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Corsair Carbide Series 330R Titanium Edition Black Steel Aluminum and Plastic Mid-Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com
I feel like this is a better version of the same kind of design.
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I feel like this is a better version of the same kind of design.
Crone
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jeydax
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There is a ton of room in it, yes. It is segregated into two main areas I guess. The primary area is for the motherboard and below the motherboard there is two spots for quick swap HDD's. The front and top of the case in this area have room to mount a ton of fans for airflow. In my particular case I have a Corsair closed loop CPU cooler and I have it in a push-pull configuration so I have 2 fans pushing in the front of the case, then the water cooling reservoir, then 2 fans pulling air into the case. Then I have two fans on the top of my case and the fan in the back.
Couple random pics I found on the internet showing this section of the case.
On the other side of the seperater dealy is where the power supply, more hard drives, SSD's, etc. go. I have my SSD back in that area along with my PSU and my mess of cables. I have a severe case of retardation when it comes to cabling (ie: I'm lazy) but this case made it stupid easy to run the cables so the area where all the heat is generated from the CPU/GPU/motherboard is completely clear of cables making the airflow it in top notch.
Random picture I found of this side of the case:
At any rate, I REALLY recommend it. I loved it enough to use it in a second build and I've never done that before. 8/10 would recommend. Unless, of course, like I previously mentioned, if you have a ton of HDDs I wouldn't recommend it.
Lanx
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No way, Fractal's are the high-end case, Corsairs are ok, I've used both companies and both are good, but the quality in Fractals are just unsurpassed. Especially when you say that particular corsair is better than the r5? how, aside from being 10bucks cheaper, the R5 has 4 extra removable HD cages, both HD cages (8 slots) can be removed, even the drive cage can be removed, along with having 2 behind the MB, SSD mounts, sure you can take up a hd cage slot, or heck, just zip tie the SSDs or even velcro it anywhere, but they give you 2 nice slots.
i remember that corsair not having a bottom fan filter, the R5 does, and you can remove it w/o tilting the case over or doing gymnastics with it, along with fans the corsair only provisions at most 2x120(or140 on the top and front, the R5 can do 4x120 top and 3x120 front, that's crazy unheard of for a mid sized case, and it can even do a 240 on the bottom, wtf.
I just don't see how you can justify the statement that the corsair 330R is better than the Fractal R5, yea everything is subjective, but the corsair just can't win besides saving you a 10'er.
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I really like this Fractal but do you really think the 2 fans would handle the heat with an over clocked i5?
Joeboo
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I wouldn't bother switching over to a 850 if you already have an 840, unless you're also going up in capacity. Don't waste the money going from a 250gb 840 to a 250gb 850, you won't notice the speed difference in any practical use.
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Yeah, wait until you want to upgrade in capacity. SSDs just keep dropping in price like crazy, the longer you wait the more you'll get for your money, if you have enough space for what you need to do now. Hell, wait a year and you might be able to get a 1TB drive for $200 or something, the way prices are going.
Crone
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We are pretty partial to PC Part Picker here in this thread, but a friend of mine pointed out pchound.com, and it's pretty slick. Figured it was relevant to us PC builders around here.
Edit: Just saw this on sale... dang... pretty awesome... 34 inch curved screen monitor!
http://slickdeals.net/f/7692189-34-d...text-messaging
Edit: Just saw this on sale... dang... pretty awesome... 34 inch curved screen monitor!
http://slickdeals.net/f/7692189-34-d...text-messaging
As a counterpoint, I have this case and I'm not a huge fan.
On the positive side - it's quite roomy and cable management is quite easy, it ends up looking quite clean.
What I don't like about the case:
1. The motherboard side is completely open - there is nothing to prevent dust from getting in. Also makes things noisy as there is nothing really to quiet the sound from video card / cpu fans.
2. The included fans are pretty noisy and are lighted (personal preference in that case, I don't really care for lighted fans).
3. Drive Bays (already mentioned by others) - for such a large case, you only get two 5.25" bays, four 3.5" bays and two SSD mounting spots. Also, all the 5.25" and 3.5" bays are vertical mounted, which I don't really care for (whenever I put a CD or DVD in, I seem to not quite get it in that slot just right and end up having the CD get crunched while the tray is closing)
4. Being so bulky, I have trouble fitting it into my trunk - my car has an exceptionally narrow trunk opening though.
Anyway, mostly nitpicks, but I think my next case will be a bit more conventional and hopefully quieter.
jeydax
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Well, on impulse earlier today I went out and bought anASUS ROG Swift PG278Q/. G-Sync is fucking awesome. I need to move my monitors back, fix their heights, fix my wiring and stuff, and get the monitor all color calibrated but holy shit going from a 60 Hz to 144 Hz AND G-Sync was a huge, noticeable difference. 10/10 would buy again.
jeydax
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Honestly the jump from 60 Hz to 144 Hz and G-Sync at the same time feels like I went from an HDD to SSD. I honestly haven't noticed this large/noticeable a difference in speed/fluidness of a PC since then. Wish I would have done this a few months back like I was planning on doing.
