decided on the Lian Li. Care to help me find a decent water cooling system that won't leak?

Well, I have no experience on water cooling but I'll help you research some stuff and find something good for you.

And you're getting the P80 or the P60? I'm not sure if it matters but it would be nice to know.

P80, without a doubt. P60 looked sick, but I want to leave room to upgrade. Plus the P80 has room for six harddrives. Like, dude. Six. Harddrives. Sex.

nezitic wrote:

P80, without a doubt. P60 looked sick, but I want to leave room to upgrade. Plus the P80 has room for six harddrives. Like, dude. Six. Harddrives. Sex.

You should get 6 1TB hard drives....just so you can say that you have 6TB of hard drive space, to be cool ya know.

Also, I need you to list all the parts you're getting and which of the parts you're planning to water cool.

Here's a guide you can read too http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a-beginners-guide-for-watercooling-your-pc,1573.html

You should read up on how to install everything and I'll help you find some good parts.

I still need that list, Nez.

1x
LIAN LI PC-P80 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112159

1x
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024

2x
EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130368

1x
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027

2x
mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146785

1x
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260




Only one harddrive. This rig will be gaming. Pure gaming. Nothing else goes on it.

holy crap Nez thats one fucking god of a monalith!

I would kill for a comp like that. Well i am getting one anyway, 1000dolla Alienware.


EDIT: 100Th Post yippee

Which parts do you want to water cool?

You can do the CPU, GPU, Mobo chipset, and the ram and hard drive, the main ones are the CPU, GPU, and Mobo though.

Btw Enger, if you build your own PC you can get a much better one for $1000 compared to Alienware.

Done Deal Mook, wanna fill me in>?

CPU, GPU, and motherboard without a doubt. RAM should be okay with just the air cooling (I plan on both, naturally).

Ok, got it, I'll start looking up stuff now.