Cooler Master Elite 342 or 343 ?

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DeathValley

DeathValley

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Hi all!
I do know that this question has been asked a lot of times on other forum but yet I still can not make up my mind witch one of these two will it be.
As you can see, those are budget mini tower (as I do not dispose of much space) but yet I intend to set a good processor and a good graphic card (witch also are budget) in it and I chose these two on my list because they're some of the rare mini cases that includes the possibility of a front fan. (witch I trust is useful for cooling up during intensive usage)

The reason for the hold is that some review said that there were a lot of sharp edges in the newest elite 343, all thought my question is : in what way does it matter if you're careful enough not to cut yourself while building the lot ? Is there a difference of air flow in one of them (I'm planning to add two extra fans for optimum cooling) ? If the difference is small enough I thing I'd go for the 343 since it's more "cute".

Elite 342

Elite 343

Thank you very much for taking the time to read and, of course, any advice is welcome !
 
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Is there a specific reason you want those cases? Is it cuz of where you live? If not then I'd look for something else. I had a Cooler Master Elite 431 plus and it was on the hot side. There was a front fan but it was horrible and I had to buy a real fan. To improve case cooling I added a bottom fan to pull in outside air. (floor is tile not carpet)

I don't like those cases cuz PSU is on top. It's better on bottom cuz the hot air should go out the top. And the PSU on top makes your case top heavy..more prone to falling over. Also, those cases don't have any room behind the mobo for cables. As a result you'll have a mess of cables in your case which blocks airflow again.

It's a micro-ATX build so it's good if you must have a small...
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Errh ok well what exactly do you mean by horrible ? Does it make the pc crash ? Could you give me an estimation of the temperature ? If it really so bad with three (or more) fans ?

Thanks for the reply in any case.

ADD : Did your mini tower have a front cooler ? (I'm planning to put one at the front, one at the rear and two on the right side of the case.
 
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Is there a specific reason you want those cases? Is it cuz of where you live? If not then I'd look for something else. I had a Cooler Master Elite 431 plus and it was on the hot side. There was a front fan but it was horrible and I had to buy a real fan. To improve case cooling I added a bottom fan to pull in outside air. (floor is tile not carpet)

I don't like those cases cuz PSU is on top. It's better on bottom cuz the hot air should go out the top. And the PSU on top makes your case top heavy..more prone to falling over. Also, those cases don't have any room behind the mobo for cables. As a result you'll have a mess of cables in your case which blocks airflow again.

It's a micro-ATX build so it's good if you must have a small case otherwise airflow is much better with a mid size case. Micro cases are hotter and mid towers have more room for extra fans.

What is the purpose of this build?
 
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The reason is indeed for where I live, it's not a small place at all but it's because of all the furniture I have in, there's barley any room left for a chair.
But to get a little realistic, perhaps you're right : a mid-tower is not that much bigger.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
 
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