SO I was originally going to buy haf 932 plenty of space, supposed high air flow (namesake), however I was thinking maybe I can save some $$ and go with a cheaper case. I do want good air flow. I will be running core i7 920, 12gb ram, (2) 4890 in crossfire a SSD and a regular HD and no more then 2 optical drives with one card reader. Your standard case should handle my bay needs so it come down to budget and air flow. Dont get me wrong looks are important but efficiency comes first. Any thoughts?
The idea here is the cheaper I can go with out losing to much quality the more I can spend in upgrades. Maybe something like buying last years 'hot' case at a big discount. Nothing used wanted so I can return the product if there are defects.
Message edited by nickv on 08-10-2009 at 06:47:47 PM
The side panel on the 922 is different too wasn't sure if that was the big reason for the price difference. Also have read a few people complaining about the 992 not doing a very good job for being labeled HAF. I am pretty sure it is do to case pressure problems though or the fact that some people install all the fans blowing air in and no exhaust .
Also it doesnt have to be one of those 3 if anyone has a better suggestion.
Thanks
Side note:
Never heard of 12gb of high speed ram slowing down gaming. Ill research it, however I do not want to get off topic *From tomsharware.com 12gb ram in testing does not hurt gaming at all .. sure it may be over kill, costly, and show no real gains but hurt it? Nope. Ram upgrades really help in server applications more then they help in gaming, but no need to go ripping out ram