Nicest case search

[AMGpower]

Post some cases that you think are the most bad ass.

This is holleys from pimpedoutcases.net
http://www.pimpedoutcases.net/cgi-bin/case_images/Holley/pics171.jpg
http://www.pimpedoutcases.net/cgi-bin/case_images/Holley/pics177.jpg
http://www.pimpedoutcases.net/cgi-bin/case_images/Holley/pics153.jpg

[ToxicSoup]

man... one time i saw this really cool case. it was all black and blue and had lots of plexiglass. it was cool.

[AMGpower]

Originally posted by ToxicSoup@Jan 20 2003, 10:11 PM
man... one time i saw this really cool case. it was all black and blue and had lots of plexiglass. it was cool.
:huh:

[Sarig]

Mine. Standard black lian li PC 61. Anything else just looks cheap and flashy IMO.

[Doorbasher]

I'm gonna be gettin a Lian-Li PC-75. Aluminum, has a window installed at the factory, and I'm gonna have it premodded with a 120mm blowhole and 3 extra 80s in the window. (because I don't trust myself to cut holse in a $230 case and get it right the first time.)

[Mr.unknown]

Oh my god(Allah I am a muslim) I think I am in love. I really envy you people with those hella nice cases. I have one of those uncool compaq cases.

[Tobalaz]

I love the black lian-li with the dragon mod they have over at crazypc.com, If I didn't just buy a Chieftech server toxer I'd get that one.

[AMGpower]

Originally posted by skvfighter@Jan 21 2003, 11:22 PM
Oh my god(Allah I am a muslim) I think I am in love. I really envy you people with those hella nice cases. I have one of those uncool compaq cases.
I hope you didnt get the wrong idea. Thats someone elses right now i have a dell but for my new comp i bought a chieftec.

[Tobalaz]

The color just doesn't matter, Chiefies are just beautiful cases, and the airflow isn't to shabby either.

[Doorbasher]

I dont like that case. Too small.

But here's teh []D [] []\/[] []D []2 [] [+ (http://www.overclockershideout.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?s=3e2b4fb27a9effff;act=ST;f=8;t=1;st=70)
(look at the 3rd post)

[Deus]

Originally posted by George_W_Dungheap@Jan 22 2003, 11:46 PM
I dont like that case. Too small.

But here's teh []D [] []\/[] []D []2 [] [+ (http://www.overclockershideout.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?s=3e2b4fb27a9effff;act=ST;f=8;t=1;st=70)
(look at the 3rd post)
wow
that's a freaking nice case and specs!
that guy is loaded! let's jump him! :shifty:

[Sarig]

A full tower without a real reason is just for wank purposes.

Windows are just for wank purposes.

Lighting is just for wank purposes.

This is why I have a stock Lian Li (bought because it fulfilled my requirements and was the cheapest option).

[AMGpower]

Originally posted by George_W_Dungheap@Jan 23 2003, 01:46 AM
I dont like that case. Too small.

But here's teh []D [] []\/[] []D []2 [] [+ (http://www.overclockershideout.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?s=3e2b4fb27a9effff;act=ST;f=8;t=1;st=70)
(look at the 3rd post)
I dont really need a bigger case. I dont need any ectra space. Plus its room enough to get some good cooling. I didnt like that neon stuff very much it reminds me to much of the early 90's. Oh scarry. As for the window, im to lazy and poor to mess up a new case by doing a shotty job at it. Im gonna do some stuff inside like stealthing the cables. should be pretty cool when im done. I twil post then.

[Haysoos]

I wouldnt mind a window. not for any reason other than, ya know, hey, its a window :blink:... Right now i have an Antec 635SX case, its a mid tower, and looks like the cheiftecs exactly, but came with a great antec 350W PSU. I think full towers are pointless unless you have that much stuff, that many drives, which some people do. But if it can fit in a mid tower, i see no reason in an insanely big computer... hell, my next comp might be one of those shuttle mini systems, i love small computers... and all the wiring i do is for cosmetic purposes, mainly just wanted to control my ribbon cables, which i've done. Before i had ribbon cables just kinda hanging, not put out of the way, and now they are all flat against the side of the case and hidden, and i have not seen a difference in temp from "better airflow" so ive come to the conclusion that "proper airflow" is over rated and you dont need to go to extremes for airflow unless you're OCing and have high case temps... final note, i want to kill the man with the dual xeon machine, that is BEAUTIFUL...

[JC Denton]

Originally posted by Sarig@Jan 23 2003, 08:03 AM
A full tower without a real reason is just for wank purposes.

Windows are just for wank purposes.

Lighting is just for wank purposes.

This is why I have a stock Lian Li (bought because it fulfilled my requirements and was the cheapest option).
Sarig is just a sad lonely little child :lol:.

[Doorbasher]

I'm never buying anything smaller than a full tower ever again. I have very bad memories of the First Motherboard Upgrade. Trying to cram a VH-6 into that small case was hell.

Plus, one of my big priorities is room for expantion. I want another hard drive, I can put it in any case. I want another 5 hard drives, and I need the likes of a PC75. Where I go to school, they have a lot of *VERY* shitty compaqs in micro tower cases. Guess who gets to fix em all the time. I associate small cases (and obsession with quietness) with low performance and high temperature. A full tower has more space for fans, which means more airflow, which means a cooler Athlon -- we all know how hot those things get. My priorities are: Low temps, room for expantion, and l33tness. I don't care if I need a big, 60 pound machine crammed with Tornados and Delta 38s and Delta 50s to get there.

Sarig said "A full tower without a real reason is just for wank purposes". Well, that's important to me. I don't want to just have a computer, I want to have an l33t computer. Okay, so I'm insecure and materialistic. So what?

[Haysoos]

Originally posted by George_W_Dungheap@Jan 23 2003, 08:45 PM
Okay, so I'm insecure and materialistic. So what?
You're american! lol...

Dell and ComCRAP cases are NOT what i like. mid tower my friend, not micro or mini... And i would love to have a shuttle system apart from the comp i have now that i will constantly upgrade, which is why i'll never have one. My case has all i need, i wont have 5 HDs, only 1-2 and this case gives me room for 3. I have 3 5 1/4 drive slots, one is my Audigy drive, and another is for my cd burner that will be replaced with a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, so i still have one slot there. And the temp difference with 2 fans and 12 fans is hardly going to make a difference, unless you decide to go EXTREME OC on everything with aircooling, in which case you should be watercooling anyways. but then you have the people with control panels, and 4-5 5 1/4 devices, 6 HD raid arrays, in computer water cooling, etc etc, all that wont fit in a mid tower, it barely fits in a full size sometimes... so its all what you like, im a minimalist, i dont like to have extras that dont do much, if i can have a CD burner and DVD in one drive, then i will avoid having them seperate, things like that...

[Sarig]

Yes but honestly who uses 5 hard drives. At most I can really see a purpose for four 5 1/2" drives. I'm not going to use 60Gb any time soon.

Same goes for overclocking and cooling. I'm happy with the performance of my Athlon XP 2000+, and yes it is rather hot but it works fine, I don't need anything more.

Basically I'm happy with what does the job atm.

[Doorbasher]

I'm a classic Capitalist -- I'm never satisfied, and I always want more MHz, more RAM, lower temps, more HD space, etc. I know full well that I will never reach my goal of the ultimate rig, but I don't care. If I did, I'd still be on the old Pentium Classic 200. I see it like a football game. (*American* football, the real kind of football.) It's the fourth quarter, 5 minutes left on the clock, and your team is down by 20 points. You know that they're not going to win, but you keep pulling for them. Battle for the best rig. The battle is worth it in itself.

[JC Denton]

Gotta agree with GWD here. I'm always lusting for the bad ass rig, even though I'll prolly never attain it. When all my games run at over two hundred FPS with all the eyecandy @ 1600x1200 I will be pleased.

[EyePoker]

http://www.geocities.com/curlybigfro/kami3both.txt

teh winn0r

[Aj]

Do you know what that says?

[Sarig]

Originally posted by Captain Kirk@Jan 25 2003, 07:03 AM
Gotta agree with GWD here. I'm always lusting for the bad ass rig, even though I'll prolly never attain it. When all my games run at over two hundred FPS with all the eyecandy @ 1600x1200 I will be pleased.
And how does case lighting help this exactly?

I just dont see the point. I could upgrade my processor and my video card, and have the baddest rig around if I wanted, but I don't see the point.

It's just another my dick is bigger than yours competition, which in the end is [prety pointless.

[Chief]

Originally posted by Sarig@Jan 24 2003, 10:32 PM
It's just another my dick is bigger than yours competition, which in the end is [prety pointless.
But we practically make these competitions a sport over here. :D

And as for full tower cases, I like em just because I have room to work in. My old Enlight case always felt cramped to me whenever I had to swap out the mobo. ;-/

[Tanaban]

I see it as a decent hobby... it was this or selling dem pills to little kids...

[AMGpower]

I just made a sweet new PCI fan mod. Serously I spend a good hour on it. I was so happy when I felt a large brease out the case then I realise that its facing the pci's and not the agp so there is no Vid cooling. Oh well it was a fin project. Thats why I enjoy modding. I get to use my hands to make some of the things have better (or break it trying.) :

[tonymark01]

Originally posted by Aj@Jan 24 2003, 07:27 PM
Do you know what that says?
Kamikase :lol:

[AMGpower]

Wondering where can you get like mirror material for the inside. And where can you get that wire wrap stuff?

[K]

My toaster will 0wn j00 all.

Ahem.

For a simple case, mashie's Project oneone is pretty ace: http://mashie.glassbil.net/casemods/oenone01.htm

[Haysoos]

I see my computer like my car and any music i write... I simply try to attain infinity! Its a never ending contest to do the best and build the best i can, I'll never be completely satisfied... I will reach mild satification when i do something new, but theres always better, more Mhz, more horsepower, etc etc... but keep it within reason, im not going to be one of those idiot rice kids who gets a car loan for a honda civic, then gets another $30,000 to mod it and has to live with his parents until hes 29 to pay it off...

[AMGpower]

http://mashie.glassbil.net/casemods/pics/oenone_080.jpg
How pimp is this toaster. Carbon fiber too.

Here is another one from the same site.
http://mashie.glassbil.net/casemods/pics/syrinix_39.jpg

[OtterPop Junkie]

I like modding because stuff just isnt good enough stock. There is always a way to make it better. Guess that just depends on whta your idea of better is. That and bragging rights has something to do with it :).

[Kefka]

Wow, those are some nice cases

[Smithmeister]

This is my computer. I dont know if this'll work right ive never tried posted pics here before and I dont know how to exactly :unsure:
I wouldnt say this is the 'nicest' case but I like it. Got it pre-modded and yes it does have 7 case fans, lol.

[Smithmeister]

Just messing up here lol, seeing if my thing worked.

[Smithmeister]

OK, heres another pic. Sorry for the triple-post but im new at this so. This pic's kinda bright so it doesnt show up as well. I have more pics but Im not gona post any more unless someone wants me to so. Here it is.

[Doorbasher]

Not bad. But 7 case fans is nothing. My Lian-Li PC75 has 16 fans, two 80mm front intakes (35 cfms each), four 80mm rear exhausts (also 35cfms each), three 80mm intakes in the window blowing onto the CPU, northbride, and video card. The NB and video fans are 38 cfms each, the CPU one in 84 cfms. (yes, thats 84) Add to this a 69cfm 120mm blowhole, the 30 cfm 60mm CPU fan, the ~5 cfm 40mm northbridge fan, the 24CFM 60mm video card heatsink fan, two fans in the PSU, and a 7 CFM slot cooler. I'd post a pic, but I have no digital camera.

[Smithmeister]

Holy freaukin shiet. :lol: Actually if you're gona count EVERY fan then I've also got (sadly) one fan in the PSU, CPU fan, video card heatsink/fan. So counting that way i have 10, but still dude 16!, thats great.

[Aj]

:blink: That is an obsession.... that thing has got to be loud, what PSU are you suing to run all those? And what are your temps?! I only have 4 fans and my temps are fine.

[Smithmeister]

haha look at that! we're postin at the same time. Actually my temperatures suck (for my CPU anyway) but thats most likely bcuz i dont have the TbredB core and i got a bad heatsink/CPU fan. My CPU temps are like around 50ish, 54ish © somewhere in there i believe. My case temps are like 20c lol. Yea it is loud lol and ive got some sucky 350W PSU, i dont even know what kind it is, I got it with my old case. So far it has not failed me yet, but i got money put aside incase I do need to buy another one if this one stops workin suddenly. I dont really plan on taking advantage of all the extra fans until I get new stuff where I can overclock much better and all, when you actually can use the extra cooling.

Oh and btw I realize that post was probaly meant for Doorbasher, but I answered it anyway cuz im really bored here.

[Aj]

Jeez man! lol your temps are kinda bad seeing as how many fans you have... Why don't you just get a better heatsink?!

[Haysoos]

replace your case fans with vantec 80mm stealths and get a vantec aeroflow heatsink and you'll have beautiful low temps and it'll be pretty quiet... or get an SLK-900 (i think thats it) and an 80mm Vantec stealth... you dont have to have an insanely loud computer for it to be cool.

I have 3 case fans, cheap antec fans bought at best buy. Vantec aeroflow heatsink, and Antec 350w PSU with 2 fans. its fairly quiet, like a ceiling fan on med or high. My room temps are about 75F, case is about 80F, processor 115F. thats 24C room, 27C case, and 45C processor. And mt heatsink is dusty, need to blow all the dust out of my case this weekend. Last time i had temps this high and blew the dust out i dropped 3-4C.

[Mr.unknown]

I envy you guys. one case fan at the CPU. CPU fan. and of course the PSU fan. yet this comp still has a faily loud hum.

[OtterPop Junkie]

Geez I only have 3 fans, there the basic ones on all Lian-Li cases. But yesterday I got a new PSU, and water-cooling stuff, I am getting a piece of Plexiglass free form my uncle for a window, just dont know what design to use. Expect pics soon.

[Lag Messiah]

Originally posted by EyePoker@Jan 24 2003, 05:33 PM
http://www.geocities.com/curlybigfro/kami3both.txt

teh winn0r
Very kind of you Pokie :D

ohhh I miss my blue CC being that bright...sigh :(

Anyway, yah the kanji on the windows says Kamikaze. I chose it because the literal translation of Kamikaze is "God Wind" or "Divine Wind" and I used to have a lot more fans in there and it was pretty loud...tee hee

[ToxicSoup]

Hey lag, try turning the light off for a day then turning it back on, that usually works for me.

[Haysoos]

Originally posted by Mr.unknown@Mar 6 2003, 11:26 PM
I envy you guys. one case fan at the CPU. CPU fan. and of course the PSU fan. yet this comp still has a faily loud hum.
i have a loud hum too, but its just not annoyingly loud. I cant still watch movies and play games and it doesnt drown them out.

[Doorbasher]

Originally posted by Aj@Mar 6 2003, 10:07 PM
:blink:  That is an obsession.... that thing has got to be loud, what PSU are you suing to run all those? And what are your temps?!  I only have 4 fans and my temps are fine.
It's hella loud -- Ever heard a Vantec Tornado? I'm using some noname 450W PSU. My temps: 50C idle, 60C load, 17.5C ambient.

BTW, thanx for the idea, Lag. Divine Wind.... I like it.

[EyePoker]

Originally posted by Doorbasher@Mar 7 2003, 01:27 AM
BTW, thanx for the idea, Lag. Divine Wind.... I like it.
That's the name of his box...

[SnipeBoy]

I have just this week put a Zalman flower cooler in and a Vantec fan controller One of these (http://www.overclock.co.uk/moreinfo.php?id=1014) attached to 4 new super quiet case fans, a new Antec TrueBlue power supply with low noise technology and the sound coming out of my box has halfed even before I turn the fans down. However I found that the GF4 that I have makes far too much noise, im thinking of changing the 2 small fans on it to one big one. Good thing is that my temps havent gone up by much even when playing Splinter Cell so the less noise more heat is well worth it. I will post some pics very shortly when it doesnt look such a big mess and Ive sorted out all my cables.

[Lag Messiah]

Originally posted by SnipeBoy@Mar 7 2003, 12:41 PM
I have just this week put a Zalman flower cooler in and a Vantec fan controller One of these (http://www.overclock.co.uk/moreinfo.php?id=1014) attached to 4 new super quiet case fans, a new Antec TrueBlue power supply with low noise technology and the sound coming out of my box has halfed even before I turn the fans down. However I found that the GF4 that I have makes far too much noise, im thinking of changing the 2 small fans on it to one big one. Good thing is that my temps havent gone up by much even when playing Splinter Cell so the less noise more heat is well worth it. I will post some pics very shortly when it doesnt look such a big mess and Ive sorted out all my cables.
that's what I have now, cept my Vantec is black...it's purdy

[Smithmeister]

Originally posted by Aj@Mar 6 2003, 08:22 PM
Jeez man! lol your temps are kinda bad seeing as how many fans you have... Why don't you just get a better heatsink?!
Well I do wana get a new heatsink one of these days, still not sure of which one to get tho. As for gettin stealth fans well, that can get expensive when you're gettin 6-7 of them. The fan on the side is a light up fan so that would be even more. IT all depends on how much money i can muster up.

[Haysoos]

Originally posted by Metalhed4@Mar 7 2003, 03:05 PM
Well I do wana get a new heatsink one of these days, still not sure of which one to get tho. As for gettin stealth fans well, that can get expensive when you're gettin 6-7 of them. The fan on the side is a light up fan so that would be even more. IT all depends on how much money i can muster up.
$33 bucks gets you a quiet, good heatsink, the Vantec Aeronflow. And unless you are having temp problems or are OCing to the extreme, 3-4 case fan is all you need... I have 2 intake and 1 exhaust and i get only a 3-5C difference between room and case temp... you dont have to have icy cool temps unless you are OCing a lot, so sacrifice some temps for silence...

[SnipeBoy]

Originally posted by Lag Messiah@Mar 7 2003, 06:48 PM
Originally posted by SnipeBoy@Mar 7 2003, 12:41 PM
I have just this week put a Zalman flower cooler in and a Vantec fan controller One of these (http://www.overclock.co.uk/moreinfo.php?id=1014) attached to 4 new super quiet case fans, a new Antec TrueBlue power supply with low noise technology and the sound coming out of my box has halfed even before I turn the fans down. However I found that the GF4 that I have makes far too much noise, im thinking of changing the 2 small fans on it to one big one. Good thing is that my temps havent gone up by much even when playing Splinter Cell so the less noise more heat is well worth it. I will post some pics very shortly when it doesnt look such a big mess and Ive sorted out all my cables.
that's what I have now, cept my Vantec is black...it's purdy
I actually think the black one looks better but ive got a silver case so it would look stupid, only problem ive found is the noise it makes when you turn the fans all the way down is a bit annoying.

[AMGpower]

I think Ive said this before but what I use is a pyramid fan silencer (http://www.zxmods.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=50X4168476&rnd=3784958&rrc=N&cip=24.118.193.160&pg=prod&ref=Pyramid+Fan+Silencer&cat=Fan+Controllers). It senses the temps and ajusts accordingly. It works great for me. When the computer starts up the fans go on full power for a check then go to their temp speed there is about a 2x difference. I would deff reccomend.

[Mr.unknown]

yeah my comp does the same thing it hella speeds up at the start up right before the BIOS loads up. Also i have never really heard it speed up that much lately maybe a little during when it is hot and I am playing a game. Partly due to the fact that my room is just about at 68 degrees F most of the time. Is this it: even when my computer is off there is a green diod that is always on that is placed on my mobo. Even when the computer is on it is always lit up.

[Smithmeister]

Originally posted by Jesus@Mar 8 2003, 01:06 AM
Originally posted by Metalhed4@Mar 7 2003, 03:05 PM
Well I do wana get a new heatsink one of these days, still not sure of which one to get tho. As for gettin stealth fans well, that can get expensive when you're gettin 6-7 of them. The fan on the side is a light up fan so that would be even more. IT all depends on how much money i can muster up.
$33 bucks gets you a quiet, good heatsink, the Vantec Aeronflow. And unless you are having temp problems or are OCing to the extreme, 3-4 case fan is all you need... I have 2 intake and 1 exhaust and i get only a 3-5C difference between room and case temp... you dont have to have icy cool temps unless you are OCing a lot, so sacrifice some temps for silence...
Well, I did plan to overclock lol, and I still want to but my temps are border now. My video card can get hot when O/Ced so I like to keep the case very cool for that too. About that Vantec heatsink, I think I might go and get that. Its not a bad price and if what you say is true it should help my temps. And my knowledge is it comes with thermal paste or something? I'm not sure I would be able to put that on, probaly be too afraid of ruining my CPU. But if it has good instructions and you think I could do it, then I suppose i will get it. What exactly do you do to put thermal paste on? And as far as ive heard it takes a long time, why? Thx.

[Haysoos]

I use Artic Silver 3. You simply put a small amount on the CPU die (have a grain of rice sized) and spread it out to be paper thin. Its best to use a credit card or, what i use, a razor. Take your time, too little will kill the CPU and too much will cause high temps. Make it as thin as you are comfortable, some say so thin that you can read the text on the die, but im not that comfortable...

As far as the heat sink, go for it. If you want some serious OCing, get an SLK-900 heatsink and your choice of 80mm fan. I hear thats a great combo, cause you can slap any ol' 80mm fan on there, anything from a high flow 7K RPM fan to a Vantec Stealth, and its easily attached to a fanbus (rheobus, whatever)...

I say only add fans when your system starts getting hot, not just because you think you need them. :\

[OtterPop Junkie]

Or for mad overclocking you could go with a water cooled comp :). I should have mine together by the end of the week assuming I can find a drill bit the right size taht will fit my drill, so i can finish my resevoir. I am alos putting in a window and chaning my mobo. Expect pics soon.

[AMGpower]

That is gonna be sweet Lokal guy. Are you doing just the CPU or are you doing the video and northbridge too? Im waiting for those pics.
Also jesus. My aero flow is pretty loud. Mine just has one fan connection that goes to a 3 pin on the mother board. What bout you?

[Haysoos]

Its not silent, its still a 5189RPM fan according to my motherboard monitor... But i used to have a Vantec 6027D w/ 6,250RPM fan, and the difference in noise is really noticable, as well as almost 20C lower temps... I might exaggerate on this thing a little too much, but i love it... its effective and not to loud.... if you want, slap it on a rheobus and turn it down a bit... or like i said, snag a Thermalright SLK-900 and drop any 80mm fan you want on there... expensive, but highly effective and easiest to control noise...

I wanna see those pics of you watercooled setup... hurry up! ;)

[Doorbasher]

Originally posted by Jesus@Mar 8 2003, 03:06 AM
sacrifice some temps for silence...
WHAT! USE HEADPHONES IF THE NOISE BOTHERS YOU!! *bumps Tornado from 24v town to 7v* Whaddadjya say?

Personally, I associate silence with severely undercooled OEM boxes. Always with woefully inadequate HSFs sporting those abhorrent insulating blankets called thermal pads. And those machines always run at stock speeds, they'd fry if you bumped them up more than 20MHz or so. Ick! Even with my outrageous cooling system, I'm still not satisfied. I'm going to strap a modified Socket 8 heatsink to my GeForce 4. Modified with a 24CFM 60mm fan, as opposed to th 9CFM 50mm it came with. And I'm gonna be getting what, IMHO, is the mother of all Socket 462 Air Coolers: A Swiftech MCX-462+. Gonna finially put that 84 CFM Tornado to use. Although an SLK-900 with a 92mm, 119CFM Tornado would be really schweet. But it's fins are soldered on, and the 3-lug clip on a HSF that size would be hell to mount. And it's not large enough to take full advantage of a 92mm fan, much of the air goes down the sides, not through the fins. Then again, I may be insane to want 2.4 GHz so desperately out of my Athlon when most of what I play would run on a Celemine 1000.

[Haysoos]

thats a weee bit crazy, why are you still aircooling?! get watercooling my friend... I think a computer is pretty much useless when it becomes inconvenient...

[Tobalaz]

I think the noise is kind of reasuring, because if you can plainly hear the noise your cpu fan is making, then its kind of comforting to know that you can tell when it stops (especially on an athalon, which like to combust).
Besides, its a great excuse to crank up your speakers. :D

[Tanaban]

Originally posted by Tobalaz@Mar 11 2003, 05:08 PM

Besides, its a great excuse to crank up your speakers. :D
Except for me and the other audiophiles that can still hear the fans no matter how loud you turn those speakers up.

[Tobalaz]

Originally posted by Tanaban@Mar 11 2003, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by Tobalaz@Mar 11 2003, 05:08 PM

Besides, its a great excuse to crank up your speakers. :D
Except for me and the other audiophiles that can still hear the fans no matter how loud you turn those speakers up.
Aw C'mon Tan! Is this a great excuse to shell out for those 500 watt Klispiches or what? ;)

[Haysoos]

Originally posted by Tanaban@Mar 11 2003, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by Tobalaz@Mar 11 2003, 05:08 PM

Besides, its a great excuse to crank up your speakers. :D
Except for me and the other audiophiles that can still hear the fans no matter how loud you turn those speakers up.
I am one of those audiophiles, which is why i must have a quiet computer... I'm about to shell out some $$$ for the 4.1 400watt logitechs.... when i actually have $$$, which is pretty rare...

[Tanaban]

Originally posted by Tobalaz@Mar 11 2003, 06:41 PM
Aw C'mon Tan! Is this a great excuse to shell out for those 500 watt Klispiches or what? ;)
:huh: It's spelled Klipsch and I already have a set of 4.1 Klipsch speakers for my computer B)

[Doorbasher]

Originally posted by Jesus@Mar 11 2003, 04:15 PM
get watercooling my friend.
Do I look like Bill Gates to you? Plus, it's kind of hard to stuff a watercooling apparatus completely inside a case. And since I am not anything even close to an electrical engineer, I would no doubt one day turn on the CPU, and forget to turn on the water pumps. At least with über-aircooling, you know you damn well better shut that thing down ASAP if it's unusually quiet. Happened to me once. I was running a Duron and forgor to connect the 30CFM CPU fan. I though, "Hmmm.... that's quiet.... OH CRAP!", and pulled the plug. Saved my CPU.

As for speakers: I agree, crank it. Even my crappy cambridge speakers on integrated sound are more than enough for me. If I absolutely must have high-quality, no fan noise sound, I put on a pair of headphones. The big kind that make you look like an air traffic controller.

[Haysoos]

I have a set of headphones like that. Technics, they are beautiful, the damn things have bass response! They sound great full range, and are simply a great set of headphones...

Watercooling isnt that insanely expensive, and i thought the pump hooking up through a power connector from you PSU? I've never heard anyone killing a CPU with watercooling as long as you set it up correctly... :\ ::shrug::

Tan, you bastid. I want some Klipsch speakers, but im a poor bastid... logitechs fo' me, if i can scratch up the cash...

[Doorbasher]

My speakers are just what came with a gateway essential back in '99.... =/

As for watercooling: There's probably waaay too much load on my +12v rail as it is. Between an overclocked Athlon and a metric assload of case fans, my noname PSU probably couldn't handle much more.

In other news, I strapped a Pentium Pro HSF to my GeForce 4. I replaced the original fan with a 24CFM 60 scavenged from a socket A cooler.

[Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat]

Tanaban,
If you were a real audiophile, you wouldn't stop with just regular PC speakers, at least strap a 15 inch Cerwin Vega sub on that system, and unleash the beast! :P
Of course, there's always the problem of erasing your HD with that huge magnet, so place the sub at least 2' away from your computer like me. Do you know where you can get that magnetic shielding material? Would Tweeter have it?

[Tobalaz]

I'll have you know I've had my techniques home theater hooked up to my comp and surfed the net on a big screen while listening to mp3's on my 15' cerwin vega speakers.
But since i went to nights, i have to be considerate of the neighbors and have resorted to headphones

[Aj]

This thread has gone off topic, but I Like this stuff. I am thinking of building a 15 inch sonosub with the adire audio tempest driver. Anyone knwo anything about them?

[Tanaban]

Originally posted by Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat@Mar 12 2003, 09:08 PM
Tanaban,
If you were a real audiophile, you wouldn't stop with just regular PC speakers, at least strap a 15 inch Cerwin Vega sub on that system, and unleash the beast! :P
Of course, there's always the problem of erasing your HD with that huge magnet, so place the sub at least 2' away from your computer like me. Do you know where you can get that magnetic shielding material? Would Tweeter have it?
Or not... I really don't want to invest in home theater style speakers untill I see a good reciever. Then I will get that, the HD monitor, the big phat cableing, the cushhy couch, and so on and so forth. But its the fact that they are still fighting over diffent standards (5.1 6.1 8.1 & DTS/dolby). Besides in college it isnt going to be good to have that much money sitting around in dorm speakers. <_<

[Haysoos]

im not a fan of 15" subs, i like 12"... some people cant tell the difference, but 15s just sound sluggish... play fear factory or slipknot and you can tell a difference IMO. Personally, i've always been into car audio, but never into home audio since i live at home and never needed it. Right now i've spend $600 on my car stereo, 2 12" Pioneer subs powered by a 500w amp, Pioneer 50w x4 head unit, 6 1/2 compnent set up from and 6 1/2 Pioneer 3-ways in the back. I listen to music in my car more than anywhere else, at least i used to. Now that im at school and i drive my car on the weekends, im suffering from the lack of HIGH quality sound in my dorm room, from my computer. Thats why im dying to buy those Logitech 400w 4.1 z-560s... I'll wait on the full home stereo because anything i buy has to be top quality and i would want a $10,000 stereo...

[ToxicSoup]

I'd rather have 3 10" subs, or even 2. 10s have the most kick IMO, and they put out a bit of high end. Too bad i cant afford to put any of it into my car. Ive decided im not going to put any money into my civic. Im buying a 1989 RX-7 this summer and anything i buy for a car will go into that.

[Tanaban]

Originally posted by ToxicSoup@Mar 12 2003, 11:26 PM
I'd rather have 3 10" subs, or even 2. 10s have the most kick IMO, and they put out a bit of high end. Too bad i cant afford to put any of it into my car. Ive decided im not going to put any money into my civic. Im buying a 1989 RX-7 this summer and anything i buy for a car will go into that.
makes sweet lub to the Rx7 mmmmmmmmmmmmmm :lol:

[ToxicSoup]

A car much like this one will be mine in a few months. mmmmmm. I will eat civics and integras for breakfast. :P

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[Tanaban]

If I had 20g sitting around I would click the buy button in a heart beat.
http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/da/danschmitt/m1371.jpg

[Haysoos]

:angry: i LUB my civic :wub: methinks i got a pic... hold... okie, here is my civic, lub da fuzzy dice. Plans are: sawp to GSR engine, turbo or supercharger, new exhaust system, lower 1-1.5", sway and anti roll bars, 16x7" rims, carbon fiber hood... Yeah, it'll be awhile :D thats about $15k of things right there...

cars aside, before m00k starts a rampage, anyone have a clue how much a decent home stereo system would cost? just reciever and speakers and seperate amps if need be?

[Tanaban]

Originally posted by Jesus@Mar 13 2003, 02:20 AM
hood...&nbsp; &nbsp; Yeah, it'll be awhile :D&nbsp; thats about $15k of things right there...

cars aside, before m00k starts a rampage, anyone have a clue how much a decent home stereo system would cost?&nbsp; just reciever and speakers and seperate amps if need be?
Amps in a "home" theater set up? umm no if the reciever is good enough you will not need a amp. Only the Subs need one and they have them built in. If you like, continue the car thread and home theater talks in a different thread cause unfortunatly this thread must DIE!