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Which one is better? Things im looking at dust collection, air flow ( mostly) and wire managementability(Idk if thats a word lol). They both look good to, especially when you give the cm690 a side panel :) Anyways the price difference doesn't really matter much.

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The CM 690 is a VERY good case, it's very sturdy, the tool-less installation of the drives and the expansion slots work very well and it has the best airflow out of the two, not to mention, like you said, it looks great specially with the clear side panel, and looks like the case is all business and not some ultra-flashy toy spaceship. My only complaint with this case is that the front panel has to be taken out to install disk drives and it's a chore to take it out and put back in, and trust me the experience is worse than it sounds.

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the 690 should win for wire management and usability, but the 900 should absolutely kill for airflow

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the 690 should win for wire management and usability, but the 900 should absolutely kill for airflowMakari

So does this mean that you are voting for the 900? And im going to be running a Q9400 w/ a Hd4870 If that changes anything at all.

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I myself own an Antec 900, but if I were to rebuild my system today I would probably go with a 690. Actually, I'd probably go with one of Antec's quieter cases (P182 or the upcoming P183 for instance).

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Anything specific reasons why you'd go with the 690 over the 900?

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i dont know anything about the 620 but...the 900 hundred is awesome for airflow and looks.

its fairly roomy inside also.

it gets so horribly dusty though. gets so much dust its crazy.

i'd reccomend something with a dust filter for sure.

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This guy beats the Antec 900 in both airflow and room IMO, and also has dust filters... NZXT... It's the case i own so i may be biased :P. However my brother owns the Antec 900 and it gets dusty inside. The CM 690 is also a very nice case

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I have a CM 690 and it comes with 2 filters for the intake fans: 1 with the front fan (preinstalled) and another filter-only on the bottom of the case. That one's pretty nice if you wanna get a little more CLEAN airflow to your GPU, as it blows right into the intake fan. Cable management is pretty nice on the underside of the mobo panel. Not tons of room back there, but just enough to keep it clean. I have all my cables behind without any trouble. Airflow is fantastic as well. If I had the choice, I would totally buy it again with another rig. Also on a side note, a local PC hardware store that does gaming builds for customers ALWAYS recommends the 690 first out of all their cases. Hope that helps!!

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Alright thanks i think im going to go with the 690 then. :)

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My only complaint with this case is that the front panel has to be taken out to install disk drives and it's a chore to take it out and put back in, and trust me the experience is worse than it sounds. nintendog66

Ummm...what? No it doesn't. Clip your drive into the clips, and pop it into the sideways bay. The front panel doesn't have to come off for any part of the installation unless you're changing out the fan.

the 690 should win for wire management and usability, but the 900 should absolutely kill for airflowMakari

Out of the box you're absolutely correct - the Nine Hundred comes with more fans (and I believe at higher RPMs) than the RC690, and therefore should perform better. The RC690 has much more potential for superior cooling though. The dual 120mm top fans mean you could mount a 240mm radiator in the top of your case should you choose to water-cool, and the dual 120mm design also means you can flip fans up or down depending on what gets you better temperatures. The dual side fan setup also means that with a downdraft-style cooler like the Noctua NH-C12P or Thermalright SI-128 SE your CPU cooler will be receiving fresh air directly from outside your case which should result in better temperatures than a tower-style cooler can offer. Your power supply can also stay much cooler since it can draw air from directly underneath the case via the grill on the bottom, while in the Nine Hundred it's either barely pulling in air from the slight edge on the bottom of the case, or pulling warm air in from right under your graphics card. If you also mount a 120mm fan at the bottom of the case you'll also help push fresh air towards your graphics card which should help even more. A single 200mm fan and four 120mm fans just aren't going to compete with seven 120mm fans and an 80mm fan.

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i dont know anything about the 620 but...the 900 hundred is awesome for airflow and looks.
its fairly roomy inside also.
it gets so horribly dusty though. gets so much dust its crazy.
i'd reccomend something with a dust filter for sure.
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The antec 900 is far from roomy. Also, cable management is a pain unless you cut some additional holes in the case.

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[QUOTE="RayvinAzn"] Out of the box you're absolutely correct - the Nine Hundred comes with more fans (and I believe at higher RPMs) than the RC690, and therefore should perform better. The RC690 has much more potential for superior cooling though. The dual 120mm top fans mean you could mount a 240mm radiator in the top of your case should you choose to water-cool, and the dual 120mm design also means you can flip fans up or down depending on what gets you better temperatures. The dual side fan setup also means that with a downdraft-style cooler like the Noctua NH-C12P or Thermalright SI-128 SE your CPU cooler will be receiving fresh air directly from outside your case which should result in better temperatures than a tower-style cooler can offer. Your power supply can also stay much cooler since it can draw air from directly underneath the case via the grill on the bottom, while in the Nine Hundred it's either barely pulling in air from the slight edge on the bottom of the case, or pulling warm air in from right under your graphics card. If you also mount a 120mm fan at the bottom of the case you'll also help push fresh air towards your graphics card which should help even more. A single 200mm fan and four 120mm fans just aren't going to compete with seven 120mm fans and an 80mm fan.

One of the first things I learned a decade ago was that the sheer number of fans didn't matter quite so much as the placement and use of them. Remember when 80mm fans were all we had, and you could have a case with 4x80 in front, 2x80 in the rear, and a 1x80 side intake being beaten by a Lian-Li with half the fans? I've had the exact same rig in a 690 and a 900, and am just speaking from experience. It's essentially an open box with fans on it as far as the cooling goes, and the fans are all pretty much exactly where they need to be. As I said, that's the only thing it does better, but it still does that much better.

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What fans were you using in each, and where? And what kind of CPU and GPU coolers were being used?

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how ever the HAF 932 for 140$ defeat CM 690 And Antec 1200
and i being told by lot of people that Cooler master 690 Defeat the Antec 900 once you replace the stock fan of CM 690 And Add as well new fans will be likely more noisy but antec 900 is really noisy at start I heard that as well : like Rayvinazn said : 7 fan of 120mm + a 80mm defeat the antec 900
but we don't seem to have a benchmark that proove it it would be nice if there was it one of the best way to proove something

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Im just curius Does anyone here belive that either one would matter for the Temps?

I can bet you both cases will have enough airflow to take a SLI/CF settup to low temps.

I have the Antec three hundred (the littlebrother to the 900 ) 4*120mm @ 5v nexus real silent and a 140mm 900rpm 9db fractial design silent series fan.

Temps in my system (as in my rig.) never go abowe 29-33c system temp. and CPU barley hit 49c even tho i have it OC'ed by 0.9ghz over the stock 2.2ghz. My HD4850 just barley hit 50-60c while running the fan silent with a Zalman fanmate and OC'ed.(HD4850 the fan runs aprox at half speed and is noiseless) HDD's keep about system temps. (they have the cage just behind the 2*120mm nexus in the front.)

Ambient temps is in my appartment 23c.

My guess is that a Antec 900 can do just a little better than the smaller brother 300, reviews showthey are much alike in the temps departmen.

But what are my point?

Both cases will give you low temps, go for the one you think look best, I dont like the design of the 900, but not the 690 either, And both cases are not quiet enough.

I choose to sound damp my Antec 300 and did get a VERY quiet case and just as good airflow, but the case is a bit smaller than the Antec 900 / C/M 690 tho.

Just my two cents abou it.

16 years ago

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I won't have the cash to replace the fans or anything so im trying to see which has the best overall performance. From what i understand you guys are saying Cm690 for room, wire management and less dust. And Antec 900 for Airflow. Would that mean that antec wins because of more airflow? By the way antec 900 ~ 84.55 and Cm690 ~ 69.99 from where im getting it, and there's no way im spending more then 85$ for a case because im on a semi-budget.

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