Complete System Upgrade

[Prometheus]

Im sick of my shit case.


So

I am considering the following objects.

Either the
Istyle or Breeze Case I was going for the Breeze case but the Istyle is very easy to swap in and out. You can see them at www.nexustek.nl
Anyone got a fave out of the two.

Second.
A water cooling case to work with whichever case I get...one that is under 200$ or 150¤ would be nice.

Thanks.

[StinkyMojo]

The breeze's internal design is nice, and the istyle looks nice as well.

also here a couple of water cooled cases from koolance: http://www.koolance.com/shop/default.php?cPath=28_43

[Prometheus]

but which of the two...?????


i dont like koolance much because
1.Their cases are ugly and hard to access with that front panel.
2.Too big
3.Theyre not availible in ireland. or much of the uk.

[Jason425]

quite honestly I don't care for the looks of either one, but the breeze has noise absorbtion stuff.. although the istyle looks a tad better and easier to swap.. if you're going to do that alot...

[Prometheus]

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=603587

I also found this one

can take up 2 5 1/4 " bays or the extra PSU space in the bottom of tower cases or can be used as an external one.

Got some decent reviews.....

If I dont get the Breeze or Istyle,

what case would fit that watercooling unit...it looks pretty damn solid....


The Istyle I am interested in because...i may be reviewing stuff for Techwarelabs and might be good for swapping in and out.... but its no big deal to have to "screw" with my computer.... hehe

[eviltechie]

why not go with antec P160?

[Prometheus]

is that water cooled?

[eviltechie]

no it isnt

but why do you need water?
i think its too costly to go into water to make OCing purpose worth while

(taken in account that OCing is a hobby too for some, it is still too expensive)

and also with the awesome heatsink designs out now, you dont really need water to OC quite a bit

P160 has 1 x 120mm for the front and 1x120mm for the rear

along with SP-120 heatsink from thermalright, and another 120mm on top of that, i see no problems cooling the hell out of your OC'ed setup

and it can be quiet too
no pump noises, no higher than usual electric bill

[eviltechie]

http://www.antec.com/images/400/P160_front.jpg

i mean come on, its just dead sexy
makes my nipples hard lol jk :lol:

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81600#

[Prometheus]

the more cooling the longer ones crap lasts...

[Jason425]

dude.. water would be nice... but I've had my 2.4 Oc'd to 3.4 forever... my memory is at the highest voltage I can w/o a mod (2.85) and all I have is a $25 cpu fan and geil thermal stuff that came with my ram.... and no water will spill on it...

[eviltechie]

mmm ive had my 2100+ OC'ed to 2.35GHz for a year now
still going strong

i dont see why you need water unless you are pushing 3.4GHz P4 to 4.2GHz

[Jason425]

yea.. only the extreme OC's.. or nvidia OC's need water... :D

the main reason I would get water is for less noise...

[eviltechie]

with the awesome heatsink designs out now, noises with air shouldnt be too much of a concern

remember, you still have a 120mm fan on the radiator
so whats the difference of that and a heatsink with 120mm on it

none really

[Jason425]

except mine is a 60mm fan... so... yea...

and you're neglecting video and northbridge cooling as well.. along with whatever else it cools

[eviltechie]

just have a case with 120mms

it cools everything well
including HDD

[Jason425]

when I go out and buy a new case and fans, i'll put that into consideration... but until then, my retarded array of random fans will do... kinda like your 4200...