I'm choosing between two cases. One, a silverstone ps12 has a large front grill while the other, Coolermaster 344 has small vents around the front sides and bottom. Both have 120mm fans at the front that suck in air, I'm not sure if one front grill/vent design is more efficient than the other. Many new pc's these days seem to have smaller front vents rather than larger ones.
Both these cases have a hard drive cage that holds 4hdd's. The Silverstone drives are all bunched up against each other while the Cooler Master hdd cage allows some separation, maybe half a cm between each hdd. I don't know if this makes much of a difference, it would seem to me the space between the hard drives that generate heat would be better for general airflow and breathability for each individial drive.
Here are some sample images of the silverstone, one of the pictures shows the hard drives practically bunched up next to each other:
http://www.eteknix.com/silverstone-announces-precision-series-ps12-micro-atx-chassis/
And the Cooler Master:
http://www.boards.ie/b/thread/2055334204/132
You can see the hard drives have some space between them.
Both these cases have a hard drive cage that holds 4hdd's. The Silverstone drives are all bunched up against each other while the Cooler Master hdd cage allows some separation, maybe half a cm between each hdd. I don't know if this makes much of a difference, it would seem to me the space between the hard drives that generate heat would be better for general airflow and breathability for each individial drive.
Here are some sample images of the silverstone, one of the pictures shows the hard drives practically bunched up next to each other:
http://www.eteknix.com/silverstone-announces-precision-series-ps12-micro-atx-chassis/
And the Cooler Master:
http://www.boards.ie/b/thread/2055334204/132
You can see the hard drives have some space between them.