Case Suggestions

[Shohan]

Recently my case had got busted up in shipment from CA to MI, thank you USPS. I am looking into an Antec SX1000 model(

http://www.antec-inc.com/product/cases/sohoser.html).

Are these towers good for cooling on a 1.4Ghz Athalon? If not what would be a good brand? My other choice was an Evercase ECE4252(

http://www.evercase.com/Products/e4252.htm).

Is this a better choice? My main concern is cooling on a high-end processor, currently the 1.4Ghz Athalon, but I want to upgrade to a 1.9Ghz+ AthalonXP. Anyone got some ideas?

Shohn

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi, just to clarify, the Athlon XP 1900+ only clocks at 1600 Mhz, the name is just called AthlonXp 1900+

 

[CitrixEngineer]

I like your choices, but consider Lian-Li - I was converted to these just under a year ago;

http://www.lian-li.com/

http://www.dansdata.com/pc60.htm

has some good reviews.

I hope this helps

 

[Shohan]

The Lian-Li cases look nice but what type of system are you running and what type of performance increase have you received from changing?

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Most of the "performance increase" has been in maintenance time reduction

If I want to upgrade cards, RAM or anything, I just pull out the mobo tray, upgrade, and off I go.

And they look sooo good.

I'm not really into overclocking, although I dabble. These cases allow fantastic airflow, and keep my processor around 35C. So I guess it'd be great for o/c ing.

Read Dan's review - and there are more reviews on other respected sites, like Ars Technica and Overclockersonline.

http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/lianlipc-12/pc-12-1.html

http://www.overclockersonline.com/?page=articles&num=63

Here's a couple more - most reviewers say the same things; Top quality, very light, great for cooling, but a tad pricey. My opinion is that you pay for quality.

http://www.exhardware.com/reviews.php?Id=33

http://www.thetechzone.com/display.asp?i=54&p=1

 

[Shohan]

The Antec case is made out of 1.0mm SECC. What is Secc?