best case for keeping cold temps

ozzykicsk2002 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:17 pm Post subject: best case for keeping cold temps

I getting an idea of what cases I should get and I have come up with both pro's and con's of all cases taht I have looked at so, the idea of a perfect case is not going to work oput for me lol. I have been looking at the guardian www.nzxt.com and the aspire X-dreamer II. the guardian as you can see is heavily moded but looks pretty cool (well i think so), but there rear port for fans are there like the case was not designed for it or something. and the X-dreamer hace the STUPID "front side audio" that does not hook up to the mobo, it runs a set of cables throught the case out the back and then you plug them into your sound card. ghetto. So other then thoes factors I like both of these cases and the fact that the X dreamer has a top blowhole is really cool and very benificial to optimum cooling. And I have read alot of post here about the X dreamer good case for an excellent price. but price does not concern me too much. so any other cases that you people can think of and recommend or if you think the X-dreamer is good then please tell me.

Jake

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I use the X-Dreamer and like it.

The front panel connectors are not a huge concern nor shold they be a defining factor on buying this case.

Most speakers have the headphone jack in the fronpanle speakers anyways.

Besides, it's a great case to mod.

Check out how mine looks.

http://www.tweaknews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1636
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Troy · SirTweaksabit Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 497

Nice case Nate, I noticed the videocard has no heatsinks on the backside of the memory....whatsup wit dat...your slipping bro.j/k
Cool light color combo.
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ozzykicsk2002 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:26 pm Post subject: sweet

alright that cases say's it all Ill go with the X-dreamer! one question with that case and alot of fans with a good hs for the CPU and a lan party 875pro and pc 4000 hyper X and 3.0C how far should I be able to over clock???

Jaker

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

you should get pretty decent results......but you'll never know till you try.......=]
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adrenaline [Banned] · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 9:11 am Post subject:

I am using a black aluminum Chieftec Dragon full tower...it's got tons of room, construction is solid, I've had it for a few months and have yet to put even the slightest scratch in the window (I move it around a lot, too). Also, it's got the front vents and door for optical drives. I like it just because of all the room and potential for modding...I'm about to put a 120mm aluminum fan in the top.

Oh, and I have a p4 2.6c that's been running steady for 1 month at 3.3 ghz that I have never seen higher than 36 or 37 celcius after playing hours of FarCry and other processor/graphics intensive games/apps. That's with the Jet 4 on top of some Arctic Silver 5 with a 80mm Cooler Master fan intake behind it and a 80 mm smartfan 2 outtake just below.
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gmoney · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject:

xaser 3 super tower v1000d
its ice cold
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