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I expect that the choice of a case affects the efficiency of cooling.
At this time, I've narrowed the choice of cases to the following three:
Antec Sonata: 2 fan mounts, 120mm fans, 1 fan included.
Antec P160: 2 fan mounts, 120mm fans, 1 fan included,
Antec Plus1080AMG: 5 fan mounts, 80mm fans, 3 fans included,
The P160 and 1080 have 10 drive bays, Sonata has 9 drive bays.
All 3 have 2 external and 4 internal 3.5 inch drive bays.
The P160 and 1080 have 4 external 5.25 inch drive bays.
The Sonata has 3 external 5.25 inch drive bays.
In the short term, I would plan on have 2 optical drives, a floppy drive and
1 or 2 hard drives.
If memory needs to be installed in pairs, I'd start with 2GB.
Likely get one of the newer Intel mobos to get SATA, NCQ and PCI Express
Express.
Which of the three cases would be recommended?
Should I install ALL optional fans?
--
http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
I expect that the choice of a case affects the efficiency of cooling.
At this time, I've narrowed the choice of cases to the following three:
Antec Sonata: 2 fan mounts, 120mm fans, 1 fan included.
Antec P160: 2 fan mounts, 120mm fans, 1 fan included,
Antec Plus1080AMG: 5 fan mounts, 80mm fans, 3 fans included,
The P160 and 1080 have 10 drive bays, Sonata has 9 drive bays.
All 3 have 2 external and 4 internal 3.5 inch drive bays.
The P160 and 1080 have 4 external 5.25 inch drive bays.
The Sonata has 3 external 5.25 inch drive bays.
In the short term, I would plan on have 2 optical drives, a floppy drive and
1 or 2 hard drives.
If memory needs to be installed in pairs, I'd start with 2GB.
Likely get one of the newer Intel mobos to get SATA, NCQ and PCI Express
Express.
Which of the three cases would be recommended?
Should I install ALL optional fans?
--
http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.