Okay well stuck with case now, everything else is sorted except for the case lol. Air cooling is my main priority so which case Antec 1200 or Coolermaster HAF 932? Thanks.
Both look excellent for air cooling. The Coolermaster looks more stylish IMO, and it can be kept quieter for cheaper (big, quiet fans). To keep the Antec quiet while maintaining good airflow, you would need to run 38mm thick fans at a lower voltage. 38mm thick 120mm fans are expensive...
I would vote for the HAF because from what I have seen with my case the cooling air wise is amazing, there isn't a spot where air can't go in and like GeordiLaForge said, it looks cooler :P
I'd also vote for the HAF 932. I have this case and am very pleased with it. Cooling is excellent and the system is very quiet. The case has excellent tooless features and its paint is high quality. I love this case. My brother has the old Antec 900 and its nice too. Either way i don't think you can go wrong. My advice though is to go with cooler master.
HAF for me i OC my card without any aftermarket coolers and my temps at normal are like not beyond 43 at 40% fan speed i do OC my card to(see in sig) so even after that my temps dont go up even by 60 in most games very heavy games its like not beyod 65 or 66 but defenately i dont see 70 with this case so my advice buy this u cant go wrong with HAF and cable management is just awesome trust me on this took me 15 min to do all cable management
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2009/03/11/ikonik-ra-x10-sim-review/5 The Haf 932 From cooler master Still Beat the hell out of a Case of 340$US =) They are in the top of Cooling power among with Thermaltake Speedo if yo look For both CPU GPU temperature I conclude from that HAF 932 the Way to go For have the best cooling and overclocking afterward =)
I've to say the antec 1200. I was doubting between the Haf and the antec too but finally decided for the antec because of 2 reasons. First reason was that it got more fans second reason was that it got airfilters, which is easily to clean imo. Both cases look nice, if you like blue led light than go for the antec if not than it's better to pick the haf.
I did Intel burn test on my OC'ed q9550 (C1- stepping) and the max temp reached to 65 C, passed without errors:), so overall it cools really good.
edit: forgot to say I OC'ed it to 4.0 Ghz on a ASUS p5q pro (471 fsb)
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