Have any of you guys/gals replaced all the tri-cool fans with something else? If so, what?
Also, is there a trick to getting the fan out of the lower chamber?
Thanks.

I had a 6A19 case as well that I bought from Coolcases.com. It came w/the front & rear grills already punched out as well as having a fan on the left & right side panel. It was a very well constructed case, but i'd have preferred if the USB ports wasn't at the bottom of the front panel as my case is...

I just switched over from a Sonata III to the P180B that I bought on sale @ Fry's. I guess technically, my case is a P182B since it offers everything the P182 does except that it's black instead of gunmetal. I'm curious how I go about replacing the fans. How difficult is it to remove the top & rear ...

But why did they have to give it a whole new brand name...? Lian-Li Steel Series or something like that could have worked fine. I think Lancool as a name isn't good. It reminds me of kids with CCFLs and LEDS plastered all over their cases... The Lancool is OEMed by Lian Li for Lancool. Lian Li call...

I've got this case. It doesn't come w/an 80mm fan. If you decide to get one, it has to be an 80x15mm. I only found one available at this size & I have it hooked into a Sunbeam rheostat. Turned down ~7v, it's still a noisy rascal. It does come w/3 120mm fans. One on the side panel, one in the rear & ...

remy1701 wrote:I guess someone missed the two 5.25" drive bays at the bottom.

I guess someone did.
That's kind of a silly place for optical drives if one has this case sitting on the floor.

I was pondering this case...trying to find something both cool & quiet (still don't like the Sonata 3)...until I saw that one can only put one optical drive in it. That's just not gonna do!

The Antec offerings are indeed favored around here, but it is by no means impossible to build a quiet PC in another case. Your temperatures are very low, but they are not load temperatures, which I think are more important. However, I would assume that your load temperatures would also be very acce...

I purchased a CM RC690 for ~$30 AR. I like the wire management & tool-free design, tho I think it leaves a little to be desired as far as being quiet. I'm using a Sunbeam rheostat to control the fans, so that helps some. My current setup consists of an Abit IP35-E, E6300 @ 2.45, 7900GT, 2 GB ram, Hi...

I have a Compucase LX6A19 that I purchased from Jim at Coolcases.com. I ordered the Mod 3 setup using Panaflo L1A 92mm on the right (back of motherboard) side, a Yates Loon 120 (Orange :) ) in the front & rear & also had him punch out the left side panel for video cooling & am using a Panaflo L1A 92...

For those of us with a SLK3700, what do we do when the cheap, plastic latch breaks off of the door?
Anyone run across this problem or is it just me that has lousy luck?

I have an antec 400w (PP-412X) power supply that i'm considering swapping out the fan for a panaflo L1A to make it a little quieter, yet at the same time considering buying this power supply to save myself the hassle. What do you guys think? Will an 80mm L1A do a good job as the exhaust for the Ante...

Rusty075 wrote:

But all this digress's from the subject of this article. This is a PR advertising piece bought by Chenbro. I guarantee you that the next time Tom's does a case roundup the Xspider will be the highest ranked case. Guaranteed.

So, seriously, the Chenbro Spyder isn't a good case?

I assume the power supply that comes with that case isn't of the highest quality? If you're refering to that Directron case I linked above, the site claims that the PSU is a "HEC". If so, that's actually a very high quality PSU. They were (and possibly still are) the OEM supplier for Antec's PSUs. ...

I assume the power supply that comes with that case isn't of the highest quality?
I also like the Chenbro Spyder, though a smaller case, it's already somewhat modded, if that's a selling point for anyone. It got good reviews as well.

Tom's Hardware just did a review of cases: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20030428/index.html My favorite one was the Compucase CI-6619: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20030428/case_review-23.html I can't seem to find this case anywhere, even on Compucase's USA website...can you enlighten me?