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prof_chaos   06-13-2007 at 03:04:56 AM

I've been looking for a case and i've seen 4 pretty good ones so far. Which one does everyone think is best?

Antec P180
Thermaltake Armor
Thermaltake Tsunami
Antec Nine Hundred

Rate them from best to worst as far as look/design, temperature/cooling, & features.

Or is there another one i'm missing?

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jetfx   06-13-2007 at 05:14:37 AM
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have u seen the tt kandalf???
i luv it heh, the non LCS is very good to man and u can gert it with a 250mm side fans, gr8 ventilation.
if kandalf is not an option i go ARMOR, not very pretty(ugly to me) but gr8 space and air flow

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Mobius   06-13-2007 at 06:42:38 AM
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P180 or P182

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SpykerMF1   06-13-2007 at 03:16:27 PM
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I have the armour with the 25cm fan and it's very good.

The only bad points I've found with it are the weight. It really does weigh a tonne, one side panel weighs more than the whole of my last case, and the paint isn't very good as it has loads of marks where there was dust on it when painted, so could really do with sanding off and re-doing. Other than that it's got my c2d 6600 and mobo running at 35c with stock cooling. Pretty easy to install everything.

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aevm   06-13-2007 at 03:58:44 PM
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The Antec 900 has great cooling, but the P180 is quieter. The Thermaltake Armor is big, which makes it a great choice if you want a SLI setup and lots of disks. Personally I'd go with a P180 or P182.

If you have enough money look at Silverstone TJ09 or Lian-Li PC-73 8O

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Lowlife4880   06-13-2007 at 04:06:11 PM
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I have the NZXT Zero i love it. great cooling and quite with 7x 120 and 1x 80 fan included.

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jazzygeoff   06-13-2007 at 04:06:25 PM
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I have a 180, and think it's great - seems quiet to me, and good design... Except... I would say though, that you MUST make sure that the power supply you compliment it with has a long enough 4 pin power connector for the CPU power at the top left of the motherboard. I got an Antec supply that was supposed to work with it, and even that has trouble making it that far, snaking its way round my graphics and CPU heatsink. I actually can't install any PCI cards at the moment as it's in the way and totally taught.
Jazzy

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Track   06-13-2007 at 04:07:31 PM
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The Antec 900 has great cooling, but the P180 is quieter. The Thermaltake Armor is big, which makes it a great choice if you want a SLI setup and lots of disks. Personally I'd go with a P180 or P182.

If you have enough money look at Silverstone TJ09 or Lian-Li PC-73 8O



Nah, those cases dont have a fan on the roof of the case like the 900. You must have that.

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jazzygeoff   06-13-2007 at 04:11:40 PM
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The 180's have a roof fan. I use it to keep my feet from getting sweaty during deathmatch.
Jazzy

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bkiserx7   06-13-2007 at 05:04:28 PM
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Antec P180 (silver), P180B (black), P182 (gunmetal), or P182 SE (chrome). They are all quiet, have great cooling and look good too. It is just a matter of what color you want and how much you are willing to spend. I really love how the P182 SE's metal surfaces are all black. It tempted me to paint all my P180B's metal black, but I realized there are alot of nooks and crannys that I can really not paint too easily.

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mfarlow   06-13-2007 at 06:19:53 PM
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I'm using the Thermaltake Tsunami, and I love it. I replaced a LianLi case with this one.

It cools very well, the side front and rear fans do a great job and are fairly silent.
It looks good, it has a black brushed aluminum face, and auto paint quality casing.

It's a mid-tower, but rather large for a mid, somewhere between a typical mid-tower and full tower. It holds 7 HDs and has plenty of room to work in. from what I hear the new 8800 GPUs are a tight fit, and I would bet anything above a 580W PSU would be a squeeze as well.

My only real grip is with the door, I wish it could be hinged on either side.

I think my next case is going to be either a Silverstone TJ09 or Thermaltake Armour, since I want something bigger.

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