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#1 danny321
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Can you suggest me a good but inexpensive computer case? I'm planning to change my pc case because my gpu seems to overheat quite often. Thanks in advance.
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#2 RayvinAzn
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If your GPU is overheating, you can probably fix that by adjusting the fan speeds, there's no real call for a new case. Use Riva Tuner, ATI Tray Tools, or ATITool to adjust them, you can do it at a fixed percentage or dynamically based on temperature. That should solve your overheating problem right there.

If you really do want a new case, something cheap and effective would be the Cooler Master Centurion 590, or even the older (and cheaper) Centurion 5.

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odds are it would be cheaper for you to buy a decent aftermarket cooler for your gpu, but as was mentioned above Coolermaster cases are good, I have the CM 690 it was like 60 dollars came with 3 fans in it, and you can mount 7 120mm fans, a small 80mm fan on the back side of the motherboard as well
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if your gpu overheating, u can fix the airflow in your case by adding exhaust fan in PCI slot.. that work in me..
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A good case CAN make the difference. Just explore all your options first.

I just bought a thermaltake case and my CPU temps droped 8C... To me thats massive.

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Can you suggest me a good but inexpensive computer case? I'm planning to change my pc case because my gpu seems to overheat quite often. Thanks in advance.danny321

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

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#7 whitey_rolls
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[QUOTE="danny321"]Can you suggest me a good but inexpensive computer case? I'm planning to change my pc case because my gpu seems to overheat quite often. Thanks in advance.Angry_Bosmer

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

do you own an antec 900 case?

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#8 Angry_Bosmer
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[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]

[QUOTE="danny321"]Can you suggest me a good but inexpensive computer case? I'm planning to change my pc case because my gpu seems to overheat quite often. Thanks in advance.whitey_rolls

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

do you own an antec 900 case?

I'm getting one soon.

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#9 whitey_rolls
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[QUOTE="whitey_rolls"][QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]

[QUOTE="danny321"]Can you suggest me a good but inexpensive computer case? I'm planning to change my pc case because my gpu seems to overheat quite often. Thanks in advance.Angry_Bosmer

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

do you own an antec 900 case?

I'm getting one soon.

so you are actually unsure if it's any good, might want to reserve your promotion of the product until after trying it

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#10 RayvinAzn
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Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

Angry_Bosmer

Honestly? Poor cabling options, somewhat cramped, proprietary and hard to replace oversized upper exhaust fan, mediocre layout, and relatively low build quality (compared to say a similarly priced Lian-Li). Oh, and pretty loud and inefficient stock fans

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[QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

RayvinAzn

Honestly? Poor cabling options, somewhat cramped, proprietary and hard to replace oversized upper exhaust fan, mediocre layout, and relatively low build quality (compared to say a similarly priced Lian-Li). Oh, and pretty loud and inefficient stock fans

my point exactly, it isn't that great especially for the price, i mean if it were priced closer to the CM 690 it might be more reasonable ... but the coolermaster case I have i know is about 40 dollars cheaper and there are minimal differences between the two, except that my case has a built in system for keeping the cables neat, and is already pre drilled for running a water cooling kit.

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[QUOTE="RayvinAzn"][QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

whitey_rolls

Honestly? Poor cabling options, somewhat cramped, proprietary and hard to replace oversized upper exhaust fan, mediocre layout, and relatively low build quality (compared to say a similarly priced Lian-Li). Oh, and pretty loud and inefficient stock fans

my point exactly, it isn't that great especially for the price, i mean if it were priced closer to the CM 690 it might be more reasonable ... but the coolermaster case I have i know is about 40 dollars cheaper and there are minimal differences between the two, except that my case has a built in system for keeping the cables neat, and is already pre drilled for running a water cooling kit.

Oh well, seriously I'll still fanboy it.

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[QUOTE="whitey_rolls"][QUOTE="RayvinAzn"][QUOTE="Angry_Bosmer"]

Antec 900!

(OK I do fanboy the Antec 900 but whats not to like?)

Angry_Bosmer

Honestly? Poor cabling options, somewhat cramped, proprietary and hard to replace oversized upper exhaust fan, mediocre layout, and relatively low build quality (compared to say a similarly priced Lian-Li). Oh, and pretty loud and inefficient stock fans

my point exactly, it isn't that great especially for the price, i mean if it were priced closer to the CM 690 it might be more reasonable ... but the coolermaster case I have i know is about 40 dollars cheaper and there are minimal differences between the two, except that my case has a built in system for keeping the cables neat, and is already pre drilled for running a water cooling kit.

Oh well, seriously I'll still fanboy it.

you might not after you buy it, or you might but you might also say "nice case, but coulda got the same thing for 40 dollars less"

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#14 X360PS3AMD05
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Coolermaster has some of the nicest cases IMO and they're not expensive.