U live near a frys? We got them in at palo alto and the demo went up today lol. I was gonna post pics when I got home, I'm on lunch now.
i unfortunately wasnt able to take any good pics at all, didnt have time and my boss kept yelling at me to go sell more whenever i tried to move the HAF932 next to it to do a side by side. it looks fucking amazing though, basically an extended version of the HAF932 (my main case as well). as some reviews have noted, the duct on the side fan may need to have its orientation altered depending on the layout of your expansion slots, and the 3xGPU air duct from the front may get in the way of some 3 and 4 GPU setups depending on motherboard layout. the hot swap trays seemed a little rough as well, but they were powder coated and it was just catching on the powder coating on the inside as well, just a minutes wear and tear pulling it in and out a bit fixed that. all in all it's definitely an awesome case, gonna consider getting one myself when i move all 4 of my 5870s to one box later on. the only real downside to it was if you were using the side door on the HAF932 to mount radiators in. i have seen a couple setups where people mounted 2 MCR220-QP res on the door and a 320QP on the top inside the case, which you cant do with the HAF X because the side door only has mounting holes for the 230mm fan there now. not sure on support for top mounting a radiator as well, there's definitely 120mm fan mounting holes, but it looks like there's not very many and it may be difficult to pull off, especially if you're using one of the denser 360x120 radiators like a PA120.3 or Feser XChanger, as the weight from the radiator full of water may very well be to much for the mounting holes i observed. im gonna take a more detailed look when i get a chance though, as support for a large radiator is really important to me since i have multiple water cooled systems now and i want the option in that case
the internal air duct can be removed yes, you need to take it out to mount a fan inside anyway (didnt come with one if i remember right). as far as quirks go i would say it's still higher quality than my HAF932, and thats saying a lot because the 932 is a fucking nice case. i should note, one of the hot swap trays only stuck on the initial removal, and afterwards was fine. the other one i put it in and pulled it out about 10 times, and after that it was behaving the same as the first one. it was minor enough that you could account for it as simply a difference in the thickness of the powder coating on the trays as the cause. yea my boss knows i promote online some, the ironic part though is most of that promotion is for our sick combo deals or clearance items that were loosing money on. the enthusiast in me cant help but tell you lot ahead of time when i know were going to have something sweet to offer ($80 intel 40gb SSDs, $70 DD WC kit w/ D5 & black ice 240x120 radiator ect...) :awe:You are a good man for listening to your boss! That is what I tell my dopey humps at work... sell, sell, sell! I don't have to worry about water cooling. I have read about the orientation of the side duct having to be changed. Can the gpu air duct be removed? The hot swap trays were sticking initially? I think there are little quirks with every case. It doesn't sound like too big an issue. I am glad to see your positive insight on the case overall. Does your boss know that you do a good job of promoting your company online? If not, let him know. Maybe he will give you a little more slack. Nice work.
the internal air duct can be removed yes, you need to take it out to mount a fan inside anyway (didnt come with one if i remember right). as far as quirks go i would say it's still higher quality than my HAF932, and thats saying a lot because the 932 is a fucking nice case. i should note, one of the hot swap trays only stuck on the initial removal, and afterwards was fine. the other one i put it in and pulled it out about 10 times, and after that it was behaving the same as the first one. it was minor enough that you could account for it as simply a difference in the thickness of the powder coating on the trays as the cause. yea my boss knows i promote online some, the ironic part though is most of that promotion is for our sick combo deals or clearance items that were loosing money on. the enthusiast in me cant help but tell you lot ahead of time when i know were going to have something sweet to offer ($80 intel 40gb SSDs, $70 DD WC kit w/ D5 & black ice 240x120 radiator ect...) :awe:
Ok... I bought one. Ewiz had 2 of them on eBay for $189.99 with free shipping less 8% instant Bing cash. $175 shipped! Ewiz is in California so I will probably get it Thursday or Friday. I will definitely post build pictures. I am definitely excited!
I thought bing cash went bye-bye?
This is my planned watercooling setup:
Radiator: Black Ice® GT Stealth 360 XFlow
CPU cooler: Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme
Pump: Swiftech MCP350
Res: XSPC 5.25" Bay Reservoir
Fans: 3x COOLER MASTER R4-L2R-20AC-GP
Fan controller: Scythe KS01-BK "KAZE SERVER" Advanced Fan Controller
I don't know which chipset cooler to get yet, I'm thinking about just waiting until one comes out for my new motherboard (MSI Big Bang Xpower 500).
Just out of curiosity only , how much does a water cooling setup like that one cost?