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Antec Twelve Hundred VS Coolr Mastr HAF932 RC

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May 13, 2009 3:14:38 AM

right, ive been looking at these two cases and they both seem very good, cant make up my mind though, the coolermaster has much larger fans but it seems that its board thingy covers up the bottom of the power supply. any ideas on which one is better?


Antec 1200

Cooler Master HAF 932

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a c 139 ) Power supply
May 13, 2009 3:16:27 AM

Where is the "None of the Above" choice?
a c 248 ) Power supply
May 13, 2009 4:19:15 AM

Last August I went to a Fry's Electronics store to purchase the Antec 1200. It also happened to be the first day the CoolerMaster HAF 932 went on sale. I took one look at the display model and decided to buy it instead.

The HAF 932 is a huge case and it's much wider than the typical case. Plenty of room to work inside the case. Ventilation, airlfow, and cooling with the stock case fans are outstanding. You can install a psu in the bottom of the case or in the top of the case. I installed mine in the bottom.

I'm not sure what you mean by "board thingy" If you are referring to a bottom mounted psu, then you probably mean the ventilated psu frame at the bottom of the case. It can be extended or retracted to accomodate a psu of any length.
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May 13, 2009 2:31:04 PM

In my HAF I have the fan pointed down on my bottom mounted PSU. There is a ventilated panel at the bottom that allows plenty of airflow.
a c 248 ) Power supply
May 13, 2009 4:19:32 PM

bullheaded67 - Exactly. That's how I have my psu oriented. The idea is that the psu cools itself since there are sufficent fans for the rest of the case.
May 13, 2009 11:02:02 PM

sounds good, WR2, which case do you have?

and i just wanted to ask something else, the 230mm fans the HAF has, do i have to use the stock case fans? Or can i replace them with other 230mm that may cool better, and can i mod fans so they have a LED light, like the stock case fans for the HAF have red ones, can i mod em to be blue or such?
May 14, 2009 7:28:01 PM

you can also put 4 120 mm fans on the side, 3 on the top and 1 in the back, which is what im doing, and if you mount your psu to the top, you can put 2 more 120mm
a c 248 ) Power supply
May 14, 2009 11:59:35 PM

I just use the stock case fans in my HAF 932. Ventilation, airflow, and cooling are excellent. No need to replace the three large 230mm fans with a bunch of smaller 120mm fans.
May 15, 2009 1:32:55 PM

I agree with Johnnylucky - at least try the stock fans first before going with the smaller fans. You will be generating a lot more noise with smaller fans. I would probably go water cooled before moving to smaller fans.
May 22, 2009 4:09:08 AM

HAF OR Again Antec Skeleton!!! Skeleton ahs plenty of ventilation it is all open and man it looks cool!!!!!
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