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Which case is better GigaByte Aurora or Antec P182?

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Grifter75   08-01-2007 at 09:29:53 PM

I find myself needing a new case...and like the 2 following cases:

 

Antec P182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129025

 

Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811233013

 

I like both cases, but am interested in which is better for Thermals (ie which will keep the system the coolest). Noise is also a concern but not the #1 priority.

 

Thanks.

 

Oops...forget my system specs to help out:

 

Core2Duo 6700
Gigabyte P965-DS3
2GB PC2-6400 RAM
Thermalright Ultra 120
EVGA Superclocked 8800 GTS 320mb
2x Seagate 250GB 7200.10 SATA HD (non-raid)
2x DVD Burners
Corsair 520W PowerSupply

 

and I plan to overclock the system a little. Please let me know if I've left anything off.

 



Message edited by Grifter75 on 08-01-2007 at 09:44:53 PM
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aevm   08-01-2007 at 09:40:36 PM
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I would say the Aurora. In general a full-tower should do better than a mid-tower. I'd get the Aurora and maybe add a fan or two if necessary.

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Gundam1s   08-01-2007 at 09:45:35 PM
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But the P182 has a top vent. lol

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aevm   08-01-2007 at 10:33:28 PM
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The Antec 900 might be better than both, how about that one?

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Grifter75   08-02-2007 at 01:07:12 AM
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I look at the Antec 900 and to be honest, just didn't like the case...weird I know but it just wasn't to my liking.

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aevm   08-02-2007 at 02:32:06 AM
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OK, throw a coin then. You won't go wrong either way.

I wanted a P182 myself, the only reason I didn't get it is because it was too small for an 8800 GTX and 7 hard drives. There's only room for 6 because the GTX is huge. With the GTS you have room for 8 disks, by the way.

If you are sure you won't need tons of disks I'd vote for the P182, it doesn't even matter if it cools better than the Aurora or not.

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Grifter75   08-02-2007 at 03:45:20 AM
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Aevm....which case did you end up going with?

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aevm   08-02-2007 at 04:11:06 AM
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Lian-Li PC-V2000. I wanted to recommend it to you but it doesn't make sense. If you have $200 additional dollars you're much better off upgrading the GTS to GTX than upgrading the Antec P182/Aurora to a fancy case.

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