the Armor is crap from every place I have read on it. Element G is a different story.... Element G is a mid tower. But it is a massive mid tower by that standard. Element G midtower 20.70" x 9.10" x 22.20" HAF 932 FULLtower 22.70" x 9.00" x 21.50" LIKE I SAID It was about the same height as my friends his is 21.x tall but wider. Like I said earlier it is a BIG midtower. Element is also painted on inside which looks alot nicer lol. The 932 DOES come with side fan, the 922 doesnt. I was looking at midtowers when I was buying. Just look at pics there is tons of room to work. Cables are tight but they neatly packed there is an indention that runs up along the next to tray made for the cable management. No wires behind my HDD rack. :)
Few things to mention as well. This case is NOT a tooless case. Which for me is a plus and for most hard gamers is a plus. Sorry, but I do not trust massive video cards to cheap plastic clips and you wiggle the stuff around like it is about to fall out. Have seen way to many of them to ever buy them. That said, it is about as close to tooless can get without it being. There are four screws to screw into the harddrives but then they are pretty much tooless. For the video card I use one of the extra thumb screws from the case. You can also use a screw driver on the thumbscrew if your going to be moving the case around much for extra assurance. But, at least when i screw it down with thumbs I know its screwed down and not dangling on plastic clips. Last thing I promise. One of the things I liked most about this case is how everything fits together. The PSU slides on bottom mount rails to the rear holder PERFECTLY. You dont have to hold it up or anything to screw it in. That is how everything is on this computer. The side panels are not a guessing game if you got all the clips in just right before you slide it up. Everything is tight, strong, and snug. When you slide a hard drive and it snaps it, it doesnt move. when you slide the bay back in and it snaps in, it doesnt move. Havnt seen many tooless cases that feel that way when you are sliding stuff in out of their clips. HAF and Sniper are good cases and was next options before stumbling onto this case. The side panel fan with no fans to plug in worth it in itself lol.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/albatron-plans-9500gt-pcie-x1-card-for-sff-htpc/6707.html I believe this is card pinned to be the card that most ATi people will use. Still can't find one though so dont know about release or price yet. http://www.mymobile88.com/enable-activite-physx-run-on-ati-radeon-steps/
lol that didn't work and Ati said for nvidia to kiss its well you know..they had that patch fixed like the day after nvidia released it. Agea or whatever said they would not patch their devices they sell. I think they want out from under nvidia and would not be suprised if they were assisting ati with CUDA.
Big fans are also usually quiet as they don't have to spin near as fast to push out same amount or more air. Tt uses very nice fans for this case not to mention they are also 3 color led :)
http://s926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/phlawedgaming/?action=view¤t=036.jpg http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/phlawedgaming/041.jpg http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/phlawedgaming/037.jpg http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad105/phlawedgaming/038.jpg 3 color LED fans Thermaltake Element G is VERY NICE!! 2x200mm fans one on front (front has option to swap out 200 for 2x120 and comes with adapter) and one on top. 230mm fan on side panel with no wires to attach as it has connector built into side panel (HAF doesnt event come with a fan and then if you add one, you have wire to attach everytime you take off side panel) rear 140mm exhaust fan with option to add 2x60mm fans beside slot bays if you wish. PSU is bottom mounted and sits perfect in a mount that keeps it about a 1/2" off bottom. Bottom is also cut out for additional airflow. Has nice seperator for the PSU to keep heat from going up to your videocards. Pretty nice cable management. HDD's have screws you have to screw into them before you put them in. Once screws are in it is tooless. Hard drives fit very tight and there is no wiggle or movement. The HDD bay is removable for easy management and slide back in. The bays can be side or front mounted. I chose front so air from front fan would not be restricted in any way. I doubt many cases are moving more air than this case is stock. At least at this price range. It was a very thought out case from top to bottom. Top, front, and side fans have 3 color LED's and also have the jaged edges(suppose to allow more airflow I believe? Looks like a shark bites lol). You choose from red (ati), green (nvidia), or blue (neutral). You can also strobe all three which gives the fans a slow motion effect. Fan control is on top. For a mid-tower its is large. It is just as tall and wider than friends CM full tower for an idea of how big. Believe it will fit any CPU cooler on market even with side fan. $130 w/Free 3 days UPS shipping from Chief Value (never heard of them but was at my house in 3 days Newegg wanted 20 or 30 to ship and even cost more I believe) You can get the HAF for a little less, but after you get fan and all, it is about the same. LOVE IT!
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