Intel CAG for X58
Does anyone here know if there is an updated CAG for x58 systems?
I'm want to know if a new case for X58 should be CAG 1.1 compliant or not. |
Intel CAG for X58
"Bill" wrote in message news:MPG.23fe31ac2f466dc989bb9@localhost... In article , says... Does anyone here know if there is an updated CAG for x58 systems? I'm want to know if a new case for X58 should be CAG 1.1 compliant or not. How do you tell if a case is CAG 1.1 or not? I don't see many cases that state that they are and yet there are many cases that appear to have excellent cooling that don't. Is there a particular case that your looking at? CAG 1.1 Specs are he http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/...2086_62086.pdf Looks like the design was for the Pentium 4 Here is a typical CAG 1.1 case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133059 I ran across this specification which was touted as a feature for one of the cases I was looking at on Newegg (Can't remember which one). I always jot down the new acronyms whenever they pop up and then do a search to find out what they are in the hopeless effort to keep up to speed. Anyone looking at the spec will recognize the design - It is quite common on many cases. But many more cases do not have the CAG 1.1 design, and some of them are newer models from major brands. Thus the question: is there an airflow design that is recommended/needed for the X58 systems? |
Intel CAG for X58
"Bill" wrote in message news:MPG.23ffcf189bd3c15a989bbc@localhost... In article , says... "Bill" wrote in message news:MPG.23fea528c049332d989bbb@localhost... snip Not that I know of. OTOH, if I had the bucks for a spiffy new X58 with dual video cards, I'd seriously consider this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119122 Bill Ooooo. Alienware! Nice!! But I'm more thinking of either buying a very cheap case to move an old P4 system into and use it's Antec Sonata I case for the new build (Which is not a CAG 1.1 design) or buy a cheap(ish) new case for the new build. I just want to know if there is an chassis airflow standard to be looking for, and more importantly, one to stay away from - like the Sonata I. Ahh, the Sonata I. Not a bad case if you understood it was designed for quiet not performance and fixed the front USB port with a free from Antec new one that would handle USB 2.0 devices. My wife had one for a couple of years untill she wanted more performance. It got replaced by a COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119068 bought on sale for $49.99 USD with free shipping. It probanly qualifies as CAG 1.1 compatible. OTOH for a new build for the new INTEL processors I'd probably go with a minimum of 120mm fan in front and a 120mm fan in the rear for quiet and cooling. For consideration: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811226040 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811226041 if you don't mind the color Though if I were building a gameing pc I would look for a case that could handle extended atx motherboards so it could easily handle long video cards. Bill Antec was good enough to send me a replacement front port board, so the old Antec does 2.0. Not going to do the Lan Party stuff - way past that **** by a decade or two. I'm kinda liking the Cooler Master Sileo 500 right now - if I were to do a new box. That's why I wondering about air flow. |
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