OK, which of these cases to buy...really need advice..

Ok, Ive narred it down to these cases... which do you think would be best and why?

TT Lan Box Lite
AeroCool M40
LIAN LI PC-V350B

Make your decision based on these points:

1. I wont O'C
2. I would love the extra space...
3. I do have a larger vid card (although ive heard they fit in all)
4. I would get another tower...but I wont use the 3.5 drive although ill use it in a smaller case for my HD since I will only have one... and will probably have an external backup.
5. I'd preferr a quiter case since its in my bedroom..



Thanks!



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Vista business Edition

I am not familiar enough just based on the model names, someone else might be, but if you post some links I might take a look.

They are all nice cases, very much showpiece cases.

I personally like the M40 if you are going to use it as a media centre as well.

I think for noise in your room, think about the fans, heatsinks and power supply that you have/get/buy, these are what will determine the noise level.

pics with those model names might help.

i don't know cases by names, sorry.

Ah, late reply, but going with the slight revival.

v350 definitely.

I actually just upgraded my rigs into a single matx rig and went with a v350. Once you go lian li you don't go back. They make incredible cases, the build quality is just awesome.

The v350 does need a pretty well thought out rig, but I managed no problem.

AMD 5400+ Black Edition with a Thermalright SI-128SE cooler.
HD4850 from HIS with their aftermarket cooler
Audigy 2zs
4gb G Skill pi edition ram (Cas 4 on 1.8v )
DFI LP JR 790GX-M2RS
2 Sata HDDs
Sata DVD Burner
and a Seasonic s12 600w psu (Non modular )

It all fit pretty well, the cable management is probably the hardest part of it all. But if you think things through and think about what order to install things in its no problem what so ever.

I have used Thermaltake in the past, and I absolutely love their cases. If I could upgrade my case with each new case they release I would.

That being said, Lian-Li has produced some nice, very sleek and elegant cases over the years. They're definitely high quality products.

I have no expirience M40 or anything for Aerocool.

Why would noise be an issue?

In fact this rig is quieter than my c2d rig. It's all a matter of using larger quieter fans

Lian li cases are built pretty well, they do a pretty good job at containing sound.

Item 5 on the list was quiter since it is in the bedroom.

If it is going to be on 24/7 and possibly playing music in the evening I would want mine to be very very quiet.

Especially if I am folding on it

No No... I meant why would you think that case would have a noise issue?

You made it sound like you thought that case would be loud or something.

I will tell you, I have it in my bedroom as well, and do leave it on overnight, at least over the weekend.

No LED's in this one, not even power LEDs, although I think thats just me not hooking them up right, but its nice

But even the 80mm fan in back of the hdds aren't too bad at all. And the rest are lian li 120mm fans which tend to be pretty quiet. When I got home last night for a second I thought it shut itself off. I'm not used to it quite yet

I think we are both aloing the same lines.

My only real concern was if fitting a larger graphics card how mut heat => fan speed => noise it might generate.

If the fans are already a good quality (low noise) then it should all be fine.

Without highjacking the thread - are you going to wire your LED's correctly ?

Ha, ya just did. It's still not too bad. A heck of a lot better than my rocketfish. The light is much more diffused. I had like 4-5 pieces of electrical tape over the LED and before the plastic piece that transfers the light and it was still super bright.

And John, I have a HD4850. It's from HIS one of the ones with their aftermarket cooler on it. Fits no problem, in fact you can fit an HD4870x2 and a 9800gx2 in these cases.

Also, it normally runs about 60C, but thats with the fan practically off (20%), I cranked it up a bit higher earlier today and over 10C had dropped off before I booted up cod4. My CPU runs at mid to high 20s running at a 400mhz overclock (ya, I havnt gotten around to pushing it much )

But for comparison, my 8800gt ran at ooh mid to high 60s, and my e6600 ran at 50-60C idling in my old case.. Which was a Rocketfish full tower.

In fact the small cases may seem bad, but honestly they are almost better. 2 120mms in front, pushing all the heat to the back.

Then I have my CPU fan pulling the air through the cooler, blowing into the PSU fan. So the hot air is extracted right away.

The 80mm over the fan exhausts, and my GPU cooler exhausts.

It's actually a pretty dang efficient case.

The thing is, no matter what case you have, if the airflow is not good the temps will suck. In a full tower it may take an extra minute or two to raise the temps, but the case will be trapping the heat just as badly as a small case.