Does anyone remember this post? Well it took me this long to get round to buying a new case! Well its mostly my parents fault because they wouldn't let me touch the case till after its year warranty had ended (strange I know) but this ended in may and I'd forgotten. But a hard drive corruption brought it back to my attention
fortunately we got all our data back (had to pay someone to do it though as we couldn't get windows up). So from then on we ran the PC with the side off and I started looking for a new case.I eventually came across this one. No more heat issues with that case! And it has a nice 120mm fan blowing on the HD's. I didn't want to buy an expensive case as I am wanting to build a PC soon (as I'm sure you already know
). Well it arrived today and I had fun putting all the old stuff in the new case (Its strange putting dusty stuff in a new case!)So here she is (click pics to enlarge):
I especially like the blue LED on black look, might mod the side fan too with some LED's
The amount of room from a mini to a midi is a major improvement, especially with only a mATX board, check it out, before and after (and no i couldn't tidy up the wires):
The only gripes I have with this case are the tackiness of the front CD/DVD drive covers (but it was a cheap case, so i cant really grumble!) and the fan connector for the huge fan on the side
I don't have any 4pin molex connectors left, so I had to modify the wiring and swap round the connector on the end for a pass through. That little box is a variable speed dial, kinda nifty, but doesn't make a huge difference in noise or airflow so i have it on minimum.
Of course i put a new sticker on the side of the case, so its going to perform faster now. If you don't believe me, here's my best 3DMark06 before and after:
That lil OC took me upto spot number 4 for my card on ORB
And you know that faster overclock was purely down to the sticker on the side, not the fans.
Dan
just kidding ya, setup looks real nice!
yeah. Desperate times called for desparate measures.
