Originally Posted by MikeEnIke I'm looking to build my first computer and I was wonderin if you had any suggestions on a case you know should i get ones with multiple fans already in them or should i go stock and make it all. So any suggestions are appreciated. |
Originally Posted by Nitro I have the ThermalTAKE Tsunami. And I love it, check it out here. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...133-132&depa=0 Good luck, hope you pick that one ![]() |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 i love both of them, you definitely want a psu from another company though. these psu's may look great, but the rails (power lines) that deliever power to your pc fluctuate like crazy on these psu's (power supply units). i know, i said the same thing, until everyone told me to buy a powersupply from antec or enermax or another reputable company. how many watts are you looking for, what's your price range, and what connectors do you need? i can probably find a psu that suits your needs...but definitely don't use the psu that comes w/ the case. Hope this helps, ATVkid1090 Welcome to the forums |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 well, if you're setting up a RAID system w/ 2 SATA hdd, you're gonna need 2 serial ata connectors that comes w/ the power supply... but if not, or you aren't planning on going to, then you can go without them. |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 well, what raid is is when you bridge two serial ata hard drives together, and they act in pairs, raid 0 is data striping (the one you want). raid 1 is data mirroring, which is more aimed towards data reliability. if you want raid, you need either a motherboard that supports it or you need a raid controller card (pci card) and two serial ata hard drives. here's a brief explanation on raid: http://www.acnc.com/04_01_00.html Hope this also helps, ATVkid1090 |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 here's an excellent psu from a reputable company: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...153-006&DEPA=1 it's 420, w/o serial ata connectors... hope dat helps |
Originally Posted by MikeEnIke Alright I'll probably go with that helps a lot but just one last question before you go. For the fan on top should I make a hole in the top of the case? |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 probably should, just a blowhole, duct it w/ some sort of somethign so that air only passes out through the fan...h/o il post a pic of it |
Originally Posted by MikeEnIke Alright thanks a lot you were a big big help. |
Originally Posted by The Dark Inquisitor one more thing .... you may want to consider gettin a case with a removeable mobo panel so you wont be in your case bumping your head the whole time .. the lian-li does .... and the wavemaster but seriously consider getting a case with a removeable mobo panel |
Originally Posted by MikeEnIke Thanks and i was wondering what about this one? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-076&depa=1 |
Originally Posted by atvkid1090 heh...looks like a car... but it looks cool. make sure you have enough cooling if you're going on air, but asides from that, looks like a cool case. have fun with it if you mod it, it looks like somethign promisiing. i'm getting this one: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...factory=BROWSE .. .i think it'll have good airflow everywhere, but that's me. |