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Wyglif wrote:Wait for the 600T special edition with side fan mount. I was going to get that but found a phantom on sale at Fry's
riviera74 wrote:Wyglif wrote:Wait for the 600T special edition with side fan mount. I was going to get that but found a phantom on sale at Fry's
Intriguing. Any specs on that, other than the side-mounted fan?
UltimateImperative wrote:I just moved my computer from a p183 into a ft02b, and it's unfortunately a little bit noisier, with 2x6950, a Seasonic M12D and a Thermalright Silver arrow, bottom fans on low and top fan uncontrolled. The cable management is much easier on the FT02, though.
UltimateImperative wrote:It a good bit louder at idle. I think it's mostly the 120 mm exhaust fan at the top and the two 140 mm fans on my CPU; when on low, the 180 mm fans at the bottom are pretty quiet. The biggest problem, I think, is that now the exhausts are closer to my ears, because they are at the top of the case instead of at the back. The hard drive vibration insulation is also not as good as on the P183 or the Sonata (thin rubber vs. thick silicone), and it's noticeable. OTOH, it doesn't get as loud when I game, and I get 77 degrees C maximum when I run the Heaven benchmark.
Sunburn74 wrote:You should also consider the corsair 650D
http://www.corsair.com/cases/obsidian-s ... -650d.html
@ultimateimperative
The noise for me comes from the top 140mm fan which runs at full speed all the time because its a 3pin fan and my mobo can't control 3 pin fans. I just bought a $7 pci backplate fan controller and plan on using that to control the 140mm fan. With the design of the ft02 with the pci backplates being on top, its actually the perfect solution. The 3 180mm fans on low settings are darn near silent. If I disconnect that 140mm fan, I can't tell when my pc is on or off from >0.5m away.
The noise for me comes from the top 140mm fan which runs at full speed all the time because its a 3pin fan and my mobo can't control 3 pin fans.
Airmantharp wrote:I've been looking around for less expensive alternatives to the FT-02, but it just does so much right. Any other case I'd have to replace all of the fans, and on many I'd have to add fan filters and break out a Dremel to increase cable routing options. I'm not opposed to this, but the Fortress is good as is!
UltimateImperative wrote:Airmantharp wrote:I've been looking around for less expensive alternatives to the FT-02, but it just does so much right. Any other case I'd have to replace all of the fans, and on many I'd have to add fan filters and break out a Dremel to increase cable routing options. I'm not opposed to this, but the Fortress is good as is!
Have you looked at the Raven RV-02? As I understand it, it's basically an FT-02 with plastic bits instead of aluminium, and it's a good bit cheaper. I'm not in love with the look though. Edit: Oh, and by "RV-02" I mean "RV-02-E, with the 5 3.5" bays and the air penetrator fans, not the original RV-02.
UltimateImperative wrote:And what about the Fractal Design stuff? Too P180ish for your taste?
JustAnEngineer wrote:Besides the 4-pin PWM fan connector for your CPU, Your new Asus P67 motherboard has two 4-pin PWM chassis fan headers with temperature-based speed control in the EFI BIOS. I therefore suggest shopping for PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) fans.
I use this one: http://www.coolerguys.com/840556093206.html
Here's one similar to the fan that you had selected: http://www.directron.com/ty140.html?gsear=1
riviera74 wrote:
UltimateImperative wrote:Airmantharp wrote:I've been looking around for less expensive alternatives to the FT-02, but it just does so much right. Any other case I'd have to replace all of the fans, and on many I'd have to add fan filters and break out a Dremel to increase cable routing options. I'm not opposed to this, but the Fortress is good as is!
Have you looked at the Raven RV-02? As I understand it, it's basically an FT-02 with plastic bits instead of aluminium, and it's a good bit cheaper. I'm not in love with the look though. Edit: Oh, and by "RV-02" I mean "RV-02-E, with the 5 3.5" bays and the air penetrator fans, not the original RV-02.
riviera74 wrote:
anotherengineer wrote:riviera74 wrote:
I think you want a lian-li PC-7fn(wx) (w=window & x=black interior)
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/pr ... dex=62&g=f
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
drsauced wrote:Newegg has the new 600T SE on sale, just no purdy pictures yet:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005&cm_re=corsair_600t-_-11-139-005-_-Product