Thermaltake Soprano, good or bad airflow?

[Valtiel]

I'm going to get the thermaltake soprano black with a window. Seeing as this is almost the same case as a thermaltake tsunami except for the LED lighted fans does anyone know if this case has good airflow?

Here is a link:

Thermaltake

Im intending to do a pretty heavy overclock on my CPU (E6600) and GPU (eVGA 7900GT and then eVGA 8800GTX) but not right away on the video cards, but I would still like to keep things cool. I will be using a Scythe Infinity-1000 CPU cooler instead of the stock intel one and AS5 (of course).

basically all I'm asking though is if the thermaltake soprano has decent-good-great airflow. Quiet fans are a plus too but not a deal breaker if they are a bit loud as I have a loud CPU cooler in my current system.

 

[ZozZoz]

Its gonna be ok, provided that you use a couple of high-performance case fans (scrap the stock ones immediately)

 

[triggerhappy]

yes that case has great air flow. it has a 120 mm fan as an intake blowing air over the hard drive area and a 120 mm exhaust in the back. there is also a 80 mm on the side that i had changed to a 120 mm to add extra cooling for the video cards. the fans are not the quietest i have heard but they are not bad at all. only thing i did like is it is a bit on the small side once you start loading it all up although i did manage to squeeze water cooling into it.

 

[Fursecul]

The case is ok just get some good 120mm fans and it will do the job.

 

[Valtiel]

yes that case has great air flow. it has a 120 mm fan as an intake blowing air over the hard drive area and a 120 mm exhaust in the back. there is also a 80 mm on the side that i had changed to a 120 mm to add extra cooling for the video cards. the fans are not the quietest i have heard but they are not bad at all. only thing i did like is it is a bit on the small side once you start loading it all up although i did manage to squeeze water cooling into it.

Well I'm not looking to go into water cooling yetas this would be my first system build . Although it does seem a little small when looking at it online It's been reported that it will fit an 8800GTX and thats all im looking for (except for if it can fit a scythe inf-1000 HSF but im pretty sure it will fit).

 

[Mcjamie]

I had a Thermaltake Xaser III V2000 case and sold it (full tower). Inside the case was 36-38 Degrees C, which I really wasn't happy about.

Then brought the Raidmax Smilodon case last week and WOW!!! that is all I can say really. I was blown away by its looks, cooling ability and ease of use.

It isn't loud at all, lights up fantastically and the inside of the case right now is 30-32 Degrees C.

That should give you another option just by this reply.

Check out some of the reviews on NewEgg and I really think those speak for themselves.

Hope this helps

 

[Valtiel]

Man, Frys is out of Sopranos... and I have $75 in gift cards there...

 

[sps62487]

the soprano will not support a 8800 series card its about a 1/4 of an inch too long. the retards at ups didnt send my armor with the rest of my order.
and i wanted to see but it was just about a 1/4 inch too long


i actually modded my soprano i took off the pannel ontop and added a 60mm exhaust fan on it ;p

 

[Valtiel]

Well I got me an Antec 900 so that will do the job (I removed the fan bracket) So I have another question, is the Tuniq tower better than the Scythe INF-1000? And would it fit in my case do you think? I would be using the eVGA 680i board.