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mikeymike wrote:It's a standard ATX, isn't it? The PSU being at the bottom confused me into thinking it was BTX for a while.
How many actual fans are in the case when I buy it?
On another thread the quality of their fans was called into question, should I think of replacing it/them?
The Coolermaster Elite 330 has a 12cm chassis fan that comes with the case, and when it it plugged in to an Asus board with fan management, it spins as low as about 600rpm. If the fan(s) in this case are reasonably-decent quality, will they do the same?
The Green Fairy wrote:There's actually two versions of the Three Hundred. The regular one comes with the rear 120 and the top 140 exhaust fans (and you can add the two front intake fans yourself). For $10 more, the "Illusion" version includes two blue LED 120 intake fans.mikeymike wrote:Four total: Two in the front, one on the top, and one in the back. There's also a slot for a fifth on the side of the case if you wanted extra cooling.How many actual fans are in the case when I buy it?
moriz wrote:I disagree. The Radeon HD3870X2 is 10.5" long, and it fits into the Antec Three Hundred case with 5/8" to spare. An 11.0" long graphics card could be squeezed in.i have an antec 300. it's a good case; nice understated looks and fairly easy to work with. however, a 9.5" graphic card is about the largest you can fit into it, and even that takes a bit of fancy cable management. fitting a 10.5" card like the 5870 looks to be almost impossible.
JustAnEngineer wrote:moriz wrote:I disagree. The Radeon HD3870X2 is 10.5" long, and it fits into the Antec Three Hundred case with 5/8" to spare. An 11.0" long graphics card could be squeezed in.i have an antec 300. it's a good case; nice understated looks and fairly easy to work with. however, a 9.5" graphic card is about the largest you can fit into it, and even that takes a bit of fancy cable management. fitting a 10.5" card like the 5870 looks to be almost impossible.
Edit: I just put the measuring tape on it.
mikeymike wrote:Are there any disadvantages of this case?
mikeymike wrote:The case's tradeoffs favor air movement over noise control (which is perfectly acceptable to me for a $50 case). There's no sound dampening material. The two intake fans make it noticeably louder (1000rpm Scythe slipstreams), but your case probably will be cool enough without them anyway.Are there any disadvantages of this case?
mikeymike wrote:I have two of them 8' from my desk running with all the fans full time. The noise is acceptable for my standards, but probably doesn't meet your definition of 'whisper quiet'. If one was 2' away, I'd prefer that the front intake fans spin slower (or be turned off). I'm guessing, but I think that without the front fans they'd still have more air flow than the Sonata. If you care more about noise than air flow, then strongly consider JAE's suggestion. I'm pretty sure some others have said they're running dual GPUs in a Sonata and are still happy with the temperatures.Would you use it for a pretty standard, average modern PC?
JustAnEngineer wrote:For a quiet case, you could spend about the same amount on a Sonata III.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Newegg frequently has the Sonata III with power supply for the about the same delivered price as the Three Hundred with power supply. Of course, they also offer the Three Hundred without a power supply, too. I picked up an EA-430D with the one that I recently ordered because of Newegg's combination discount, and just to have another spare PSU on-hand.