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Guys, I thought you'd need to know that my H100i arrived in dubai in Wednesday...went to bahrain, back to here and now its in abu dhbai...could be a few minutes away but its going to my dads work. But think of it, Took about 4 days to come all the way here from Indianapolis and its only 33$ shipping. Not bad at all.
 


I have a few track racer buddies that run PC watercooling radiators on their 1000cc track bikes as they weigh less and are considerably cheaper to replace. Also, because you are only allowed to run straight distilled water, not coolant, at the track, the PC radiators actually cool just as well as a real motorcycle radiator. (still water actually has better cooling performance than traditional automotive anti-freeze coolant)
 
tinyvoices - Because you race cars, You should have a custom gaming PC in the shape of a car :3 Can we get some pictures of the cars you race? 😛 Hehe Jk, but really, that must be really fun!
 
Stick - I suppose the Caselabs S8 is out of the question? :)

MDBA - you sure you can't get a relative or a friend to fly down your way and bring the case with him/her? Take the bloke out on a tour round the 7 Emirates for doing the hard work 😉
 
I know its for the price most people are swayed to retailers but have anyone really considered the caselabs range? They are for the deep pocketed but they are traditionally what any expanding loop will need on any given day.

The Magnum double wide case line, M8 + M10 both have the compartmentalized features that The Air 540 has but the entire case is of aluminium construct. The last time I was face to face with an all aluminium construct case was the Thermaltake Sword M and in person the whole case acted like one giant heatsink.

Mind you, I'm not selling their idea to you in any shape or form, its just you live very close to their plant and can pick it for relatively cheap.
 


I currently have a 2004 G35 6-speed coupe as my daily driver. Here it is the day I bought it:
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Don't have any current pictures of it yet because the weather is awful but it currently has:
-intake
-full exhaust w/ headers
-b&m short shifter
-6 puck unsprung Exedy clutch
-plenum spacer
-full Tein street basic coilovers
-4 piston Brembo's front and 2 piston Brembo's rear (actually came as an OEM option on the car and saved ALOT of money on expensive brake upgrades)
-solid steel brake lines (Also an OEM option)
-Aftermarket cross drilled rotors and full metallic Race pads (make ALOT of noise and dust but stop way better than everything else)
-full Hotchkis front and rear sway bars and end links
-Kinetix intake manifold
-AAM Competition UpRev tune

Car makes about 300 RWHP. It's fun to drive. I have only had it at the track once because I bought it this past summer after selling my WRX which saw alot of track days and *ahem* alot of street use.

I also drove a dedicated drift car 240sx with an sr20det swap (mod list WAY too long but it basically made 450RWHP and weighs nothing) in many local drift events and some regional events at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia for a small grass roots local import speed shop.

I am currently thinking about building a foxbody mustang with a 331 and a 8k redline with a t5 trans for the *ahem* street, but I would need to have it done by may and I don't have alot of time to work on it due to college. The other option is to go single turbo on the G35 and get it caged for *ahem* the street but I know that that isn't a great option because no matter what I will never get that thing to hook out of the hole on boost and most all other serious cars would 60foot on me every time. On r-compounds, the WRX would hook at anything under 5k and launch because it was AWD. Never had it at the strip but I figure it would have gone mid 11s with a proper drag suspension setup and not the circuit setup I had on it for track days. I guess I'm trying to move to a dedicated *ahem* street car but I don't want to hack up my daily driver and relatively nice G35 and spend a ton of money on it just to have it not hook no matter what. It would be fun on the highway but that's not what I want it for.
 
Compare that to my location - nothing by car! Besides I was referring to shipping costs there. Since most of us outside of the USA have alot of issues to deal with logistically unless you know a CNF agent or own a slot at the docks.
 


I already told you what to do. Just get a cheaper case locally. You don't think it would be better to have a working computer than none at all?

Look at this dude, this sucker is LEGIT! It fits a 6990, way longer than your GPU, it fits a dual 120mm rad up top. It's white, totally legit case for 354 AED....

http://uber.ae/product/thermaltake-chaser-a31-vp300a6w2n-white-secc-atx-mid-tower-gaming-case

Black version for 320 AED...

http://uber.ae/product/thermaltake-chaser-a31-vp300a1w2n-black-steel-plastic-atx-mid-tower-computer-case

Too expensive?

White one, holds your CPU cooler, holds your GPU.. 200 AED.
http://uber.ae/product/thermaltake-commander-series-vn40006w2n-white-black-secc-atx-mid-tower-computer-case

Black one, holds your cooler, holds your GPU, hot swap dock on top! Say what?!?! 250 AED..

http://uber.ae/product/dokker


So don't say you lost hope and you don't know what to do. You got the lemons, I gave you the sugar, makes some dang lemonade!! Let's go!

 
StickG1 - I already checked yesterday at the mall...CM STORM Trooper 850 and 600T 999. Thats all they have. Its ok man, im picky when it comes to cases. I will get a case, but I will have to do that when my dad comes because he'll be here in 8 days and we cant really spend money now.
 
If you want to hold out for the case you want, that's fine, I understand.

I just don't want to hear you complaining anymore about how you lost hope and you don't know what to do. You're really showing your age there. It's like my 8 year old son, I make a nice piece of chicken for dinner, he doesn't want to eat it because it's "not his favorite." Then he tells me he is "starving" 2 hours later, well I don't want to hear it. You had the option, you made the choice, it's your decision, deal with it.
 
PC advice is sound but your parenting skills probably don't need to be aired here ... your showing your age too ... so I'll pass on some advice for you stickg1.

I raised 4 boys and some ate like horses and some were grazers ... depending on their age and temperament.

I just put their food in wrap in the fridge and always made plenty of extras when they came back two hours later hungry.

I never forced my kids to eat or punished them for not eating ... but I did encourage them to eat well and steered clear of the desserts mostly.

8 year olds are easy to feed ... they often like cereal for dinner ... which I always found funny ... but hey ... wheatbix is good for you. Chopped banana on top ... fine.

Stick the chicken in the fridge ... he will still eat it later.
 
Stick - How did that lead to this? My point is, I dont have control over the case. My dad wont pay extra, thats fine, he can do what he wants, but With 89$ here, you can even get a 212evo .I dont think you guys know how over priced it is here. And again, I'm not complaining, The reason I "gave up" Is because I ordered the damn case on november 1st and it arrived on the 8th. Do I really have to wait that long? If my dad gave me an option to go and get a case right here right now, I would. You said your son didnt want to eat but you gave him the option, I HAVE NO option. Think about that for a minute.

Remember "I make a nice piece of chicken for dinner" In my case it'd be "I gave my son an option to get a case from here" But no, I have no option. I'm not 8 so im not treated like an 8 year old. If I cant get something, thats my problem.
 
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