CoolerMaster HAF 932 case club!

[BumbleBee]

fan filters impede air flow (see my guide) doesn't matter if you stick the filter on the left or right side of the fan, but I do think adding a fan to the bottom intake is more important than a front intake.

 

[Evo85]

Fan filters do impede air flow. But so does dust. And the genuine truth is that most people do not have the time to clean religiously. Its a "damned if you do, damned if you dont" kind of thing.

I prefer to use a filter under the PSU simply because cracking a PSU open to clean voids the warranty. And compressed air is largely ineffective on PSU's.

 

[BumbleBee]

yes dust is an insulator but you need hell of a lot of it just ask anybody with an older system sitting around I have an old AMD Thunderbird in a Beige case and the expansion slots are just covered with dust inside of case has dust bunnies on the bottom and the heatsinks on the video card and processor are just caked on it's disgusting I have never had a Power Supply fail on me maybe it's because I always choose a Seasonic or Channelwell built lol.

I just think it's pointless for the HAF even if you managed to put a filter on every fan mount there is just too much ventilation this is a open chassis if it was a closed chassis like the ATCS 840 I would agree fan filters would be useful.

PS, added beginners and advanced sleeving guide under modifications.

 

[Evo85]

I agree that trying to filter every square inch on this case would be an exercise in futility. But I dont think a few well placed filters would hurt to much either.

Continuous cleaning is the price you pay for high air flow. I clean mine every week. And I can tell when the dust is building up because my CPU temps slowly creep up 2-3c.. Just the other day I looked at my temp panel and said to myself, "well, time to blow it out again".. LMAO

 

[BumbleBee]

hah I know what you mean, maybe you should look into liquid cooling. heatsinks are getting ridiculous in size.

 

[Evo85]

I am actually toying with that idea. One of the reasons I went with the HAF is it is sooooo easy to go WC. But I wont do that till I go quad core and get a better video card that I can really push.

 

[BumbleBee]

this case is so versatile you can have water and great air flow, 120mm x 360mm up top you can still have 7 fans depending on the length of your power supply.

 

[Kursah]

Well hopefully I didn't just make a purchase that I regret, being the most expensive PC case I've every purchased! (Got the 900 for xmas a couple years ago from the G/F)

But I just placed my order on the egg as the HAF is 149 shipped, I figured what the hell..I dunno what I'll do with the 900, we'll see what happens with it later on. I don't plan to mod the HAF in any way, just do the swap and hopefully reap a quieter rig with cooler temps.

I may take pictures but I make no guarentees!

I did a ton of research and I was torn between this the far cheaper (1/2 the price) CM690, and the slightly cheaper Antec 1200. And really I think the HAF will suit my needs for a while, and I'm sure in the future there will be some improved 230mm fans around if I desire more cooling, or I could just load up a ton of 120mm's, but it sounds like I won't need to. My temps are pretty decent atm in the Antec 900 with all 120mm's on low speed, and the 200mm on hi speed. All I need to finish my build off to what I want is a damn AC Accellero Extreme GTX280 cooler!

 

[n0ryu]

mine too. my old case was a generic atx casing. it could only fit 80mm fans. noisey as hell coz i was using sunons. when switching to this case, i can now sleep peacefully at night.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Well hopefully I didn't just make a purchase that I regret, being the most expensive PC case I've every purchased! (Got the 900 for xmas a couple years ago from the G/F)

But I just placed my order on the egg as the HAF is 149 shipped, I figured what the hell..I dunno what I'll do with the 900, we'll see what happens with it later on. I don't plan to mod the HAF in any way, just do the swap and hopefully reap a quieter rig with cooler temps.

I may take pictures but I make no guarentees!

I did a ton of research and I was torn between this the far cheaper (1/2 the price) CM690, and the slightly cheaper Antec 1200. And really I think the HAF will suit my needs for a while, and I'm sure in the future there will be some improved 230mm fans around if I desire more cooling, or I could just load up a ton of 120mm's, but it sounds like I won't need to. My temps are pretty decent atm in the Antec 900 with all 120mm's on low speed, and the 200mm on hi speed. All I need to finish my build off to what I want is a damn AC Accellero Extreme GTX280 cooler!

Thats really strange, the Antec 1200 is significantly more expensive than the HAF in the UK, like almost 50% more.

 

[BumbleBee]

Cooler Master 690 was $80-100, Antec 900 $110-150 MSRP last year? Cooler Master HAF 932 for $150 isn't a lot of money considering what you get. Antec has always overpriced their cases they are terrible Antec they survive because of marketing, they need to design an entirely new case, Antec 1200 has no features compared to the HAF 932 they couldn't even drill holes on the motherboard tray to support other form factors. it's just a 900 with miracle gro and to make matters worst it was $300 MSRP.

 

[theorw]

I ll put mine now.Nothing special for now...Only UV lights and some cable management.I plan on adding some water soon...And maybe a couple of red fans..?

 

[BumbleBee]

nice, another DFI board. did you volt mod your video card?

 

[Tatty_Two]

is that a screw on or stick on filter? DFI is my choice as well not very happy with their x58 lineup though.

Sorry, missed your comment about DFi's x58 lineup..... what dont you like about it? Mine is pretty well budget by x58 standards, it's rock solid, cool, has better voltage management than most boards and at the end of the day overclocks a 920 on air to 4.3gig! now that cant be bad.

 

[theorw]

Thanks!Yeah DFI is great for OC and for looks!
As for the VGA yes i vmoded it.The adaptor u see is for measuring the voltages.

 

[BumbleBee]

Sorry, missed your comment about DFi's x58 lineup..... what dont you like about it? Mine is pretty well budget by x58 standards, it's rock solid, cool, has better voltage management than most boards and at the end of the day overclocks a 920 on air to 4.3gig! now that cant be bad.

how about the rma rate that has sky rocketed? lack of bios options yes, hard to believe but they left some out on x58.

 

[Tatty_Two]

how about the rma rate that has sky rocketed? lack of bios options yes, hard to believe but they left some out on x58.

Well I at least have not had to RMA my board (yet) and TBH, the "lack" of BIOS options seems irrelivent if they clock better than the average $ for $ board. I would prefer simpler BIOS and higher overclocks as opposed to complex BIOS lower or similar overclocks

 

[Sasqui]

I ll put mine now.Nothing special for now...Only UV lights and some cable management.I plan on adding some water soon...And maybe a couple of red fans..?

I totally dig the shot from the inside of the case. How many other cases can you really do that with?

 

[theorw]

I totally dig the shot from the inside of the case. How many other cases can you really do that with?

Thanks dude!I though it was nice too.U can really put a camera inside from the front!!And pick an angle too!Move it around!!!!Just to show how MUCH space u have with this case!

 

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[Evo85]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/jonathanwong/thumb_thisthreadisworthlesswithoutp.gif

Ok,ok,ok.... Geez......

I will get some pics taken tonight.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

I just like pics..

 

[Kursah]

I am very much looking forward to this case, I had a chance to snag an Antec 1200 at about 120 shipped, which is a pretty good deal. A buddy of mine has it and loves it, but I really wanted to have something new this time around. The 900 has been a great case for a couple of years, but with larger vid cards, psu's and more HDD's, it's just too small and narrow. I didn't think tall and narrow would really suit what I wanted to do. Granted functionality is almost always a priority on most anything I purchase. The HAF seems to suit my needs on function, ease of use, and space. I can't wait to get it, should show up the 28th, so depending on work and other things I should be swapped over by next weekend. I will plan to take at least a couple pics, we'll see how it goes! Depends on how patient I am at the time.

 

[Sasqui]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/jonathanwong/thumb_thisthreadisworthlesswithoutp.gif

LOL. +1 to that.

 

[BumbleBee]

who said the HAF 932 couldn't have a theme, worklog here.