- Aug 24, 2006
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Even'n folks.
It's been several years since I've had to do any 'huge' upgrades, or even had the funds to think about it, but now thanks to a bit of windfall and the advent of the PCI Express stuff, I find myself setting out to build an entire system from scratch, rather than reusing anything from the old system. That and my roommate so desperately needs an upgrade, he gets my old piece.
Anyhow. There's been one thing over everything else that qualifies as the bane of my computing existance, the basic core cause of troubles over the last dozen years more than anything else (Beyond, perhaps, stuff simply getting more powerful faster than I can afford to upgrade.. ^_^)...
And that's heating'n'cooling issues. And while I can hunt down decent seeming fans (Like Silverstone's rather potent looking ones), good cooling solutions for the graphics card, and the like.. One of the basic things that'll trip me up is a poorly designed case. Since usually I've had to operate on donated parts, that's not often a spot I have a choice on, but this time around...
So after spending three weeks picking over designs on various sites (mostly newegg, thanks to the plethora of helpful pictures on most every case), I'm still stumped on what'd be the best overall, and now I'm looking for outside help.
The criteria in this case would be ATX motherboard fitting, only needs to really hold two 3.5" drives and a 5.25", and cost $50 or less. The less is highly preferable.
I do -not- need pretty lights, pretty cases, pretty colors, or any of that rot. I do need something that promotes an amazingly good airflow to keep most everything well cooled. I don't have the luxury of AC in my home, and the days tend to get pretty toasty.. so fresh and less heated air has to go smoothly through the machine, or I end up with problems. And I'm sick of having to open the case, laying large window fans along it.
So far, things like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811124074
ENERMAX CS-5688AL-PW White Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145
Antec SUPER LANBOY Silver anodized aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
seem to fit the thought, but I'm leary on the airflow of the first, and the price of the second.
I'd like to -avoid- the need to take a dremel to a case, beyond perhaps the smoothing of edges.
Hopefully people can lend some ideas and advice on cases and better airflow. Thanks for the time!
- Shirra Whitefur
It's been several years since I've had to do any 'huge' upgrades, or even had the funds to think about it, but now thanks to a bit of windfall and the advent of the PCI Express stuff, I find myself setting out to build an entire system from scratch, rather than reusing anything from the old system. That and my roommate so desperately needs an upgrade, he gets my old piece.
Anyhow. There's been one thing over everything else that qualifies as the bane of my computing existance, the basic core cause of troubles over the last dozen years more than anything else (Beyond, perhaps, stuff simply getting more powerful faster than I can afford to upgrade.. ^_^)...
And that's heating'n'cooling issues. And while I can hunt down decent seeming fans (Like Silverstone's rather potent looking ones), good cooling solutions for the graphics card, and the like.. One of the basic things that'll trip me up is a poorly designed case. Since usually I've had to operate on donated parts, that's not often a spot I have a choice on, but this time around...
So after spending three weeks picking over designs on various sites (mostly newegg, thanks to the plethora of helpful pictures on most every case), I'm still stumped on what'd be the best overall, and now I'm looking for outside help.
The criteria in this case would be ATX motherboard fitting, only needs to really hold two 3.5" drives and a 5.25", and cost $50 or less. The less is highly preferable.
I do -not- need pretty lights, pretty cases, pretty colors, or any of that rot. I do need something that promotes an amazingly good airflow to keep most everything well cooled. I don't have the luxury of AC in my home, and the days tend to get pretty toasty.. so fresh and less heated air has to go smoothly through the machine, or I end up with problems. And I'm sick of having to open the case, laying large window fans along it.
So far, things like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811124074
ENERMAX CS-5688AL-PW White Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145
Antec SUPER LANBOY Silver anodized aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case
seem to fit the thought, but I'm leary on the airflow of the first, and the price of the second.
I'd like to -avoid- the need to take a dremel to a case, beyond perhaps the smoothing of edges.
Hopefully people can lend some ideas and advice on cases and better airflow. Thanks for the time!
- Shirra Whitefur
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