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Thread: Case Questions.....
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06-14-09, 11:26 PM #11
Re: Case Questions.....
Originally Posted by finc.hairy
The Megahalems may still be hard to get ahold of, it is relatively new and in high demand. I got mine from Jabtech (which looks to be out of stock now) for $60 (less than anywhere else).
The TRUE will probably perform just about as good as the Megahalems and should be much easier to find (TRUE = Thermalright Ultra Extreme).
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06-15-09, 12:53 PM #13
Re: Case Questions.....
Case = Antec 1200... I posted some pics of it recently here:
http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=64373.0
The autobot logo is cool, yeh. The TRUE is huge and the Mega is just slightly bigger... you will need a big case, some with the 900 (slightly smaller than 1200) have had a small interference with the side panel 120mm fan, but they fixed it by trimming the fan housing. With my mobo's VREG I can't quite fit a fan on the back of the Mega for a push/pull... but if I carve a small notch out of the fan I can... just haven't done it yet since temps are pretty damn good with just push.
And yes the Noctua fans excel at being quiet (that is one thing nobody can beat Noctua at). But if you really wanted to you could buy them separately and put them on a better HS (I know some people who want ultra quiet do this... Noctua fans on a TRUE for example). But they are damn ugly (beige/tan almost pink looking). The fans I have in the picture I linked actually aren't in my case any more, I am now using these:
http://www.svc.com/r4-l2r-20ac-gp.html
They are louder than the Noctua fans for sure but push much more air. I compared them to several Yate Loon fans and the Antec Tri-Cools (pictured in my linked post) and they push about the same air as a Yate Loon High (a VERY respected fan) or the Antec on High Setting, but it is quieter than both.
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06-15-09, 06:41 PM #14Re: Case Questions.....
Noctua fans are ugly, but I don't care for looks when my PC sits on the floor and my case is closed with no windows. Speaking of which, I decided on the LIAN LI PC-B70 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case. Just ordered it.
I'm curious...if the TRUE is so good, why do so many people (been reading OC forums and NCIX) opt to replace the fan with something else? Is it just noise, or is that product all about the fins?
I couldn't find a P-Megahelms dealer in Canada for the life of me.
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06-15-09, 07:03 PM #15
Re: Case Questions.....
I'm not even sure the TRUE comes with a fan, but I think some versions of it might come with a Thermalright fan. But yes you are right, the TRUE is a very efficient heatsink, but that doesn't mean that any fan they ship with it will be the most efficient fan. What makes a heatsink good is totally different from what makes a fan good.
A fan really only has to do two things: push air and be quiet. And the second one is purely aesthetic. The more air you push over a TRUE, the cooler your CPU will be... most people probably want more air (or less noise) than whatever "stock" Thermalright fan it ships with, if it does come with a fan at all.
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06-15-09, 07:51 PM #16Re: Case Questions.....
Originally Posted by Veovis
NCIX sells it with the fan. <-- click me
I'm gonna take a chance on the Noctua NF-P12-1300 120MM with the TRUE and see what happens....
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS KIDS! THIS IS GONNA BE A BUMPY RIDE!
On the fun side, I'm going from a socket 939 Athalon 64 3700 San Diego chip to a core i7 920 Bloomfield chip. :4
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