what case??

_jM · Oct 12, 2008

OK guys .. im bout to purchase an ass load of hardware for my new build.

The problem is that i cant make up my mind on what case to use. So I'll let you guys choose for me! I have 2 choices to pick from and here they are:

SilverStone:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...cts_id=24494:b376a723a8c986d139c787bd8094c2c7

CoolerMaster:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=125&products_id=24173

If you guys are wondering why my links are to performance pcs.com its because i buy all my cases from them .. they are really great, for an extra 20$ or so they will fully sleve all the wires for you.(im lazy these days) lol And they are based out of Florida where im at and the shipping is lowww =]

The hardware Im buying is: MOBO: ASUS Maximus II Formula CPU: INTEL E8500 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 (8gigs) VIDEO: ATI RADEON HD 4870x2 HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor 150gb (will buy 2 for raid. can only afford 1 atm) Cooling : ASUS Silent Knight AL ( the black one .. not copper) PSU: ULTRA X3 1000 watt modular psu

After all is said and done i will be moving the rig over to water-cooling. Im just going air to keep the cost down till i can buy a second VelociRaptor and the WC hardware at a later date. When i get the products in I will be posting a work log. =]

_jM · Oct 12, 2008

oh and i will be installing one of these:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...ucts_id=1408:4321c706b8489989095bb5150e7b2a3b

Altered · Oct 12, 2008

I don't have one (probably never will :ohwell:

) but I like the looks of the Silverstone FT01 Fortress if the inside was blacked out. As far as functionality and how well they are built etc etc well as I said I never had one to play with.

_jM · Oct 12, 2008

Altered said:
I don't have one (probably never will ) but I like the looks of the Silverstone FT01 Fortress if the inside was blacked out. As far as functionality and how well they are built etc etc well as I said I never had one to play with.

The Silverstone has an all black inertior. =] check the link

Altered · Oct 12, 2008

_jM said:
The Silverstone has an all black inertior. =] check the link

Hmm I did it was a ad don't remember the site but it wasn't the FT01B-W that I saw. I saw a black version and looked at I think 19 pics it has silver(aluminum) color behind the mobo, and a few other places. That one you have there is just the way I would like one. Yup just by pics its nice.

freaksavior · Oct 12, 2008

Coolermaster Stacker 832 or silverstone TJ07

exo17 · Oct 12, 2008

+1 on the 832 or TJ07.. great cases

_jM · Oct 12, 2008

i understand the TJ07 is a great case but its out of my price range. If i was going with a stacker it would be the one pictured above. Thanx for all the feed back. =]

Plus im going for somthing with an all black interior.

Cold Storm · Oct 12, 2008

I'll say the Coolermaster... Also Newegg has it for $219... i see your in ocala so you probably will be going to them so you can pick it up right?

_jM · Oct 12, 2008

Cold Storm said:
I'll say the Coolermaster... Also Newegg has it for $219... i see your in ocala so you probably will be going to them so you can pick it up right?

No i wont go to pick it up cause i will be buying from performace pcs cause i can get ALL the wires sleeved for an extra 20$, and they are here in FL.

Cold Storm · Oct 12, 2008

_jM said:
No i wont go to pick it up cause i will be buying from performace pcs cause i can get ALL the wires sleeved for an extra 20$, and they are here in FL.

That's what I ment. Your going there since you live by them. I got Compusa... I'd trade ya! lol

MKmods · Oct 12, 2008

I dont like PSs on the bottom (wastes a perfectly good exhaust fan) but of the 2 choices you picked
I vote Silverstone here, its like comparing a Cadillac (CM) to a Bentley (Silverstone)

dieselcat18 · Oct 12, 2008

Both nice cases...Mid-Tower vs a Full-Tower...so I don't know if size is a determining factor for you.....I agree about the PS being located on the bottom, I would rather see it on top, but there are many who don't have any issue with that.
If I had to choose one based on the photos and specs, it would be the Silverstone. It just oozes quality...would like to see that case in a full size tower.....very nice !..... :cool:

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_jM · Oct 13, 2008

dieselcat18 said:
Both nice cases...Mid-Tower vs a Full-Tower...so I don't know if size is a determining factor for you.....I agree about the PS being located on the bottom, I would rather see it on top, but there are many who don't have any issue with that.
If I had to choose one based on the photos and specs, it would be the Silverstone. It just oozes quality...would like to see that case in a full size tower.....very nice !.....

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You are rite.. the SilverStone seems to be a better case as far as quality goes.As for size.. it doesnt matter.. I dont use more than 2 HDDs and 1 DVD burner , nor will i go SLI or Xfire. So i think ill go with the Silverstone case. If I go water-cooling ill use an external rad.. or mod the top-panel.

Thanks for your feed back, much appreciated! =]

_jM · Oct 13, 2008

Ive made my mind.. Silverstone wins! Rig total cost= 2200$ usd

Now for the hard part.. convincing the wife that i need to buy this BEFORE Xmas.. lol

dieselcat18 · Oct 13, 2008

_jM said:
Ive made my mind.. Silverstone wins! Rig total cost= 2200$ usd

Now for the hard part.. convincing the wife that i need to buy this BEFORE Xmas.. lol

LOL.....I understand your delima.......

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Cold Storm · Oct 13, 2008

_jM said:
Ive made my mind.. Silverstone wins! Rig total cost= 2200$ usd

Now for the hard part.. convincing the wife that i need to buy this BEFORE Xmas.. lol

Just tell your wife, that it will be good to have so you can make those GREAT home made video's for the holidays! :roll:

_jM · Oct 14, 2008

Cold Storm said:
Just tell your wife, that it will be good to have so you can make those GREAT home made video's for the holidays!

Its funny you said that. I've went that route and it didnt work.. at all. lol But some asshole rear-ended the wife today while I was at work. I got home and looked at the van and there is nothing wrong with the rear bumper. So I asked her how it happend.. ect and asked about the other person involved. She told me that the 20 yr old kid that hit her in the drive-thru at Taco Bell had no insurance nor a licences. So she pulls out this check in her purse for 1500$ The kid was soo afraid of going to jail that he wrote her a check to cover any damages. Turns out.. we are just going to pocket the cash. He even called and reminded us not to report the accident and that he would give us more cash as needed. LOL Hell if i was an asshole I would get him for the cost of my new build plus the second hdd and watercooling parts.. LOLS
And there is NOTHING wrong with my bumper. So it looks as if I just might be able to buy this before xmas anyways .. :roll:

DOM · Oct 14, 2008

have you cashed it yet to make sure its real and his LOL

Altered · Oct 15, 2008

No kidding. I hope she got his ID DL or something. I know of a guy that was writing checks that were not his. They were my dads.

He bought a whole set of new tires for his 18wheeler and some other stuff before the law tracked him down. Turns out my 1/2 brother stole a whole book and was handing them out for favors.

_jM · Oct 15, 2008

We got all his ID and a witness to the accident. And we followed him to the bank so they could print out a personal check for him to use , because he didnt have his book with him. So the bank knows whats going on too. He giving us part of his scholarship money he just got from FSU. Kid has a 25,000$ check in the bank that goes through tonite @ 12am. So he dated the check for friday just in case something happens . So the money will be there, we actually found some luck this year! But once we found out it was his scholarship money i felt kinda bad.. but oh well

dieselcat18 · Oct 15, 2008

_jM said:
We got all his ID and a witness to the accident. And we followed him to the bank so they could print out a personal check for him to use , because he didnt have his book with him. So the bank knows whats going on too. He giving us part of his scholarship money he just got from FSU. Kid has a 25,000$ check in the bank that goes through tonite @ 12am. So he dated the check for friday just in case something happens . So the money will be there, we actually found some luck this year! But once we found out it was his scholarship money i felt kinda bad.. but oh well

I really don't understand, if there was no damage to your van why you would take any money from this person....I think most would look at it as, no harm, no foul....IMO you should have just let the incident go.

Cold Storm · Oct 15, 2008

_jM said:
We got all his ID and a witness to the accident. And we followed him to the bank so they could print out a personal check for him to use , because he didnt have his book with him. So the bank knows whats going on too. He giving us part of his scholarship money he just got from FSU. Kid has a 25,000$ check in the bank that goes through tonite @ 12am. So he dated the check for friday just in case something happens . So the money will be there, we actually found some luck this year! But once we found out it was his scholarship money i felt kinda bad.. but oh well

I'm glad to hear that your wife is good. That's the thing that matters... It's bad that it had to happen the way it did.. I remember backing out of a parking spot one day, and i put my car into drive, and as I did... boom... A girl at my school hit me... But, like you, she had wealthy parents so it was money in the hand... She tried to say sorry the next day... But.... Blonde.. Lol
Well... looks like the system will be up soon! Can't wait my man. :toast:

_jM · Oct 15, 2008

dieselcat18 said:
I really don't understand, if there was no damage to your van why you would take any money from this person....I think most would look at it as, no harm, no foul....IMO you should have just let the incident go.

When i mean no damage.. he made a dent in my bumper but it isn't noticeable. The kid gave my wife the check to basically keep his ass out jail. And keep her from reporting it. She told me she didn't care .. but the kid insisted. What would you do? If he wants to basically give me free cash, then im taken it!

DOM · Oct 15, 2008

_jM said:
When i mean no damage.. he made a dent in my bumper but it isn't noticeable. The kid gave my wife the check to basically keep his ass out jail. And keep her from reporting it. She told me she didn't care .. but the kid insisted. What would you do?

take all 25k

I need it

System Name	The money pit v.2 (v.1 is the wife!)
Processor	Core2Quad-Q9550@3.9ghz/1860mhzFSB @1.344v
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling	CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory	8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 280
Storage	150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software	Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores	Coming to a theater near you!

System Name	The money pit v.2 (v.1 is the wife!)
Processor	Core2Quad-Q9550@3.9ghz/1860mhzFSB @1.344v
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling	CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory	8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 280
Storage	150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software	Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores	Coming to a theater near you!

System Name	Dell inspiron 5570
Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor
Motherboard	Dell Inc.
Memory	SK Hynix 4GB DDR4 SDRAM PC4-19200
Video Card(s)	Intel(R) HD Graphics 620
Storage	Intel Optane+932GBHDD w/ External Crucial M500 240GB ssd
Display(s)	15.6" w/ Extended display Samsung 27"
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Audio
Mouse	ONN Wireless
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64)
Benchmark Scores	HaHa yeah right :p

System Name	The money pit v.2 (v.1 is the wife!)
Processor	Core2Quad-Q9550@3.9ghz/1860mhzFSB @1.344v
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus II Formula = best damn P45 OCer out there!
Cooling	CoolerMster V8-- Custom WC system on the way! =]
Memory	8GB DOMINATORS @1100mhz 5-5-5-18
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 280
Storage	150GB WesternDigital Velociraptor OS Drive/1 WD 500AAKS for Storage
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 2243SWX 22" LCD
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos S w/custom lighting and cable management
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium (Fatality edition) - paired with RAZER Barracuda's
Power Supply	CORSAIR HX1000W modular PSU
Software	Windows 7 RC 7100--eats vista for breakfast lunch and dinner!
Benchmark Scores	Coming to a theater near you!

System Name	Dell inspiron 5570
Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-7500U Processor
Motherboard	Dell Inc.
Memory	SK Hynix 4GB DDR4 SDRAM PC4-19200
Video Card(s)	Intel(R) HD Graphics 620
Storage	Intel Optane+932GBHDD w/ External Crucial M500 240GB ssd
Display(s)	15.6" w/ Extended display Samsung 27"
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Audio
Mouse	ONN Wireless
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64)
Benchmark Scores	HaHa yeah right :p

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Processor	Xeon 2659 v3 / Xeon 2683 v4 / ARM A14
Motherboard	Asus X99-E-10G WS / ASRock x99 usb 3.1 / Apple
Cooling	NZXT Kraken / Noctua NH-L12 / Apple
Memory	16Gb DDR4 / 32Gb DDR4 / 16GB HBLM
Video Card(s)	Powercooler ATI vega 64 / GT 7300 / ARM
Storage	Samsung 970 512 Evo NVMe / A lot. / 256 + 512 External TB3
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 / Headless / Acer X34 Non predator
Case	NZXT H630 \|Rosewill 8bay 4u server chasiss / MMM1
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Onboard / Onboard
Power Supply	Corais HX850 \| Corsair TX750 / Internal 250w
Mouse	g502 proteus core / Headless / g502 proteus core
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Cherry Blue / Headless / K65 Cherry Red
Software	Windows 10 / ESXI / Big Sur 11.2.2

Processor	Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus P5B
Cooling	Antec Kuhler H20 620
Memory	Corsair TwinX 2x2GB
Video Card(s)	Asus EAH 4850 512mb DDR3
Storage	3x Maxtor 160GB 7,200RPM
Display(s)	32" LG
Case	Cooler Master HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	SteelSeries Siberia external Soundcard
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64

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Processor	AMD 1700x
Motherboard	AsRork x370 Taichi
Cooling	EK Custom Loop - CPU only
Memory	32gb G-Skill Trident Z
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 Superclock 2
Storage	Too Many
Display(s)	Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS
Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
Software	Win10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55

System Name	Crossflow III
Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4/ GIGABYTE GA-K8NSNXP-939 socket
Cooling	Zalman CNPS9700 110mm CPU Cooler / CM Hyper N520
Memory	G.Skill 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC28500) 5-5-5-15@2.1v/ G.Skill 4GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 2.5CL
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2GB/ ATi X800 XT PE 256mb
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Display(s)	HP LP2465 1920x1200 S-PVA Panel/LG Flatron 20.1/ HP LP2465 1920x1200 S-PVA Panel
Case	Lian Li (Lancool) PC-K63 / BMW Aluminum Mid-Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro/ Sound Blaster Audigy2 Z5
Power Supply	COUGAR-SX850 850W 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular/ Corsair 400w 80 plus certifed psu
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate X64 (retail) w/ SP-2/ Windows XP Pro w/ SP-3

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Motherboard	Asrock
Cooling	Water
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Video Card(s)	EK Full WB HD7970
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Audio Device(s)	Onboard
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