Wow what a thread bump. Might as well reply then.
Those cases use cheap SECC alloy steel which is not as strong as you'd think. Anodized 7075 aluminum will be nearly as strong but much lighter, although I doubt any case uses this type of aluminum.
Lots of people prefer the clean, sophisticated look to gaudy over-the-top cases that tend to look ridiculous (NZXT Phantom popped into my mind). I'm one of them. No HAF, Raven, or any similar cases like that in my arsenal. The Antec 1200 is too small for me, and has nothing going for it (the same applied to when it was first released).
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i cannot justify the price for that boxed look honestly...
while it may have plastic id still pick my Silverstone rv02 white ed because of the sole fact that it uses a truly well thought out design
and the fact lian li cases rarely seem to have much in the way of fans.....
only lian li id say have even some potential airflow is the pc-80
The RV02 is great especially for cooling. However a number of Lian-Li cases are designed with high airflow in mind.
- Several Lancool Dragon Lord cases
- Several Lancool First Knight cases
- PC-V2120 - three front intake fans plus a fourth blowing air right over the GPU
- PC-A77 and PC-A77F - pretty much the same as Antec cases out of the box minus the top fan
- PC-P80 and PC-P80N - ditto
Either way Lian-Li does include several front intake fans on most if not all of their full tower cases, unlike Corsair's ridiculous full tower cases. This alone is fine for typical setups, and add a pair of 120mm fans to the back of the hard drive cage with zip ties (like my ATCS 840) and you've got a lot of air blowing toward your GPU. This isn't the best airflow ever but it is still more than sufficient, generally speaking. I'm sure triple/quad GPUs would like more.
post edited by boredgunner - Friday, September 23, 2011 0:54 PM