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Old Nov 12, 2008, 04:02 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by TRIPTEX_MTL View Post
Just so you know the back fan is 140mm.

@ Darksaber. Thanks for the good review.

I agree the power LED is too bright for its own good. I have to disagree with your point that the fans are too loud in this case I guess it's a personal opinion but I believe CM did a great job selecting fans that are IMHO very quite. I know you mentioned that you performed a quick cable management job and I am about to PM you about this.

Here is my HAF after adding 2 140mm AeroCool Streamliners. The HAF rocks.
Thanks dude. The fans are quite loud compared to others. But that is currently a limitation of the 230 mm units. Why? Because I got a Thermaltake Spedo Advance right here (review almost finished) and it has two such fans - also loud.

IMHO Lian-Li puts the quietest fans into their system. These rival the Noctua in noise level.

As for not doing a complete cable management, I might as well mention the "why" in public:

Doing so adds considerable amount of work needed to take a single (out of around 60) images. Sure I could route all the cables nicely, but that means a lot more planning during assembly, then cleaning everything, zip tying, taking that one pic, taking off every zip tie, pull the system apart...my guess it would add 1,5 - 2 hours to the review process. Too much for a single image.

Sure if you want to buy the case guys: go for it, nice case and you can easily route the cables.

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