What case is this

[iconicsin]

If you go to this website http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/869-choosing-the-best-gaming-case can anyone tell me what that first mini itx case is??

 

[jmsellars1]

Looks like the Thermaltake Armor A30 with green LED's. I'm ashamed that I know that haha.

 

[iconicsin]

haha thats exactly what it is damn your good! im guessing by what you said that thats not a good case? lol

 

[samuelspark]

Check out the new HAF case.

It's a box case that supports full ATX, long graphics cards, portability and excellent cooling.

Came out today.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119265

 

[iconicsin]

Best answer selected by Iconicsin.

 

[jmsellars1]

Nah it's not that, I just feel like I shouldn't know just by looking at it.

 

[iconicsin]

Oh haha looks badass I really wanted to go with the small compact gaming build but people are saying its not good for games :/

 

[jmsellars1]

I don't see why it would struggle with a gaming build, just don't go too crazy with power consumption and you're fine. Something like an i5-3470 and HD 7850 2GB would be good.

 

[iconicsin]

What about the 3570k and my thing his I'm on sometimes for hours and the heat I don't want getting majorly hot and ruin my parts

 

[jmsellars1]

Basically you won't be able to do massive overclocks or dual graphics cards or anything but I seriously doubt that it would struggle with a <100W CPU and <180W GPU. In other words, the i5-3570k with a small overclock and virtually any modern, single chip graphics card should be fine. I'd be pretty surprised if you had overheating issues.

EDIT: Although the fan setup does look a bit weird, you might want to tweak it a bit.

 

[iconicsin]

well i dont need that specific case i just thought it looked awesome lol but ya i havnt ever overclocked so i guess i dont need that chip and no i dont need a dual graphics card i just need something a lot better than what i have. cause my frame rates are not very good at all lol.

My current build is:

CPU: AMD Athlon II x3 450 rana 3.2ghz

MOBO: ASRock M3A770DE

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 500gb

RAM: G-skill ripjaw 16gb 1600mhz

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB GDDR5

PSU: Rosewill Green series 530W

CASE: Raidmax extreme black smilodon

 

[jmsellars1]

I'm reading up a bit on the A30 case and it sounds like the cooling is a bit sub par because of the silly fan setup like I mentioned. If you reverse the big top one so it is blowing in instead of out, that should improve it.

Dunno what your budget is but this would be a massive improvement:

i5-3450
2x4GB Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz 1.5v
ASRock B75 PRO3-M
Gigabyte HD 7870 2GB Ghz Edition
Samsung 840 120GB
SeaSonic S12II 430B 430W
Thermatake Armor A30

Comes up to around $800.

 

[iconicsin]

im gonna buy piece by piece i want a way better pc cause ya what i have now just isnt that great for me if theres a way better case you can tell me im open for many ideas and can i put a SSD in a mini ITX

 

[jmsellars1]

The FT03 Mini is good for a small gaming build, it is quite expensive though. I want that case so badly but can't justify spending that cash, only had my R3 for 6 months or so lol.

The Coolermaster Elite 120 is a very cheap one that looks OK.

 

[iconicsin]

damn that is pricey lol i like the cooler master one im good at modifying to make things look awesome if i need too haha and would installing a corsair h50 help with heat? oh and by the way i really appreciate you discussing all this with me its awesome

 

[jmsellars1]

Well the H50 will be a lot better than the stock cooler but I'd sooner get something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103046

The H50 is unnecessarily noisy and isn't good value for money in terms of price/performance.

EDIT: Also the H50 won't fit inside the A30 case.

 

[iconicsin]

see this is killing me either mini or mid tower ugh i dont know whatd be best

 

[iconicsin]

what do you think about this case? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235035

 

[jmsellars1]

If you prefer small just go for it, only heavy overclocking and multi card setups are going to be too much for those gaming style mini ITX cases.

 

[iconicsin]

i dont really need small just thought it looked cool is all

 

[jmsellars1]

Oh fair enough.

 

[iconicsin]

if a mid tower is gonna keep it cooler and last for a few years im fine i mainly want a gaming comp that i can oc when i want and i wanna get an average of 60fps or higher if possable lol

 

[jmsellars1]

If you want to overclock, I'd avoid a small system.

 

[iconicsin]

I'm going with a bitfenix prodigy atomic orange

 

[jmsellars1]

That looks pretty cool, being able to fit a 230mm fan in there is impressive. It it were me, I would move the front fan to the top of the case and get a 230mm fan for the front.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835345028

Or if you want to max out the cooling, you could move the rear fan to the top as well and get a 140mm rear fan.