Suggest a Case

SpaceChicken · 03-04-05, 11:20 AM

Hi there I am looking for a new case that I will be taking to lan parties and was hoping for a few suggestions.

My DIY skills are woefull so modding the case is not really an option. I am looking to ideally secure my rad to either a front or rear 120mm blowhole that is already on the case so I won't need to cut any holes(tried before ruined the case

).

Any help would be appreciated.

Jas · 03-04-05, 11:47 AM

Lian-Li v1000 Pricey, but very popular among the water cooling crowd.

Features 120mm front and rear intake. Has room on the bootom of the case that is often used for placing pumps and Rads. Its also pretty big.

Street price I think is about $220

Wicked Klown · 03-04-05, 11:57 AM

You can get the v1000 for $175 or the v1000b for $180. Mysle I like the Lian Li v2000b which can be had for $240. Heres a few pics of a watercooled Lian Li v2000b And don't worry that purple hold down is no longer there need to update the pics.

Jas · 03-04-05, 12:01 PM

Those are good prices!

Ahh, those are without window kits.

Sucka · 03-04-05, 12:04 PM

The Lian Li v2000B is the best case i've ever owned, i highly reccomend it.

SpaceChicken · 03-04-05, 12:05 PM

Hmm... Very pricey. Anything a little cheaper? Around $120 - $160

Jas · 03-04-05, 12:07 PM

silverstone TJ06

I think those go for around $130.

Wicked Klown · 03-04-05, 12:07 PM

15 more and you can get the V1000. Alot of people are using those to build a watercooled rig. For me tho it was too small so I went with the v2000b.

SpaceChicken · 03-04-05, 12:59 PM

Any thoughts on the Akasa Eclipse-62?

Da Whip · 03-04-05, 01:13 PM

Here is a case that is cheaper than both Lian Li or Akaska;
Thermaltake Xaser III Tsunami VA3000, frt and rear 120mm fans.
http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase...sunamimenu.htm

namgorf · 03-04-05, 01:24 PM

One of my favorite cases is this antec case, it's a mid-tower, but has a 120mm intake, and a 120mm exhust. The harddrives slide in backwards, and makes for good cable organizing. I dunno if you would sqeeze a pump in there or not, but, worth a look.

ctrl_alt_del_ · 03-04-05, 02:32 PM

just found the new version of the Lian Li PC7 (favorite case)

PC-7 Plus

120's all over, very light - easy to fit a single 120 rad front OR rear...

only about $115 I think...

PS and it looks great!

lithker · 03-04-05, 02:41 PM

that Lian Li PC-7 looks great but if u want something a little bigger check out the cm stacker clicky

ctrl_alt_del_ · 03-04-05, 02:58 PM

the problem with the stacker is that he might have to mod/hack it to fit his radiator correctly... and he specifically said no mods to the case at all... the PC7 has a removable HD rack on the front section that gives you a huge amount of space to setup the rad - even dual fan + shroud on push/pull if he wants... did I mention its light?=)

SpaceChicken · 03-04-05, 03:11 PM

I've taken what you guys have said on board. However there is one small problem and that is I live in the UK and I have been searching for a pc7+ and can't find one.

Any other suggestions? I did have a TT Tsunami and found that the fans were held in place by housing and when I took the housing off the screw holes didnt line up with the rads.

ctrl_alt_del_ · 03-04-05, 05:34 PM

sorry mate, I tried looking fot the PC-7 plus for you but no luck...

eobard · 03-04-05, 05:59 PM

My case is little more than a skeletal frame, it needed a lot of gutting to H2O it. But this'll have a lot of choices for you to ponder and this will show you what people have done with their own cases. You're bound to find something useful in all of that.

smokenjoe · 03-04-05, 06:10 PM

This case is very popular all you have to do is remove one of the drive cages. For a single 120 or two for a dual 120. Acntec chefteck and many others use the same chassie. The aluminum one is not quite as rigid but much lighter if that is a concern. If you dont want to mod the bigger than better. That new Lan Li sure does look good if they had it out sooner I might have gotten that one looks like a very tough one to beat if you want light weaght.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...125-444&depa=1

-aDaM^ · 03-04-05, 08:13 PM

Lian-Li PC62 is 590mm in Depth .. Prolly longest case, you could mount a BIX-3 uptop.

cliffwork · 03-04-05, 11:40 PM

I just built three rigs, The Aspire @ $109.00 Xoxide.com is lightweight, lots of room for water cooling and execellent quality, plus it looks killer, The Thermaltake Tsunami I built is also very light, but the air flow is execellent, I put a 3.4 Pentinum With a Thermaltake Copper sink (the Big One) on an Asus P5AD2-premuim and its running SOOOOOO cool 29 Idle !, 34 load, with no H20, the only problem, it is kinda tight, the other rig was a Thermaltake Xaser III, Weight a ton , but also has great air flow and it is expensive $159 @ new egg

03-04-05, 11:20 AM	Thread Starter #1
SpaceChicken Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland	Suggest a Case Hi there I am looking for a new case that I will be taking to lan parties and was hoping for a few suggestions. My DIY skills are woefull so modding the case is not really an option. I am looking to ideally secure my rad to either a front or rear 120mm blowhole that is already on the case so I won't need to cut any holes(tried before ruined the case ). Any help would be appreciated.
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03-04-05, 11:47 AM	#2
Jas Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kenosha, WI.	Lian-Li v1000 Pricey, but very popular among the water cooling crowd. Features 120mm front and rear intake. Has room on the bootom of the case that is often used for placing pumps and Rads. Its also pretty big. Street price I think is about $220 __________________ My Rig: <-- LINKY TT Armor Case ::: E6400-L2 Conroe Currently @ 3.6Ghz ::: MSI P6N SLI ::: 2 X 2gb G.Skill PI Black DDR2 6400 EVGA 8800GT @761/1950/1003 1.1v ::: OCZ GameXStream 700 watt PSU Cooling: Swiftech Apogee GT (CPU) and Danger Den Maze 4 (GPU), MCW30 (NB), D4 (Pump), Dual Rads (BIX, '77 Bonny Core) Vista Home Premium 64Bit Oni is a bot!
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03-04-05, 11:57 AM	#3
Wicked Klown Hard Ass Southern Boy Senior Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin	You can get the v1000 for $175 or the v1000b for $180. Mysle I like the Lian Li v2000b which can be had for $240. Heres a few pics of a watercooled Lian Li v2000b And don't worry that purple hold down is no longer there need to update the pics. __________________ Media Server \| Norco RPC-470 \| GIGABYTE GA-890XA-UD3 \| Phenom II X4 925 Deneb \| 8gigs G.SKILL Ripjaws PC3 10666 \| 64gig Crucial M4 \| x2 2TB Samsung F3 \| x2 1TB Samsung F1 \| x1 2TB Samsung F4 \| 500gigs Seagate 7200.10 \| Sapphire HD4830 HDMI \| Corsair 650hx HEAT "Never surrender. You're too much of a hardass to die on everyone." - Voodoo Rufus
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03-04-05, 12:01 PM	#4
Jas Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kenosha, WI.	Those are good prices! Ahh, those are without window kits. __________________ My Rig: <-- LINKY TT Armor Case ::: E6400-L2 Conroe Currently @ 3.6Ghz ::: MSI P6N SLI ::: 2 X 2gb G.Skill PI Black DDR2 6400 EVGA 8800GT @761/1950/1003 1.1v ::: OCZ GameXStream 700 watt PSU Cooling: Swiftech Apogee GT (CPU) and Danger Den Maze 4 (GPU), MCW30 (NB), D4 (Pump), Dual Rads (BIX, '77 Bonny Core) Vista Home Premium 64Bit Oni is a bot!
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03-04-05, 12:04 PM	#5
Sucka Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Denver, CO	The Lian Li v2000B is the best case i've ever owned, i highly reccomend it. __________________ DFI SLI-DR \| Opteron 170 \| 2x512 G.Skill LE \| x1900XTX \| 2x250GB T7K250 RAID 0 \| PCP&C 510 SLI \| X-Fi \| Dell 2007FPW Laptop \| Dell E1405 \| Core Duo 2 Merom T7200 \| 2GB DDR2 \| Intel 950GM \| 120GB HD \| 14.1 in. WXGA+ Truelife \| XP Pro Heatware
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03-04-05, 12:05 PM	Thread Starter #6
SpaceChicken Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland	Hmm... Very pricey. Anything a little cheaper? Around $120 - $160
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03-04-05, 12:07 PM	#7
Jas Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kenosha, WI.	silverstone TJ06 I think those go for around $130. __________________ My Rig: <-- LINKY TT Armor Case ::: E6400-L2 Conroe Currently @ 3.6Ghz ::: MSI P6N SLI ::: 2 X 2gb G.Skill PI Black DDR2 6400 EVGA 8800GT @761/1950/1003 1.1v ::: OCZ GameXStream 700 watt PSU Cooling: Swiftech Apogee GT (CPU) and Danger Den Maze 4 (GPU), MCW30 (NB), D4 (Pump), Dual Rads (BIX, '77 Bonny Core) Vista Home Premium 64Bit Oni is a bot!
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03-04-05, 12:59 PM	Thread Starter #9
SpaceChicken Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland	Any thoughts on the Akasa Eclipse-62?
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03-04-05, 01:13 PM	#10
Da Whip Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sunny Florida, you can keep the midwest!!	Here is a case that is cheaper than both Lian Li or Akaska; Thermaltake Xaser III Tsunami VA3000, frt and rear 120mm fans. http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase...sunamimenu.htm __________________ New System: Asus MA379-T Deluxe bios 602 AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition@ 3.35Ghz Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 64 35C Ambient, 50-60C load 4gig (2x2gig) Kingston Hyper X 1066 Asus Radeon X4870 Black Knight 1gig Lg DVD Burner PC Power & Cooling 750 watt Silencer Thermaltake V9 Black Edition (2x 230mm & 2x 120mm fans) My Heatware
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03-04-05, 01:24 PM	#11
namgorf Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas	One of my favorite cases is this antec case, it's a mid-tower, but has a 120mm intake, and a 120mm exhust. The harddrives slide in backwards, and makes for good cable organizing. I dunno if you would sqeeze a pump in there or not, but, worth a look.
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03-04-05, 02:32 PM	#12
ctrl_alt_del_ Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clermont, Florida	just found the new version of the Lian Li PC7 (favorite case) PC-7 Plus 120's all over, very light - easy to fit a single 120 rad front OR rear... only about $115 I think... PS and it looks great! __________________ i5 2500k @ 4.6GHz ASRock P67 Extreme2 8gb G.Skill PC312800 9-9-9-24 HD6970 @ 900/1425 Crossfire DELL 2407WFP Win 7 Pro 64 Cooler Master ATCS840 Cooler Master 212+ DELL 15Z i5 2640M - 8GB - 525M
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03-04-05, 02:41 PM	#13
lithker Member Join Date: Jun 2004	that Lian Li PC-7 looks great but if u want something a little bigger check out the cm stacker clicky __________________ Abit NF7-S Rev. 2 BIOS MantRays XT CPC on Athlon XP 2500+ 8x 228 1.45v EVGA 6800 GT 425/1.1 AquaXtreme 50Z-DC12, Apogee, fedco 2-342 hc, maze4. ballistix PC4000 2.5-2-2-11 1T at 2.8v Tagan 480w
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03-04-05, 02:58 PM	#14
ctrl_alt_del_ Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clermont, Florida	the problem with the stacker is that he might have to mod/hack it to fit his radiator correctly... and he specifically said no mods to the case at all... the PC7 has a removable HD rack on the front section that gives you a huge amount of space to setup the rad - even dual fan + shroud on push/pull if he wants... did I mention its light?=) __________________ i5 2500k @ 4.6GHz ASRock P67 Extreme2 8gb G.Skill PC312800 9-9-9-24 HD6970 @ 900/1425 Crossfire DELL 2407WFP Win 7 Pro 64 Cooler Master ATCS840 Cooler Master 212+ DELL 15Z i5 2640M - 8GB - 525M
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03-04-05, 03:11 PM	Thread Starter #15
SpaceChicken Registered Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland	I've taken what you guys have said on board. However there is one small problem and that is I live in the UK and I have been searching for a pc7+ and can't find one. Any other suggestions? I did have a TT Tsunami and found that the fans were held in place by housing and when I took the housing off the screw holes didnt line up with the rads. Last edited by SpaceChicken; 03-04-05 at 03:52 PM.
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03-04-05, 05:34 PM	#16
ctrl_alt_del_ Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clermont, Florida	sorry mate, I tried looking fot the PC-7 plus for you but no luck... __________________ i5 2500k @ 4.6GHz ASRock P67 Extreme2 8gb G.Skill PC312800 9-9-9-24 HD6970 @ 900/1425 Crossfire DELL 2407WFP Win 7 Pro 64 Cooler Master ATCS840 Cooler Master 212+ DELL 15Z i5 2640M - 8GB - 525M
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03-04-05, 05:59 PM	#17
eobard Give me a break Senior Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada	My case is little more than a skeletal frame, it needed a lot of gutting to H2O it. But this'll have a lot of choices for you to ponder and this will show you what people have done with their own cases. You're bound to find something useful in all of that. __________________ Thank you Baby. I love you.
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03-04-05, 06:10 PM	#18
smokenjoe Member Join Date: Nov 2004	This case is very popular all you have to do is remove one of the drive cages. For a single 120 or two for a dual 120. Acntec chefteck and many others use the same chassie. The aluminum one is not quite as rigid but much lighter if that is a concern. If you dont want to mod the bigger than better. That new Lan Li sure does look good if they had it out sooner I might have gotten that one looks like a very tough one to beat if you want light weaght. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...125-444&depa=1
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03-04-05, 08:13 PM	#19
-aDaM^ Disabled Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: CaNaDa	Lian-Li PC62 is 590mm in Depth .. Prolly longest case, you could mount a BIX-3 uptop.
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03-04-05, 11:40 PM	#20
cliffwork Registered Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida	I just built three rigs, The Aspire @ $109.00 Xoxide.com is lightweight, lots of room for water cooling and execellent quality, plus it looks killer, The Thermaltake Tsunami I built is also very light, but the air flow is execellent, I put a 3.4 Pentinum With a Thermaltake Copper sink (the Big One) on an Asus P5AD2-premuim and its running SOOOOOO cool 29 Idle !, 34 load, with no H20, the only problem, it is kinda tight, the other rig was a Thermaltake Xaser III, Weight a ton , but also has great air flow and it is expensive $159 @ new egg
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