Looking for opinions for these two specific cases.
I currently own a Lian PC75B with an existing system on air. While large enough to hold everything I currently own it may get a little cramped for wc.
Which now leaves me at a cross roads. There are small little details in the PC75B that is making me with to stick with it.
Pros of PC75B:
***Pre-cut top panel for about $76 (blackice extreme 3 radiator) Minimal install required*** Major plus
3 x 120 blow holes after the panel install
3x 3.5 inch bays for small regulators and possibly resevoir
Soft Reset button
Traditional MB mount
Con:
Require complete removal all hardware for mods and wc testing
Tight spacing for with WC gear.
Need additional mounts for additional HD's
Pros of V2000
Many internal radiator mounting options for blackice extreme
Very well vented.
Massive rack HD area
Massive case
New case so I can workon it slowly without down time.
Cons:
Inverted MB mount (I read somewhere the new asus boards cannont be reverse mounted bacause of heat disapating pipes)
Some modding needed to mount w/c components.
New case so I can workon it slowly without down time
No reset switch (pretty damm important when XP crashes )
WC system will consist of:
DD Blackice Extreme 3
laing D5 pump
Storm Extreme
Undecided resevior or a simple T-line
One final point of I must make if the cost factor of spending another $76.00 on existing case vs spending $225 on a totally larger case. (I would end up selling the p75B which is not big deal so when you net everything out its not bad for a V2000)
I currently own a Lian PC75B with an existing system on air. While large enough to hold everything I currently own it may get a little cramped for wc.
Which now leaves me at a cross roads. There are small little details in the PC75B that is making me with to stick with it.
Pros of PC75B:
***Pre-cut top panel for about $76 (blackice extreme 3 radiator) Minimal install required*** Major plus
3 x 120 blow holes after the panel install
3x 3.5 inch bays for small regulators and possibly resevoir
Soft Reset button
Traditional MB mount
Con:
Require complete removal all hardware for mods and wc testing
Tight spacing for with WC gear.
Need additional mounts for additional HD's
Pros of V2000
Many internal radiator mounting options for blackice extreme
Very well vented.
Massive rack HD area
Massive case
New case so I can workon it slowly without down time.
Cons:
Inverted MB mount (I read somewhere the new asus boards cannont be reverse mounted bacause of heat disapating pipes)
Some modding needed to mount w/c components.
New case so I can workon it slowly without down time
No reset switch (pretty damm important when XP crashes )
WC system will consist of:
DD Blackice Extreme 3
laing D5 pump
Storm Extreme
Undecided resevior or a simple T-line
One final point of I must make if the cost factor of spending another $76.00 on existing case vs spending $225 on a totally larger case. (I would end up selling the p75B which is not big deal so when you net everything out its not bad for a V2000)