Pics of my new CoolView case!

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:09 pm

First off, I'd like to thank AeroCool and Legit Reviews for the CoolView case that I won in the April forum contest.

So, here are the pics you've all been waiting for!

The box that the case arrived in:

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The case is out of the box:

Here, I'm comparing my old and new cases:

Here's my messy work area:

I'm almost done:

It's turned on!:

Here's the final setup:

Another view of the final setup:

I took more pics, so you can see them all here.

Comments are welcome!

Edit: fixed BBCode

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:00 pm

kick ass!

The LCD's purple setting looks pretty nifty... that case looks really deep! Is it?

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:40 pm

that thing is pretty sweet. i kinda like how it has everything mounted backwards.

werty316 · Post by **werty316** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:44 pm

Damn that case looks sweet. I like the fact that everything is upside down.

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:28 am

Yeah it is deep, esp. for a mid tower. The problem I ran into with everything being upside down is I had to run the 20-pin mobo power cable through a hole in front of the HDD. Otherwise it couldn't reach the mobo, so I have to unplug that everytime I want to get out the HDD. Other than that this is a GREAT case. It's quieter with 4 fans (1x120mm, and 3x80mm) than my other case with 2 fans. (2x80mm)

It's awesome!

KnightRid · Post by **KnightRid** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:58 am

VERY nice! Is it good at cooling? cable management? making breakfast?

Mike

Looks a bit big for your area - let me take that off your hands...

stev · Post by **stev** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:30 am

9 or more bays!

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:18 am

KnightRid wrote:VERY nice! Is it good at cooling? cable management? making breakfast?

Mike

Looks a bit big for your area - let me take that off your hands...

Yeah it is a little big... but I think I'll keep it!

stev wrote:9 or more bays!

10 to be exact. Now maybe I can put a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS in!

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:04 pm

What's that thing on top of the case? That a card reader?

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:03 pm

Yes, that's a card reader plugged into the USB ports on the top.

I took a pic of the case in the dark...

ArkiteXJ · Post by **ArkiteXJ** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:20 pm

It looks really cool in the Dark with the red and blue

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:03 pm

ArkiteXJ wrote:It looks really cool in the Dark with the red and blue

Yeah! It looks cool with both of them blue too.

ArkiteXJ · Post by **ArkiteXJ** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:53 pm

pcrobot wrote:
ArkiteXJ wrote:It looks really cool in the Dark with the red and blue
Yeah! It looks cool with both of them blue too.

I didn't know that it changed colors. That's sweet!

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:51 pm

ArkiteXJ wrote:
pcrobot wrote:
ArkiteXJ wrote:It looks really cool in the Dark with the red and blue
Yeah! It looks cool with both of them blue too.

I didn't know that it changed colors. That's sweet!

Yeah, it has red, blue and purple. I can control it via software.

Zenphic · Post by **Zenphic** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:42 pm

Booo stock AMD CPU cooler

Heheh your system is still great nonethless

I didn't know Aerocool made such cool cases. I probably thought Aerocool cases were strange because of the image of their case with the huge side fan was still printed in my mind... Cool system, very bright LEDS, hope that they aren't too blinding

What are your temps?

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:56 am

Zenphic wrote:Booo stock AMD CPU cooler Heheh your system is still great nonethless

Yeah, I eventually want to get a Zalman...

Zenphic wrote:I didn't know Aerocool made such cool cases. I probably thought Aerocool cases were strange because of the image of their case with the huge side fan was still printed in my mind... Cool system, very bright LEDS, hope that they aren't too blinding

The light is not bad... the nice thing is the silence!

Zenphic wrote:What are your temps?

My idle temps are about 34'-35'C and that's with folding running at 33%.

Zenphic · Post by **Zenphic** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:03 am

pcrobot wrote:The light is not bad... the nice thing is the silence!

lol I can imagine, the panels of the case looks pretty thick

By the way, the front door looks really big and squary. Would you have prefered if if was maybe a bit smaller?

pcrobot wrote:My idle temps are about 34'-35'C and that's with folding running at 33%.

Nice! And that's without any overclocking? If so, wonderful. Push that baby up a bit!

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:41 am

Zenphic wrote:lol I can imagine, the panels of the case looks pretty thick
By the way, the front door looks really big and squary. Would you have prefered if if was maybe a bit smaller?

No, I like it actually. I like big cases!

Zenphic wrote:Nice! And that's without any overclocking? If so, wonderful. Push that baby up a bit!

Yeah, no OCing. I turned folding up a little more...

stev · Post by **stev** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:43 am

pcrobot wrote:
Zenphic wrote:Nice! And that's without any overclocking? If so, wonderful. Push that baby up a bit!
Yeah, no OCing. I turned folding up a little more...

With the AMD 3200+ Venice, you can do a nice mild OC using the OEM AMD heat-sink.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:26 am

high 5 for cases that open on the right.