- Oct 30, 2011
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Hey guys,
I've got some extra cash from Christmas that I was thinking of spending on a new case+cooler. I currently have the Fractal Design Arc Midi, which while a good case, is heavy. I move my case around four or five times a year whenever I come home for long breaks from school about 200 miles away. And while I'm not spending a ton of time carrying the case, just getting out of my apartment, down the hall, down the elevator, across the parking lot... then out of my car, up the driveway of my parents' place, etc... it's a lot. And I'm going to be doing this the next 2-4 years for grad school too.
So I was thinking of getting a lighter case, and one small enough for travelling (I may have to put it on a plane depending on where I go for grad school). My budget is $100 max for the case and $100 max for the cooler. I was considering the Corsair Carbide 330R, as it looks like a solid case with most of the features that my Arc Midi has, but smaller, more compact, and lighter. I also like the idea of a silence-optimized PC.
My only concern is with my GPU; my DCUII 770, as far as I can tell, expels air from the fans into the case. I have a side fan pulling the hot air out so that the GPU doesn't suffocate in its own exhaust, but I'm worried how hot the card would get in the 330R. In other places of the internet, I've been told that my particular GPU fans pull air in and exhaust it out the back, but when I check the side fan/exhaust port of the GPU during games, I feel hot air coming from the side fan.
If I need to I could settle for the regular 300R with two side fans.
Any ideas or suggestions?
I've got some extra cash from Christmas that I was thinking of spending on a new case+cooler. I currently have the Fractal Design Arc Midi, which while a good case, is heavy. I move my case around four or five times a year whenever I come home for long breaks from school about 200 miles away. And while I'm not spending a ton of time carrying the case, just getting out of my apartment, down the hall, down the elevator, across the parking lot... then out of my car, up the driveway of my parents' place, etc... it's a lot. And I'm going to be doing this the next 2-4 years for grad school too.
So I was thinking of getting a lighter case, and one small enough for travelling (I may have to put it on a plane depending on where I go for grad school). My budget is $100 max for the case and $100 max for the cooler. I was considering the Corsair Carbide 330R, as it looks like a solid case with most of the features that my Arc Midi has, but smaller, more compact, and lighter. I also like the idea of a silence-optimized PC.
My only concern is with my GPU; my DCUII 770, as far as I can tell, expels air from the fans into the case. I have a side fan pulling the hot air out so that the GPU doesn't suffocate in its own exhaust, but I'm worried how hot the card would get in the 330R. In other places of the internet, I've been told that my particular GPU fans pull air in and exhaust it out the back, but when I check the side fan/exhaust port of the GPU during games, I feel hot air coming from the side fan.
If I need to I could settle for the regular 300R with two side fans.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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