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Old January 23rd 04, 01:57 AM
Leon Rowell
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Yes, those other options also eat too much....

Leon


Wayne Youngman wrote:
"Jerry Polyak" wrote

1. Why do you want your case to kick your ass?

2. Do you require the case for the ass kicking, or could someone just


come

over and kick your ass with out having to bring the said case?

3. If a case is required, would the person kicking your ass get the case
back once the ass kicking is completed?

This is just a joke, so don't take it seriously.... VBG




Hi,
it's none of the above, you missed option #4

4. The case will kick your ass, and anyone's ass who mess's with me. I am
puny in real life so I figure I need a kick-ass case for protection, I was
thinking about a dog or a crocodile or something like that but they are
expensive! and can't help my much in my computing hobby :P

did I miss something?


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Old January 23rd 04, 02:36 AM
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"Frank Hagan" wrote in message
ink.net...


In Florida we have computer literate alligators, in fact they have their

own
university (Florida State ;-) but would they survive in the UK?



Hmmm............seems to me that the alliGATORS are at the University OF
Florida (Gainesville, Florida) whereas the Seminoles are at Florida State
University (Tallahassee, Florida).


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the right questions.


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Old January 23rd 04, 03:38 AM
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"callsignviper" wrote in message
news:tU_Pb.126778$xy6.455805@attbi_s02...

"Frank Hagan" wrote in message
ink.net...


In Florida we have computer literate alligators, in fact they have their

own
university (Florida State ;-) but would they survive in the UK?



Hmmm............seems to me that the alliGATORS are at the University OF
Florida (Gainesville, Florida) whereas the Seminoles are at Florida State
University (Tallahassee, Florida).


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callsignviper


The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
the right questions.


My bad! Typed while brain disengaged ;-)

FRH


  #24  
Old January 23rd 04, 03:46 AM
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Don't forget to look at Coolermaster. I have one of the Wavemaster cases.
I was looking at the Lian Li, but when I saw the Wavemaster, I had to have
it. Removable tray, Blue leds on the front, too much to type, check it
out -
http://tinyurl.com/yi2r


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Old January 23rd 04, 04:53 AM
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Wayne Youngman wrote:

This doesn't have a removable tray, and it might not
kick-ass, but it'll sure scratch yer eyes out:
http://www.colorcases.com/Cases/kitty.htm

A roomy 20" x 20" x 10"


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Old January 23rd 04, 07:35 AM
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"Wayne Youngman" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have just sold my 4 months old AMD system which was housed in an ANTEC
SX630II Mini Tower case. I did like the ANTEC but it was my *Value*

option.
I intend to build a new system (AMD I reckon) but this time I want to
push-the-boat-out with the Case + PSU.

I am an overclocker, I like ABIT mobos and Radeon Graphics. I want to use
at least 4-6 hard drives + assorted optical drives.

So far the thing I want to try the most is this *removable* mobo tray but

I
am not sure if this works as I think it might?. The thing I didn't like
about my ANTEC case was that it was a tight fit with My ABIT NF7-S and it
was impossible to mount the HSF (AERO7 LITE) when the mobo was inside the
case, so I had to attach the HSF on the mobo outside the case then lift

the
bare mobo (with HSF attached) and fumble-finger it down into the case, no
fun at all. This meant that if I wanted to swap out HSF or try a new CPU

I
would literally have to disassemble my ENTIRE PC, screws out from Mobo and
everything! what a PAIN!. I do not know of a way to take the HSF on/off
while the mobo was inside my case as the clip for the HSF was facing the
inside. . towards the PSU, so yeah I could remove the PSU to unclip the

HSF
but still a pain.

If I had a case with *removable* mobo holder tray, would I be able to

slide
the mobo in/out with a HSF attached? If so this would be *Kickass* but I'm
not sure if this is possible? If I can't do this then I see little point

in
having a *removable* mobo tray?

So with this in mind, I am looking for these features in my new case:

1) Aluminium - To help system cooling
2) Removable Mobo Tray - To help make frequent HSF/CPU changes as painless
as possible
3) External USB2.0 ports - Preferably that will connect to my mobo easy
4) Space and Cooling for several HDDs
5) Plenty Fans - Blowhole on top is desirable

= = = = = = = = = = =
So far I am very tempted to get this case:
CoolerMaster Praetorian PAC-T01-E1 - Silver (£94.17)
http://tinyurl.com/3dghv
= = = = = = = = = = =
Of course I would need to power my new system. My best PSU choice so far

is:
ANTEC TrueBlue 480 Watt PSU (£76.36)
http://tinyurl.com/2lsy4
I have a blue theme goin on, even though I have no side window in my spec.
= = = = = = = = = = =
TOTAL: £170.53
= = = = = = = = = = =
Thanks for reading, I am quite new at deluxe cases so maybe you could lend
me your experience
--
Wayne ][



Kick-Ass case? How about a Lian-Li PC6010. I love it and the TruBlue 480 is
perfect in this case... The front of the case has a multi-colored LED show
and the side window is an aquarium. Picked it up NIB at ebay for 125$.
Awesome...

http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/ca...case/index.php




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Old January 23rd 04, 01:58 PM
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D wrote:
did you check out the Lian-li PC-70USB or other variants?


It depends on the size of the complete CPU HSF assembly. If using something
big, you can't slide the tray out on a Lian-Li either.

Then there's the LED/speaker/button head, which Lian-Li decided to use
single pins for. There's no single plug to disconnect/reconnect if you want
to slide the tray out (on some model, there's a plug midway on the cable
though, but on the wrong side of a clamp to help when removing the
motherboard). Combined with the normal amount of other cable heads,
including IDE, USB, WLA, power and others, it's going to be a lot of
fiddling anyhow.
BUT -- to help with the original user's problems: On the Lian-Li cases, you
can very easily open the back panel too, meaning you don't normally have to
remove the motherboard if the fastening bracket is the reason why you
otherwise need full access to the motherboard to change the CPU.

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Old January 23rd 04, 02:03 PM
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IanDunbar wrote:
"Wayne Youngman" wrote in message
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1) Aluminium - To help system cooling


The extra cooling from aluminium is next to nothing, but aluminium
cases look cool.


That depends on how well you transfer heat TO the case. If using heat
pipes, it can be very efficient in cooling, and Zalman has even released a
completely fanless Al case that works like a huge heat sink.

Regards,
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*Art

  #29  
Old January 23rd 04, 02:51 PM
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as a proud owner of a PC-76, it holds 12 HD in the two racks below the
floppy drive (6 in each)

http://www.dansdata.com/pc76.htm



"Nanga Parbat" wrote in message
. ..
Nanga Parbat wrote:

But beware, the PC76 comes at a price, it's enormeously big and if you
fill it with all possible fans can be quite noisy.


Oops, one thing I forgot to mention. The PC76 has no removable
motherboard tray but the work space is so big that you don't really
need it in this case. But nevertheless it would be nice if it did

Nanga



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Old January 23rd 04, 04:28 PM
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Hi all,

thanks for helpful replies. I still didn't decide on a case yet. Lian-Li
was my 2nd choice after Coolermaster. Why do Lian-Li have three small
'floppy-disk' style slots on the face?.

1) Slidable mobo tray

2) Hold 4 hard-disks (and cool them)

3)Plenty of 80mm (or120mm) fan holders/holes

4) USB2.0 ports (preferably with case ports that can connect to mobo easily)

5) NO DOOR over the cd-rom drives or case front

6) Quick release mobo pin header cable (HDD light. reset etc)

7) Midi Tower, not a full tower, I don't need 6 CD-Rom bays

I do like the look of the Lian-Li PC60/65, it's just that I don't really the
the way it has 3 floppy bays on the outside. I would prefer it with less
floppy holes and the fans on top of each other instead of side by side at
the bottom (like the Lian-Li PC60/65).

I'm a tricky customer I guess, but thanks again for all helpful comments


 




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