Enclosures and acoustic damping to help quiet them.
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by rpsgc » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:19 am
Hello,
I would love to get myself a SOLO but it's a bit expensive (96 €) and the budget is tight so I'm trying to find a cheaper alternative. I've read the cases recommendations but it's a tad outdated... What do you recommend?
Forget the P180/182 and SOLO/P150... what's the next best thing?
UPDATE: Now that I was really going to buy a SOLO... it just had to happen

It's out of stock everywhere! And noone [stores] knows when they'll be back in stock

So... I love the SOLO but I'm just not going to wait for weeks and weeks for it.
The P182 is still too expensive (not to mention overkill) to me... so what now? I'm royally screwed.
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by ddrueding1 » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:35 am
Frequently prices/availability of products varies significantly from one country to the next. Why don't you post some links to cases you can get that are in your range, and we'll help you pick amongst them?
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by burebista » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:51 am
NSK6000? Nexus Caterpillar?
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by rpsgc » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:55 pm
So...
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by Konnetikut » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:18 pm
burebista wrote:Nexus Caterpillar?
Well, well.
Not so
cheap after all.
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by ddrueding1 » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:46 pm
rpsgc wrote:Antec NSK6000 - 48 € (although I don't see how it's any better than my SLK3000B)
Agreed.
Ginormous window. It's actually not that bad once you completely cover it with a layer of Dynamat Extreme, it looks pretty cool
Both look promising. Has a significant number of intake/exhaust locations to choose from; just block off the ones you don't use so noise doesn't escape.
All Lian-Li cases that I have had have the same flaw. They put a fan in front that magically draws air from...nowhere! The intake is completely blocked! It just sits there and spins and makes noise. These look like they have the same problem.
Looks a lot like an Antec 900 (I own a few). Great cooling, does not contain any noise. Unless your components are silent, this computer won't be.
Hope that helps.
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by rpsgc » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:36 am
ddrueding1 wrote:Hope that helps.
It does. Thanks for the feedback!
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by thejamppa » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:11 am
rpsgc wrote:Antec NSK6000 - 48 € (although I don't see how it's any better than my SLK3000B)
if I am not mistaken, NSK6000 has 2x 92mm front fans and single 120mm exhaust. Other than that, its SLK3000B with different colour scheme and without door.
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by rpsgc » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:41 am
Anyone else has any feedback on the case with the 220mm side fan? Or any other similar to it.
Maybe I should just keep my SLK3000B?
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by roadie » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:51 am
I'd keep the 3000B. I've owned both it and the Solo, and the 3000B is a great case. Although it doesn't look as nice as the Solo, it is extremely competitive in silence terms and probably has superior cooling potential.
I blocked the upper vent on the side panel and filtered the lower one, which gave a great direct cold air supply to the graphics card and CPU. A slow spinning front 120mm fan kept the hard drives cool and a slow spinning rear 120mm fan and PSU fan exhausted the hot air. It's a great design.
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by rpsgc » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:58 am
Thing is... I don't know if the SLK3000B is the right case for a ATI HD2900PRO

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by roadie » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:19 am
It would be perfect; there's a socking great hole right in the side panel next to where the 2900 would be sucking in air!
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by rpsgc » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:32 am
I guess it could work. Maybe I'll spend the money on a HR-03 instead, to sooth the roaring beast (noisy!).
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by rpsgc » Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:15 am
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by Torajirou » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:25 am
I see you included a case that costs 83€. My Solo cost me 85€ (Belgium). Maybe if you look a bit harder... This case is really worth its price

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by rpsgc » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:46 am
Torajirou wrote:I see you included a case that costs 83€. My Solo cost me 85€ (Belgium). Maybe if you look a bit harder... This case is really worth its price

Cheapest place is 96 € with shipping. The two (yes, 2) other stores that sell it charge 95 € for it, sans shipping... *grumbles*
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by rpsgc » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:31 am
Bringing it back from the dead for reasons stated in the OP.
What case can even come close to the SOLO? (P182 doesn't count) The Coolermaster CM690? Lian Li G50? *shudders* NZXT Hush?
I'm leaning towards the CM690 but I don't know...
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by mcoleg » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:48 pm
not sure how "silent" the recent iterations would be but in-win makes some very solid cases for about half the price of antec.
there was some buzz about their micro-atx a while ago; i am talking about regular atx.
"solid" is pretty much their selling point. thick steel is not too prone to vibrations.
would need some work silencing hard drives and such but that's pretty much as it's with most cheaper cases.