Good evening, I come to you with a small dilemma on my hands, I am faced at buying a new PC Case for my system - This system was the first time I've built one, and its gone quite well up until this point, not to go into details but the case I'm currently using now has NO fans (3 yearold hand me down) and I decided instead of spending $80 (Australian) on new fans I would invest in a new case altogether. Although exciting whenever it comes to purchasing new PC parts, the doom and gloom soon sets in - Which is the best, should I get this, should I get that etc (The same philosophy can be applied to whenever we spend money ). BUT to the point - I BELIEVE I've narrowed it down to two cases; the Coolermaster HAF 932 or the ATCS 840. Having read EVERY review to date on both machines (yes, over 8 hours of solid reading across the board no jokes) I am back where I began, as one review put: Currently my computer specs are: CPU: E8400 with Noctua NH-U12P Heatsink Cooler Mobo: P5Q Pro GPU: 8800GTX - Soon to be GTX285/295 PSU: Corsair HX620w Sound: Audigy 2 ZS HDD: 1x 1TB, 1x 300GB Samsung 7200rpm 32mb Cache HDD I come to you with my hands open - if one of you were currently in the market for a new Gaming/Performance case which would you choose? I LOVE the design/exterior of the HAF 932 but with no dust filters it worries me, on the OTHER hand the ATCS 840 has higher temperatures etc. Please refer to a recent Coolermaster Sniper review that shows graphs comparing a number of up-to-date cases [Basically shows the HAF 932 with better temperature ALL round]: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2009/01/12/cooler-master-storm-sniper-review/4 Also note worthy is another comment from another review concerning the ATCS 840: Thanks, VD
I wouldnt worry so much. Buy the one you like both cases youve mentioned are nice cases with a decent airflow.
Haha - thats what my wife grumbled as she went to bed, maybe I'm thinking to much into them lol.. However, a choice still has to be made, and Coolermaster wouldn't of brought out these 2 cases if they didn't serve different purposes.. Dare I even bring into the equation the Coolermaster Sniper?
Oh god, another Lian Li junkie - looking at there products page/reviews - all seem to be dated quite old. Wouldn't one be under the impression that the newer ATCS 840 will out perform these in features/air-flow? What are the benefits OVER the ATCS 840 or HAF 932 with the Lian Li's?
If you like the HAF buy the HAF! Just buy some stockings/tights and stretch them over the fans = dust filter. To be honest, I think you're overselling the benefits of extreme airflow and a few deg-C. It's nice to have cooler temps, but like everything it doesn't make a huge difference - just like your upgrade from 88GTX to 285 :/ Oooo bad typo
Haha nice find Blind, shes not wide at all You are probably right, not to mention I like the look of the HAF 932 more.. On the note of stockings/tights, how does one feasible clean PC Cases these days? Are we just talking about cleaning the fans, or is it a complete disassemble etc? My only gripe if I decide to go the HAF 932 is knowing the new CM Sniper is coming out, but I guess from the review I linked, the stock temperatures on it are worse than both the HAF 932 and ATCS 840 haha...
