How many times have you gone out looking for a new case for your computer, only to find that all of the cool looking cases are way out of your budget range? Yep... just about every time you go, am I right? I have always thought to myself, "Why can't someone make a case that has all of the looks and the features I want, and not charge me a fortune for it?" Or, better yet, remove some of the features of the case that have been grossly overdone and sell it to me for a reasonable price. Do I really need you to include twelve case fans when I really only need two? Let's be real, I want a computer case that can keep my system at a reasonable operating temperature, not a freaking jet engine where I have to scream over the fans to talk to my family.
A friend's folding rig, he says the fan controller keeps all the fans on low and quiet:
parts
- NZXT Beta Evo chassis
- Power Supply, Cooler Master Real Power ESA 1000W (RSA00-EFAMA3-US)
- Motherboard, EVGA X58 SLI LE (141-BL-E757-TR)
- CPU. Intel Core i7 Quad-Core 975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz (BX80601975)
- CPU Cooler, Corsair H50 (CWCH50)
- Memory. OCZ Blade Series 6 GB DDR3 PC3-16000 2000 MHz Triple Channel Kit OCZ3B2000LV6GK)
- Memory Cooler. Corsair Dominator Fan (left over from a friend's previous build)
- Storage. Optical. One Installed. LG Blu-Ray writer, HD-DVD Reader, Super Multi (GGW-H20L)
- Storage. Solid State Drive (SSD). Two Installed. Patriot Torqx, 256GB (PFZ256GS25SSDR)
- Storage. Hard Drive. Two Installed. Hitachi Deskstar 2 TB (HD32000)
- Storage. Flash Reader. Atech Flash Technology (AFT) internal card reader. (XM-35U BLACK)
- Graphics Cards. Triple EVGA. All are the GeForce GTX 295 CO-OP Superclocked (017-P3-1296-AR)
- Chassis Fan. Front 120mm (12cm). Cooler Master 120 mm 90CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Rear 120mm (12cm). Cooler Master 120 mm 90CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Side 120mm (12cm). One installed. Cooler Master 120 mm 90 CFM (R4-L2S-122B-GP)
- Chassis Fan. Top 140mm (14cm). Two installed. Masscool ball bearing 140 mm 57.12 CFM (FD14025B1L3/4)
- Fan Controller. 5.25 inch bay, 7 Channel. Sunbeam Chromatic Windmill Black (CW-BK)
Temps on a mild overclock:
Motherboard : 43 C
CPU : 57 C
CPU 1, Core 1 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 2 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 3 : About 68 C
CPU 1, Core 4 : About 68 C
Northbridge : 58 C
GPU 1 : About 63 C
GPU 2 : About 61 C
GPU 3 : About 77 C
GPU 4 : About 66 C
GPU 5 : About 68 C
GPU 6 : About 66 C
pic
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KtW-aPv7OqE/SuKOS ... 120991.JPG
It seems to work exactly as you say!!