- May 11, 2012
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Just wondering which of the three cases you guys would choose and why?
Rosewill Black hawk mid tower (5x 120mm fans) $95
Rosewill Thor V2 full tower (3x 230mm fans, 1x 140mm fan) $99
Corsair 600T mid tower (2x 200mm fans, 1 x 120mm fan) $140
I am leaning towards the Thor V2, a full tower with a lot of fan power. My biggest concern with it is with almost no dust protection it will need regular cleaning, though I should be able to keep it off the floor and only need to clean once a month or so (honestly complete conjecture). I also love that the fans are pin connectors instead of molex out of the box so I can manage through motherboard.
I do also really like the other two options, but am concerned about the cooling in a mid tower. There are a ton of fans in the black hawk, and nice big ones in the 600T, but will they compare to the Full tower space and awesome fans of the Thor V2? Also the cost of the 600T is significantly higher than the other options. I doubt I will ever really take advantage of the full tower space other than the added cooling of big.
The rest of my planned setup:
Asrock extreme 4 Z77
I5-3570k
hyper 212+ (as per reviews this would require removing the side fan of the black hawk, which I could attach to the hyper 212 for push pull, but would lower GPU cooling)
ASUSTeK NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 (would like to push the OC as far as I reasonably safely can)
Haven't made up my mind on SSD or HDD, but one of those plus a 2.5" HDD I already have
Rosewill 750W Hive Bronze modular
Rosewill Black hawk mid tower (5x 120mm fans) $95
Rosewill Thor V2 full tower (3x 230mm fans, 1x 140mm fan) $99
Corsair 600T mid tower (2x 200mm fans, 1 x 120mm fan) $140
I am leaning towards the Thor V2, a full tower with a lot of fan power. My biggest concern with it is with almost no dust protection it will need regular cleaning, though I should be able to keep it off the floor and only need to clean once a month or so (honestly complete conjecture). I also love that the fans are pin connectors instead of molex out of the box so I can manage through motherboard.
I do also really like the other two options, but am concerned about the cooling in a mid tower. There are a ton of fans in the black hawk, and nice big ones in the 600T, but will they compare to the Full tower space and awesome fans of the Thor V2? Also the cost of the 600T is significantly higher than the other options. I doubt I will ever really take advantage of the full tower space other than the added cooling of big.
The rest of my planned setup:
Asrock extreme 4 Z77
I5-3570k
hyper 212+ (as per reviews this would require removing the side fan of the black hawk, which I could attach to the hyper 212 for push pull, but would lower GPU cooling)
ASUSTeK NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 (would like to push the OC as far as I reasonably safely can)
Haven't made up my mind on SSD or HDD, but one of those plus a 2.5" HDD I already have
Rosewill 750W Hive Bronze modular
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