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- Feb 25, 2004
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- Manchester, England
I have just ordered a new case, after being unsatisfied with my cheapo current case. I ordered the Chieftec BX-01 Extreme Black from Ebuyer here in the UK for £19.99, they've currently got a sale on on all their Chieftec cases starting from £12.99 if anyone in the UK is interested. I'm glad i waited a week before ordering
Heres a couple of pics of the BX. Mines exactly the same other than its all black and has a different(better imo) design on the removable front door grills:
http://www.raptor-mods.co.uk/index.php?review&id=38&page=4
http://www.overclockers.com/articles998/
http://www.overclockers.com/articles998/index02.asp
Anyway, i'm trying to work out what will be the best setup for this case. I currently have 3 Smartfan II's and this, which was on the old HS that came with my system, the CF-12825HB:
http://www.colorful-deli.com.tw/e/l.htm
Which according to that gives 45CFM at 3100Rpm(it actually hits over 3,300rpm in my system), 31.5dba which sounds pretty decent to me so i'm planning on using it.
I've also ordered a couple of cheap 80mm fans from Ebuyer with the case, they were only 60pence each, and may gut them to use as spacers.
The BX-01 can fit 2x 80mm fans in the front, 2 80mm fans in the back and 2 92mm(one on each side panel) on the sides. What do you think will be the best set up for this? 2 Front Intake, 2 Rear Exhaust? Maybe a 92mm Intake on the side used as a duct from my CPU HS? I think all those fan grills will want cutting out for a start...
I was also thinking that since i'm gonna be removing my motherboard i may as well give it a fresh application of Arctic Silver5 and reseat my HS. Will it be worth it considering its only been a month since i put the last application on?
I appreciate any suggestions, but i'm not planning on cutting a top blow hole in this new case just yet(in case i screw it up ). Thanks.
Heres a couple of pics of the BX. Mines exactly the same other than its all black and has a different(better imo) design on the removable front door grills:
http://www.raptor-mods.co.uk/index.php?review&id=38&page=4
http://www.overclockers.com/articles998/
http://www.overclockers.com/articles998/index02.asp
Anyway, i'm trying to work out what will be the best setup for this case. I currently have 3 Smartfan II's and this, which was on the old HS that came with my system, the CF-12825HB:
http://www.colorful-deli.com.tw/e/l.htm
Which according to that gives 45CFM at 3100Rpm(it actually hits over 3,300rpm in my system), 31.5dba which sounds pretty decent to me so i'm planning on using it.
I've also ordered a couple of cheap 80mm fans from Ebuyer with the case, they were only 60pence each, and may gut them to use as spacers.
The BX-01 can fit 2x 80mm fans in the front, 2 80mm fans in the back and 2 92mm(one on each side panel) on the sides. What do you think will be the best set up for this? 2 Front Intake, 2 Rear Exhaust? Maybe a 92mm Intake on the side used as a duct from my CPU HS? I think all those fan grills will want cutting out for a start...
I was also thinking that since i'm gonna be removing my motherboard i may as well give it a fresh application of Arctic Silver5 and reseat my HS. Will it be worth it considering its only been a month since i put the last application on?
I appreciate any suggestions, but i'm not planning on cutting a top blow hole in this new case just yet(in case i screw it up ). Thanks.