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May 27^th, 2009 at 4:22pm

fox956 Offline
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Good evening

I'm looking for some suggestions for a computer case that will have good air flow, room for expandability and room to incorporate a cooling system,........ most likely a full tower.

I'm also thinking about using a 1000W PS. Looking for suggestions on one of these also.

Thanks in advance,

Larry

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Reply #1 - May 27^th, 2009 at 5:04pm

NickN Offline
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FSX runs fine... the problem
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How much you got??

What are you looking to spend?

Cuz we can start at 600-700 bucks and go down from there.

Anything under 200 and its going to be flimsy crap

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Reply #2 - May 27^th, 2009 at 5:14pm

fox956 Offline
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Hi Nick.

I would like to say " money is no object " but that would be a lie.

I was thinking in the $400 to $600 range. I don't mind spending for quality.

Thanks,

Larry

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Reply #3 - May 27^th, 2009 at 5:59pm

NickN Offline
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FSX runs fine... the problem
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This monster will handle it all.. liquid, fans, rails, PSU's, drives, .. you can even fit the kitchen sink in it

http://www.abs.com/app/canyon695_details.asp

click, Gallery.. no drooling allowed

see the circuit cards in the drive bays? http://www.abs.com/graphics/images/canyon_695-11.jpg Thats a fast port hot-swap for SATA drives.. no cables needed, just slide them in and their online. Of course the cables connect from the card to the motherboard

alright... grab them ankles.. cuz here it comes:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811215012

This is what I use.. but I do not use liquid cooling
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163091

I also replaced the fans that came with it for better flow and added one

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Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2009 at 12:55am

dodger Offline
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I've been happy with Antec cases and power supplies - they address the noise factor as well as cooling, and ease of use. Not as sexy as Nick's maybe, but not as pricey either.

AMD 64 X2-5200, NVidia 9600GT 512, 2048 DDR, 2x250 GB SATA, Saitek X45, Win XP SP3 (Win7-64bitRC1 and FSX on 2nd HD)

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Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2009 at 1:06am

djt Offline
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Hello!
New York

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fox956 wrote on May 27^th, 2009 at 4:22pm:

I'm looking for some suggestions for a computer case that will have good air flow, room for expandability and room to incorporate a cooling system,........ most likely a full tower.

I'm also thinking about using a 1000W PS. Looking for suggestions on one of these also.

NickN wrote on May 27^th, 2009 at 5:59pm:

This monster will handle it all.. liquid, fans, rails, PSU's, drives, .. you can even fit the kitchen sink in it

http://www.abs.com/app/canyon695_details.asp

Just a re-branded Lian-Li PC-X2000 -

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/microsite4/x2000.html

There are plenty of others from Lian-Li that will do just as good -

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product04.php?cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_ind...

I’m using the Silver Stone TJ-09 with one of my machines and a Lian-Li PC-A70 with another. As Nick already mentioned the TJ-10/TJ-09 is an excellent case but Lian-Li has them beat with a better hard drive/bay system.

As far as the power supply goes you’ll want to do some research and a good source for PSU info can be found here –

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

I’m not sure what you’re power requirements are, but as far as a good quality PSU with stable power and fairly low noise is concerned you might want to take a look at this re-branded Seasonic –

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703022

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Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2009 at 1:25am

djt Offline
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dodger wrote on May 28^th, 2009 at 12:55am:

I've been happy with Antec cases and power supplies - they address the noise factor as well as cooling, and ease of use. Not as sexy as Nick's maybe, but not as pricey either.

I’ve built plenty of systems over the years with Antec cases but they pale in comparison to the quality of Lian-Li or Silver Stone.

As far as their power supplies go they are not all good across the board. The better ones if I remember correctly are re-branded Delta and Seasonic PSU’s.

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Reply #7 - May 28^th, 2009 at 8:07am

Fozzer Offline
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Hereford. England. EGBS.

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...my four Pennyworth...over many years...>>>>

Fozzer wrote on May 25^th, 2009 at 4:43pm:

I'm one of the "Old Fashioned" PC type of Blokes from the 1990's...

My favourite Computer arrangement....

A horizontal Desk-Top Case sitting beside my Keyboard and Monitor, and far away from a dusty floor/carpet, etc...

....with a quick-remove lid on the top, offering quick, easy access to all its innards, and all the drives, etc, in front of me... Kiss

...!

..none of this crawling about on hands an knees on the floor, in semi-darkness, trying to fiddle with things in a Tower!... Wink

...!

..and another benefit of a Horizontal Desk top arrangement...all the heat from the individual components rises clear away, vertically.....not accumulating upwards, and adding the the heat of all the components mounted above them in a Tower arrangement!.... Wink

...!

Imagine what the poor-old Power Supply Unit at the top must be suffering!... Shocked

...!

Paul.... Wink

....

...!

P.S....they don't call me "Captain Sensible" for nothing!... Wink

....

...!!

...so there you go.....just call me "Old Fashioned"... Grin

...

...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004... Cool

...!

.... Grin

....!

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
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