Where's the best, high performance cases?

[Rockrz]

Soon, I'm going to start gathering up all the components needed to build my own high performance box and I wanted to know who builds the best cases. Basically, I'm looking for recommendations from people who know more about this than myself.

I'm collecting info, so please post web addresses so I can find the box that is being recommended. Quality is being considered before price, so I don't mind expensive. Thanx!

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[folken]

You want a Lian-Li case, period. They make the highest quality cases you will ever find.
If you want a mid tower case and money isn't much of an issue I highly recommend the Lian-Li PC-V1100 or PC-V1100B (black). It is a completely silenced case.
If you don't feel like spending almost $300 on a case go for the PC-v1000, it is just the non silenced version of the same case. There are also full tower versions of those cases, the PC-V2000 and PC-V2100. The PC-V1200 is an extended version of the PC-V1000 that can hold eATX sized motherboards.
I have the PC-V1200b, you can see pics of it in my sig.

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[mozzartusm]

Your the MAN! That one hell of a cooling system you designed. Are you cooling more than one system with that pump or does it cool both of your systems?

 

[folken]

The external radiator cools the athlon system and the portable radiator in the pics I modded into the lianli pc-v1200b case for my pentium system to make it a little more portable, lol. It weighs at least 30-40 pounds
I'm just going to tap any future machines into the external radiator system. It could probably cool a few at once

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[mozzartusm]

I had actually been thinking about this for a long time. After seeing those pics, I am ready to get in the shop and go to work. In comparing your design to the ones on the market, does the increased flow of liquid lower the temps considerably? Im assuming that the pump you are using is pushing liquid faster, but im sure it is.

 

[folken]

The external radiator system keeps the cpu at about 26-30C depending on the time of day and it doesn't change no matter how much I OC.
The internal system for my P4 makes the cpu idle at about 40C (according to bios, 33 according to temp probe) and about 44C under load.
The main thing that keeps the temps down and stable is the ammount of water in the system, I have almost a gallon of water in it.

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