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Swiftes · 07-05-09

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Originally Posted by slothfish

If you're worried about dust get the Antec 902 or 1200. They both come with a bunch of dust filters standard.

This.
The 902 is a fantastic case and I love mine to bits. It is only a limiting factor when you go watercooling as I ran out of space and had to get inventive, fast!

boredgunner · 07-05-09

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Originally Posted by slothfish

He is probably going water cooling and wants the huge interior of the Cosmos. The Cosmos is a HUGE case. The Antec 1200 is much better for aircooling though, it has better fan placement, more fans, and a better design for airflow than any of the cases you have listed. It also comes standard with filters.

The Cosmos S comes with dust filters for every intake too. Behind the drive bay covers, the side panel, bottom, and for the PSU. The Cosmos S can actually do a better job for air cooling compared to the Antec 1200, but that's extra money doing so. Both can have three 120mm front intakes, on the Antec 1200 you can put a 120mm fan on the other side of one of the HDD cages. You can do the same to the other HDD cage with zip ties. For the Cosmos S, you can do the same using zip ties. Then on the Antec 1200 you can have a 120mm side intake fan, while on the Cosmos S you have a 230mm intake fan rated at 150 CFM. However this can interfere with large CPU coolers, but there are workarounds that don't include removing the fan. Then on the Antec 1200 you have dual 120mm rear fans and a 200mm top fan, while on the Cosmos S you have a 120mm rear fan and you can have up to 3 120mm top fans (two suggested).

One case that is commonly forgotten (due to it's age I guess) is the COOLER MASTER STACKER 830. Same goes for the 832. These cases had the best airflow for years, and still have potential to be exceptional cases for air cooling. Use dual 120mm front intakes, zip tie a 120mm fan to the other side of the HDD cages (if there are no hard drives in them), three or four 120mm side intakes (depending on size of CPU cooler), dual 120mm bottom intakes (no mounts for them included), a 120mm top exhaust, and a 120mm rear exhaust.

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yang88she · 07-05-09

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Originally Posted by azumi

Yang88!
you are using Antec 1200, and why do you want to change to the Cosmos S?

This =P

Quote:

Originally Posted by slothfish

He is probably going water cooling and wants the huge interior of the Cosmos. The Cosmos is a HUGE case. The Antec 1200 is much better for aircooling though, it has better fan placement, more fans, and a better design for airflow than any of the cases you have listed. It also comes standard with filters.

running 3 gpu's, 7 hdd's, 2 opticals....doesn't leave me much room for a couple 3 row radiators + fans + pumps + reservoirs

....but that will all come later on as I am very happy w/ my 1200 since as of now I am completely air cooled, but when I make the jump to water...the cosmos S is where it's @

pharaoh overclocker · 07-05-09

first of all you're comparing mid-towers to full towers...and that's kinda unfair...but my vote goes to the HAF 932...so many options and fan configurations..and fits watercooling too....

like30ninjas · 07-05-09

cosmos s, no question

BANDIT_COROLLA · 07-05-09

I vote for P183.

Ladiesman101 · 07-05-09

CosmosS or 932

Andru · 07-05-09

+1 for Cosmos S

azumi · 07-06-09

Although I like the Cosmos S performance and aluminium material, I think I will choose the Antec 1200 because he has the side window. So I can see the interior's beauty.
Thank you alot.

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azumi New to Overclock.net Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 18 Rep: 0 Unique Rep: 0 Trader Rating: 0	Although I like the Cosmos S performance and aluminium material, I think I will choose the Antec 1200 because he has the side window. So I can see the interior's beauty. Thank you alot.

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