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I am looking for a new PC case, as mine is too loud, and too messy, and has hardly any dust filters, which makes cleaning difficult. I am looking at "Phanteks Enthoo Luxe", mainly because of looks and cable management and other easy access solutions. But I've heard that noise levels are not very low. Because of that I've found "Be Silent! 800" case. which is made to be quiet, and tests show that is is, but people are complaining about cable management etc. Also it looks worse and

Is there any case that shares features of both these cases? Or at least a compromise between them? Any help would be appreciated.
 
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no i'd say go phanteks http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-ATX.html

If you're going for that aesthetic of a sleeker designed case with hidden vents. Plus phantkes will always give you a plus on fans' and extra goodies they always go for utility before aesthetics and it's a recent case on top of that.

Plus you get three premium fans out the box sp's on top of that. If you want a good case with quality tech parts pre packaged i'm more inclined on phanteks. But again, just a personal preference whatever you feel is the best fit aesthetically/functionally is yours to make. You really can't go wrong with either.
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What will you put in the case? Also i recommend looking into corsairs af120 quiet's. Personally speaking phanteks makes some pretty quality cases, they usually have a good inch or two for cable management, and come with some nice extra's like a fan bus, you really can't go wrong with phanteks. That said, the fractal design r5 is also a good case, but i'm more inclined to believe you'd want to go with a closed or open loop water cooling setup if you want it to be quiet.

Really if you go open or closed loop water cooling you can make just about any case silent.
 
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Tests here show that Fractal S is worse in every way, than Be Quiet case, R5 would be a bit better, probably, but not by much.



Not really interested in investing for water cooling, don't want to mess with it just yet, I mostly game with headphones, but I am looking for a more quiet and easy to clean case for low Idle noise. Water cooling would be a good solution, but it won't be enough, as the noisiest component in my PC is PSU, which will raise hell even with water cooling, I should probably buy a new one, It was dumb of me to save money on PSU, when purchasing my PC.

For now I'll just buy a new case, see if that does the trick, cause right now I have a cheap Cooler Master case, with bad dust filtering, and rather many holes, not too much, but still.

Any good comparison sites for noise/temps in cases?
 
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If you're going to be like that why the hell ask for suggestions?

I've personally run with an R3 for a long time, and it's dead silent except when I'm actually using it for game (and even then nowhere near as loud as my AC unit). I'll suggest you the R5 again, and you can take it into account or ignore it, but no more of those useless attacks.
 
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to attack your suggestion, and I appreciate You for mentioning the case, and your experiences with it, I really do.
I probably wouldn't have found the review if you hadn't mentioned the cases.

It's hard for me to even find what to look for, there are so many different cases, and giving me keywords, names of great cases brings me closer to finding the one for me.
And opinions of not just random people reviewing their first ever gaming case or Amazon, but people like You, using Tech forums, people who have probably went through a certain amount of sh*t and good products are very useful to me.
 
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in before the coolkids:

Corsair 600C, has room for cable management and a beautiful looking case. As much as I hate Corsair's customer service I love this case as well as the 760T.


Side note: At this price point most cases will be great as proven by the Corsair and the Phanteks' case.

I personally find Phanteks offer the bang for the buck department where you get a clean good looking case with alot of features that other cases in the same bracket wouldn't provide.

Fractal offer simplicity and just a great case

Corsair offer aesthetic design, a reputable brand and tend to not be so competitive on price with a few exceptions.
 
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Can this guy be like user of the month or something?
 
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Yeah for that price point, you really can't find anything better then phanteks in terms of utility and aesthetics. I mean, unless you wanna go to http://www.caselabs-store.com/

Drop half a grand for your dream case, i'd go phanteks.
You don't need to do water cooling to have a quiet case.

It's mostly how you manage heat distribution then anything, if you have enough fans you can run them on low rpm's, but to have more fan's you're gonna have to have more area's open to vent the hot air.

Meaning if you have an already noisy part, then you're gonna have a bad time. What kind of psu do you have by the way?
 
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Case labs, eh. I like the idea and I've heard they're top quality but im not a fan personally.

Thermaltake level 10 aluminium edition, kek?

My dream case isn't the 900D I use, infact I hate it.

I'd much rather have a Corsair 760T or an NZXT N450 Noctis even... Cases depend on things you put in them and as much as I love my PC the 900D is a stupid idea for me and I think I must've been on drugs when buying it...
 
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I really like the look of Corsair 600C, the window especially with hinges, for easy opening. The cooling is better than Be Quiet case, although not as good as Phanteks Luxe. But it's more quiet, which is actually a compromise between them, and it already accommodates fudgecakes99 suggestion about corsair cooling fans :D, kinda, they're 140mm instead of 120mm with variable rpm.

The inverted setup is quite weird, I hope that it won't make me run into some problems. One problem I would have already is that my ethernet cable is short, it reaches to my PC only when it's on the Right side, but I have a back-up cable, in the same position, hopefully it still works. Should better test it soon.

Perhaps do you know of any issues I might run into with this case?
 
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Yeah the first case that i saw that i wanted to for my current build was that i remember seeing it 2-3 years back and thinking how cool it'd be, plus that whole headphone rest thing attachment.

But then i saw that nzxt 820 and i thought that'd be great the whole psuedo alien ware aesthetic, only to realize if i wanted to make a water cooled case my choices would be limited to nzxt closed loop gear/ strange dimension radiators.

Which led me to my third choice which i almost got too the 900D. Stupidly huge amount of room for water cooling, and that side skirt for putting fans, which really sold it for me. Only to realize i blew all my money on parts, and that the Enthoo primo had all the room of the 900D and then some, for radiators, plus more fan's/fan hub/ and cheaper.
 
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Please don't judge me on the PSU, I must have been on drugs as well, when choosing it. Although I know why I picked it, it's because at the time I thought that PSU makes almost zero difference, you just need enough wattage, and you can have modular cables if you pay more. It was 3-4 years ago, and I was building my first own built PC, not knowing too much about them, oh I was doing A LOT of research, but clearly not enough. It's Cooler Master GX750 bronze, and I think I am barely using 500Watts with my system.

rest of the Specs:
CPU : Intel i5 3570K
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
Memory : Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB CL8 Kit of 2 (X2) (1600MHz)
Graphics Card : Nvidia Gigabyte GTX 770 OC 2GB
1xSSD,2xHDD
 
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Anyone wanna buy a 900D off me lol?

Disorientated cases are fine. Just it all looks a bit different and the window is on the other side which I think is better anyways.

Tbh i'm more into my motorbike than my PC at the moment but I don't need any changes on my PC, it works all fine.

The Phanteks looks like a pretty good deal then eh?

Check out the Alienware Area 51 if you're worried about upside down rigs. The Area 51 goes to an orientation I think would cause fan bearings to die out faster but apparently lasts just like normal so I can assure you that it'll be fine. Silverstone have been doing funky orientations for ages
 
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XFX are also seasonic so check them out :)
 
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Can we get back on track with PC Case? I am thinking the Corsair 600C might be what I want, any other or better options?

And on the PSU - What about EVGA 550W SuperNova G2, but for PSU I think I will upgrade when new Nvidia GPU's come out, and then decide what wattage I will need, but most likely it will go down, rather than up, but still, better safe than sorry.

EDIT: Also, an extra question - should I change the CPU thermal paste when switching to a new case? I have a Evo 212 for cooling, might be a bit difficult... although not, but anyway, should I?
 
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http://www.silentpcreview.com/Corsair_Carbide_600Q <-- if you are feeling more adventurous

I would highly suggest cases that these guys have reviewed and liked, they are very into quiet cases.

The 550W G2 is good, but 650W might be better. Higher wattage means the PSU keeps fans at idle longer.
 
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no i'd say go phanteks http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Evolv-ATX.html

If you're going for that aesthetic of a sleeker designed case with hidden vents. Plus phantkes will always give you a plus on fans' and extra goodies they always go for utility before aesthetics and it's a recent case on top of that.

Plus you get three premium fans out the box sp's on top of that. If you want a good case with quality tech parts pre packaged i'm more inclined on phanteks. But again, just a personal preference whatever you feel is the best fit aesthetically/functionally is yours to make. You really can't go wrong with either.
 
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Damn, the Phanteks Evolv seems a lot better option, although I really liked the side panel of 600C. Evolv seems to have better GPU cooling, and lower noise level than 600C (But it's the Q version in this review, which means that C would be louder).

[strike]A Con for this case is +30€ price and it doesn't have DVD bay's, I have a DVD/RW bay, which I rarely use, I've written 2DVD's/CD's and used for reading about 10+/- (So I'm not sure that this is a big con)

So I will end up paying about 280€ for Case and PSU, is it worth that price? Probably is over 600C, but what about overall? Ideas? What should I do? :([/strike]

[strike]Also if this site - http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator says that I need 532W PSU, will 550W PSU be enough?[/strike]
I'm taking in account what basroil said about more Wattage PSU = less noise in idle. So I'm thinking of getting EVGA 750W SuperNova G2, which costs only 10€ more :D

I think that I'm kinda ready to go for it, just gonna be awaiting confirmation from some of You guys, that everything should checks out, with PSU and the Case. The total I will be paying is 270€ + about 5€ for delivery.
 
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well in that case i have no idea what the case prices in europe would be, really you can't go wrong with any of the cases you mentioned just try to see what fits your budget and make sure you have enough for a new psu is all i can say.
 
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Pun intended?
 
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Total INLUDING Phanteks Evolv + EVGA 750W G2 PSU + Arctic MX-4 = 281€
So it is done, will post results after I get it, said to be delivered in a week or so.

That case, although from what I read is effective noise [strike]cancellation[/strike] isolation failed to perform better in both temperatures and noise compared to Phanteks Enthoo Primo, according to Overclockers.com, which (Primo) has a bit worse cooling than Phanteks Evolv ATX according to HardOCP.com. I'm starting to think that the results for Nanoxia DS5 are not entirely correct, or something, but it was the same CPU.
It's quite hard to find a site to compare cases, and rarely any site reviews actual noise for the cases.
 
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