any computer geeks in da house?

http://www.digitaldecimation.net/images/16.jpg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129056

I just ordered this for my new build. I am ordering the case ahead of the rest of the components to make sure all of my plans for it a physically possible (IE Heatsink height and cable length).

YAY!

SO HAPPY!

The processor is still in the air, either a Core 2 Duo Q9650 ... or Core i7 940, and both determine the ram and motherboard. We will see. I do know what GFX card I am getting (cuz no one will talk me out of it, and I have been playing with choppy frame rates for far too long to compromise video performance)

nVidia GTX 295 (EVGA)

http://www.digitaldecimation.net/images/295.JPG
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130449

Intresting.

It will run hot. If you use a good liquid cooling system with it you will be fine.

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Originally Posted by Darkice

It will run hot. If you use a good liquid cooling system with it you will be fine.

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How do you figure .. the whole case is open ... with basically a house fan blowing down on everything.

wait .. were you just being a smarty pants?

Nope i red some reviews online about it. Says it runs hot because the fan is not centered right.

you could just keep it out in the open instead of in a cabinet at it would be fine

I don't know anything about the core i7's, but I have always preferred AMD processors to Intel. It just seems like the computers I've had with AMD's have preformed better for longer than those I've had with intels.

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Originally Posted by Darkice

Nope i red some reviews online about it. Says it runs hot because the fan is not centered right.

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CPU temps are not the greatest, but I am not going to use the stock cooler .. though I am limited to something that will fit under the fan. GPU temps are great in the case from what I have seen, and AI am excited about that!

I dunno, I needed something that is easy to take to LANs but will hold the serious equipment I need to be in it. This case looks awesome, and will hold all of my components. What most reviewers hate about the case are the HDD hangers that attach to the side, but that is what has me most excited.

I store a lot of stuff, and the truth is I don't need to carry my Music, and movies, and game updates, and ... everything to the LANs I go to, so when I need to go mobile, I will detach the storage drives, and cary the rest to the LAN.

It will take some time to build with this though, cable management will be hell, but I like doing that sort of thing. I think of it as a challenge, and I love prove my boss wrong when he sees how awesome my wire skillz are.

I am a nerd.

I prefer Lian Li's cases :), but that looks interesting.

Later this year I'll probably be build a new i7 Core computer.

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Originally Posted by dreese88

I don't know anything about the core i7's, but I have always preferred AMD processors to Intel. It just seems like the computers I've had with AMD's have preformed better for longer than those I've had with intels.

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AMD's are crap lately. 3 years ago they were the best, but intel is outdoing them. :/


As for the case, I think it is interesting, but Dust might get really annoying XD
As for cooling, it should cool fine, you can always get a few extra fans. Or have a normal fan blowing across it.