Cases - Page 2

ChemicalWarrior · 03-14-2006, 03:30 PM

Gigabyte 3D Aurora.

Look it up, its the best case on the market IMO. Its got good looks, IMO, AMAZING air cooling, THREE 120mm fans, and then a possible vent on the side. Its very large, has tons of awesome features. Its simply the best case out there. Plus it is aluminum.

It would be my current case if I built a new system, its just extremely nice, has tons of cool features and very useful ones. If you ever wanted to water cool its probably the best case for it. But it has amazing air cooling, one 120mm intake, two 120mm exhaust, with an optional side vent, that can be a window if you buy that version.

Well, I'm a fanboy of it since I first saw it.

{OF}Blong · 03-14-2006, 03:53 PM

I dont understand this aluminum vs steel cooling. meaning I dont see it make any difference to tempurature on your cpu etc. steel case 32 degree C processor 28C hard drive hmm I dont think an aluminum case is gonna get me any cooler. aluminum is lighter and im not bashing aluminum unless you have kids.

ChemicalWarrior · 03-14-2006, 04:25 PM

Aluminum naturally absorbs more heat than steal. Its that simple, that's why heatsink's are made out of aluminum and not steal. Copper is even better, but that's very heavy and only used on high end heatsinks.

It wont be a huge difference in temperature, but it'll be there, probably a few degress here and there. Aluminum is also much lighter than steal, it also can be cut much easier if you mod.

It should also be noted that aluminum cases still have a steal frame for strength most of the time, and unless you have kids that ding it, then I cant see a reason to go with steal over aluminum.

slinki · 03-14-2006, 04:36 PM

Yea, it's all hype about aluminum being cooler. Maybe in some applications (automobiles) it does make a difference but not in a computer case.
Proper airflow and fan location is more important than the material.

get aluminum because it weighs less and is easier to handle.

Smiley · 03-14-2006, 05:42 PM

I get all aluminum cases from CoolerMaster, these have an aluminum frame. I like the look and the lighter weight. Although if you put a lot of drives in the case the weight won't matter as much - heh.

Here is my first CoolerMaster case as it was in 2001-

I have two of these cases now with updated hardware inside. I have a cool programmable Crystalfontz LED screen in the drive bay now, in the one pictured above.

{OF}Blong · 03-14-2006, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ChemicalWarrior

Aluminum naturally absorbs more heat than steal. Its that simple, that's why heatsink's are made out of aluminum and not steal. Copper is even better, but that's very heavy and only used on high end heatsinks.

It wont be a huge difference in temperature, but it'll be there, probably a few degress here and there. Aluminum is also much lighter than steal, it also can be cut much easier if you mod.

It should also be noted that aluminum cases still have a steal frame for strength most of the time, and unless you have kids that ding it, then I cant see a reason to go with steal over aluminum.

im not argueing that its lighter and aluminum dissipates heat 100x better than steal just saying I dont see that I can get more than a couple degrees difference and I just cant see that as mattering when playing games or doing other high cpu intensive proggies.

Smiley · 03-14-2006, 06:29 PM

"steal" is what your brother Brock does

"steel" as in MeTaL is an alloy of iron

*sigh* a father's work is never done

{OF}Blong · 03-14-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Smiley

"steal" is what your brother Brock does

"steel" as in MeTaL is an alloy of iron

*sigh* a father's work is never done

haha thanks for pointing that out

. i should know better

.

ChemicalWarrior · 03-14-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by {OF}Blong

im not argueing that its lighter and aluminum dissipates heat 100x better than steal just saying I dont see that I can get more than a couple degrees difference and I just cant see that as mattering when playing games or doing other high cpu intensive proggies.

Okay then, but you're wrong, it does matter in about two or one degrees, especially parts contacting the case frame, such as a hard drive or optical drives.

{OF}Blong · 03-14-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ChemicalWarrior

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Originally Posted by {OF}Blong

im not argueing that its lighter and aluminum dissipates heat 100x better than steal just saying I dont see that I can get more than a couple degrees difference and I just cant see that as mattering when playing games or doing other high cpu intensive proggies.

Okay then, but you're wrong, it does matter in about two or one degrees, especially parts contacting the case frame, such as a hard drive or optical drives.

so my hard drive running at 29c instead of 28c an aluminum case would let me run at is gonna crash my hard drive? I dont think so.