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Got my new case

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Fallen Phoenix

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Jul 22, 2003
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Odessa Tx
Got my new case and HDD in today, what do you think?
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I'm really impressed as a first time user of Newegg. I ordered it Sunday, it shipped monday morning and was here wednesday morning. Great service and prices, I think they've got a customer for life :D
 
I like it so far, all the edges are rolled but I still managed to stab the back of my thumb on a transistor and got blood on my shirt :( The only downside I see so far is my cooling isn't up to snuff so I think I may need to do some temporary outside the case ducting to get some air to the side fan since it's in kind of an alcove on my desk. I think I'm also going to order a, (technical term here) Big *** Fan. Specifically the Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu that I saw in the review section. If I'm not mistaken, it's the biggest air cooling rig you can get without doing custom stuff. I don't wanna do this half-*** then have to get another heatsink when I upgrade to a 2.5+ ghz P4.
 
I think it is a 60mm, just by looking at it. I was hoping it would be 80 since I've got a friend with several 80mm case fans he's offered me. I think I'm going to put a grill in the top and a fan to exhaust warm air and maybe one on the lower front side to suck in cool air since I don't see any openings on the front for intakes. Blackhabit, what are the grills for that are in front of the 3.5 bays? They look like you can mount 4 80mm fans there but there's no place for air to get in that I can see. The USB on the front is cool, I just found it.

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Cool flip down cover.
 
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