Need some advice from PC gurus..

[Glowing_Amraam]

Hey guys.

 

Well, today arrived my new cpu, i7 970 and my GTX 590 overclocked edition (POV).

 

And guess what, my chassis is too small! I cant fit the GTX 590 into it! :cry:'

So yeah, i need a new chassis (is this even the right word for it? :P ), and im looking into buying this one:

 

http://lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/upload/image/pc-a77f/flyer.html

 

Reasons why, well, I can easily afford it here in Norway, and it's got 6 fans, which probably means it will have good ventilation, and that's important, since the GTX 590 tends to get a little hot during hectic load.

 

But would any of you recommend anything else? Or will this case do the job? :)

 

Thanks in advance.

[egorter]

chassis or case is fine and that one should work for you. just make sure that your power supply or the cases power supply is enough.

[Glowing_Amraam]

I've got a 1000w PSU, so im not worried about that. :)

[sofie_59]

And i like the four USB in the front!

[EtherealN]

Yup, looks good.

 

...and damn you Norwegians and your oil money. :D

[EtherealN]

And i like the four USB in the front!

 

Four front USB is fairly common (my ancient HAF has 4 USB, 1 Firewire and one eSATA in front). The nice thing to note right there is that it's four USB3's. Future-proof. :)

[Glowing_Amraam]

Hehe... ;)

 

Looks good, sure, im just wondering, what are the *main* things to look for when buying a new chassis? Any advantages/disadvantages?

 

Just dont wanna buy somehthing and regret it later, you know :)

[egorter]

First for me would be build quality, next would be is it easy to work on. like getting to drives, expansion cards, RAM etc. And last does it look good to you.

[Glowing_Amraam]

I think it looks good. It looks like a solid case. And plenty of room. :)

[rextar]

And at 270 uk pounds make sure it fits!!

Edited April 8, 2011 by rextar
Mis spelt

[MTFDarkEagle]

Yep that case is solid! Very good choice! :)

[Glowing_Amraam]

Just thought of something...

This is my PSU:

 

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-HX1000W-Power-Supply-Review/484

 

And notice, with that case, that the PSU will be at the bottom. In my case right now, the PSU is mounted at the TOP of the case inside, and there's a fan that sucks in air and blows it out.

Now....do i have to mount the PSU upside down or something, so the fan doesnt just suck metal? Oo

 

*edit* .. unless its already upside down inside my case right now. :P

[egorter]

If you look at the case there is a vent on the bottom. So you will just mount it upside down.

[MTFDarkEagle]

Turn the PSU as such the fan is pointing to the top (as in the picture).

 

*Edit: just noticed on your case, as egorter also pointed out: there is a vent on the bottom of the case (with airfilter), so you can mount it either way :)

I would suggest with the fan to the bottom, so that heat source is "isolated".

[Glowing_Amraam]

But isnt the fan supposed to suck IN air, and blow it out? Wouldnt it be better having it face upwards? And not just into the floor, so to speak? I'm itching to buy it, but at the same time, im still looking around...

[KillaALF]

How is it supposed to suck air in if the fan faces upwards? Fan at the bottom sucks cold air in, fan at the back blows hot air out = hot air from the PSU does not enter case at all. All the other fans in the case take care of the hot air from CPU/GPU/MB.

[egorter]

But isnt the fan supposed to suck IN air, and blow it out? Wouldnt it be better having it face upwards? And not just into the floor, so to speak? I'm itching to buy it, but at the same time, im still looking around...

 

My question is does that fan on the top of the PS draw air into the PS or does it exhaust from the PS?

[Glowing_Amraam]

My question is does that fan on the top of the PS draw air into the PS or does it exhaust from the PS?

 

It sucks it in.

As in, right now, in my current case, its facing down, sucking hot air into the PSU, then out the back.

[topdog]

It works either way; the definining part was whether or not there was a grid/grill/mesh at the bottom to allow for traditional-way-up mounting as an option.

 

I would say it depends on your graphics card as to which you go for, if the cooling on the card has fans that draw air in over the card and expel it out of a rear blanking plate slot, then you want to mount the PSU with fan downward so it's not competing for air with the graphics.

 

If the fans on the graphics are blowing out into the case, use the PSU's fan to draw it through and out the PSU quick by mounting it with the fans facing up (if there's no other exhause fan you can put between the graphics and PSU - unlikely).

 

The PSU fan is for cooling the PSU and not your case; but not at the expense of creating a hot pocket of air from your graphics card.

Edited April 8, 2011 by topdog

[egorter]

what he said

[Glowing_Amraam]

Btw this is my current case:

 

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/xasercase/shark/silver/silver.htm

 

And the GTX 590 is made so it blows air out at both ends of the card, meaning, one end *will* blow hot air into my case.

 

Which is why, again, i want a case that has lots of fans to blow the air out and have good ventilation.

 

So if i go with this case in mind, and face the PSU so the fan points up into the case, you think it will do just fine?

[topdog]

So long as the GPU fans are pulling air over themselves into the heatsink, then PSU fan face down, you want cool air seeping along the bottom of the case (usually from a front intake fan or side panel fan) and being drawn into the GPU fans uncontested, if it expels out both sides, let a higher exhaust flow take that back out the case.

[sofie_59]

Four front USB is fairly common (my ancient HAF has 4 USB, 1 Firewire and one eSATA in front). The nice thing to note right there is that it's four USB3's. Future-proof. :)

 

I only have two in the front(I have a fractal Design 2 :(

Just for my warthog :thumbup:

And now my first trottle have left france!

 

Dear Customer,

 

Spare part(s) for your product will be sent to you today.

 

Your product is: HOTAS Warthog

 

The courier tracking information is:xxxxxx

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Yes i have a second one :smartass:

And now one of my GTX 460 OC 1 gb have broke :cry:

SO what will bee next!

I plan to buy a new monster pc after the summer just for A 10 C (and the one I have now is only six months old)

I dont have the time right now, the flyfishing season is just to start

what is better than when trout begin to bite!

[Glowing_Amraam]

I came across this case:

 

http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6632

 

What do you guys think??

[MTFDarkEagle]

I think it's more to what styling you like more. Personally, I would go for the clean look of the Lian Li.