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Offline Pigslilspaz

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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2011, 03:42:53 AM »
Masonz, if your still looking for a good full tower, I'd suggest the Blackhawk from Xclio, the Blackhawk has 4 120s and a 250, with a spot to put in a 3rd exhaust fan (2 of the 120's are exhaust). Bottom mounted PSU too. I got mine for about $99
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2011, 09:16:15 AM »
Quote from: guncrasher on July 25, 2011, 02:48:29 AM
then again, my other fans are old  and they make a lot of noise. thinking of replacing them. but not sure if it's worthy since i mostly use my headset to play the game.
Are you running your fans at full speed? IMHO most if not all of the silent fans run slow, which reduces both blade and bearing noises. If there's no room for bigger fans in diameter, silent ones would reduce airflow. You can achieve the same effect with your fan controller. -For those without a controller, it's easy to make fans run at 5 or 7 volts instead of 12, taking the power directly from the PSU.
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2011, 09:40:06 AM »
Quote from: Pigslilspaz on July 25, 2011, 03:42:53 AM
Masonz, if your still looking for a good full tower, I'd suggest the Blackhawk from Xclio, the Blackhawk has 4 120s and a 250, with a spot to put in a 3rd exhaust fan (2 of the 120's are exhaust). Bottom mounted PSU too. I got mine for about $99
now i really dont know what i want  :cry
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #33 on: July 25, 2011, 09:44:53 AM »
Quote from: MaSonZ on July 25, 2011, 09:40:06 AM
now i really dont know what i want  :cry

Get an NZXT Tempest EVO and do not look back. 
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #34 on: July 25, 2011, 09:46:19 AM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on July 25, 2011, 09:44:53 AM
Get an NZXT Tempest EVO and do not look back. 
was just offered a good deal by TD though on a brand new Phantom.


but i do want a side window...


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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #35 on: July 25, 2011, 11:15:47 AM »
Quote from: MaSonZ on July 25, 2011, 09:46:19 AM
was just offered a good deal by TD though on a brand new Phantom.


but i do want a side window...


 :bhead  :cry :furious

yeah but with the phantom, the force will be with you  :D.

thing about the window is after a couple of weeks, you get tired of looking at it  :rofl.

Quote from: Bizman on July 25, 2011, 09:16:15 AM
Are you running your fans at full speed? IMHO most if not all of the silent fans run slow, which reduces both blade and bearing noises. If there's no room for bigger fans in diameter, silent ones would reduce airflow. You can achieve the same effect with your fan controller. -For those without a controller, it's easy to make fans run at 5 or 7 volts instead of 12, taking the power directly from the PSU.

I have a fan controlller. normally runs the fans at 60%.  however the fans run at about 14 or 15 inches away from my right ear.  so they sound noisy.

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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #36 on: July 25, 2011, 11:18:53 AM »
Quote from: guncrasher on July 25, 2011, 11:15:47 AM
yeah but with the phantom, the force will be with you  :D.

thing about the window is after a couple of weeks, you get tired of looking at it  :rofl.

thats the thing, i dont wanna be distracted by fancy blue LED's while trying to fly.. where the case is going is going to be off to the side of me, but in enough sight where ill be distracted... and the Phantom looks cooler.
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #37 on: July 25, 2011, 12:01:07 PM »
Quote from: MaSonZ on July 25, 2011, 11:18:53 AM
thats the thing, i dont wanna be distracted by fancy blue LED's while trying to fly.. where the case is going is going to be off to the side of me, but in enough sight where ill be distracted... and the Phantom looks cooler.

to be honest with you.  it doesnt matter which one you buy, you always gonna wish you had gotten the other one  :D.

if you buy the phantom dont forget to install the hd's backwars so connections point towards the back.  easier to hide the cables.  get a fan controller if you can.  besides looking cool, it cuts down on fan noise.

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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #38 on: July 25, 2011, 06:32:55 PM »
Get the phantom then.  Both are great and proven cases.
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #39 on: July 25, 2011, 07:34:07 PM »
Quote from: guncrasher on July 25, 2011, 12:01:07 PM
to be honest with you.  it doesnt matter which one you buy, you always gonna wish you had gotten the other one  :D.

if you buy the phantom dont forget to install the hd's backwars so connections point towards the back.  easier to hide the cables.  get a fan controller if you can.  besides looking cool, it cuts down on fan noise.

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doesnt the phantom have a controller on it from the factory? was watching an unbox video on newegg and there was one...
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #40 on: July 25, 2011, 07:51:58 PM »
my bad it does come with a fan controller.  the red case looks awesome too.

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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #41 on: July 25, 2011, 08:28:38 PM »
Quote from: guncrasher on July 25, 2011, 07:51:58 PM
my bad it does come with a fan controller.  the red case looks awesome too.

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i wanrted the white with blue trim, just looks smexy... but a black case with 70 bucks worth of fans for the price of a new case, im not complaining one bit.+
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #42 on: July 25, 2011, 09:33:09 PM »
Quote from: MaSonZ on July 25, 2011, 07:34:07 PM
doesnt the phantom have a controller on it from the factory? was watching an unbox video on newegg and there was one...

Masonz

The case has in it 2 120 mm fans and 2 80 mm fans and a fan controller on top of the case, with the ability to control up to 5 fans.One of the sliders controls both of the fans blowing across the hard drives, I just moved the fans around and used mine where I needed them the most. I have 2 fans on the side panel blowing across the 2 hard drives and the large exhaust fan from the top on the side of my case blowing across the video cards. I then used 2 fans on my radiator for my water cooling. If you need me to post detailed pics I can.

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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #43 on: July 25, 2011, 09:36:23 PM »
Quote from: ebfd11 on July 25, 2011, 09:33:09 PM
Masonz

The case has in it 2 120 mm fans and 2 80 mm fans and a fan controller on top of the case, with the ability to control up to 5 fans.One of the sliders controls both of the fans blowing across the hard drives, I just moved the fans around and used mine where I needed them the most. I have 2 fans on the side panel blowing across the 2 hard drives and the large exhaust fan from the top on the side of my case blowing across the video cards. I then used 2 fans on my radiator for my water cooling. If you need me to post detailed pics I can.

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please do if you dont mind, i dont have much to cool, but may as well get my fans set up now for later haha
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Re: You never know till you look
« Reply #44 on: July 26, 2011, 11:13:32 AM »
OK Masonz I hope this helps you out...

This is where I moved the large fan to that originally was the top exhaust fan, all I did was remove the 4 screws and placed it here. 



The one on the left is the fan for the video cards, and as you can see the two on the left are the ones for the hard drives.

Fan control sliders on top of case, room to add more as needed. This is my setup.



Also If you are worried about the getting more air into your case there is an optional spot for another fan in the front.



Also both of the side fans on the HD's bay are controlled by one wire, I have had no problem with the connection.



And if you are worried about airflow over the hard drives  this picture you can see that there is a complete aiflow through the case.



I hope that haelps you out


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