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Will heat be an issue in this Antec case?
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Posted by: oderus1671
Sup ya'll. I want to put a new PC together, and I want to use the Antec Sonata case (for noise reasons). I will be using an Abit NF7 mobo, AMD XP2500 barton, Thermaltake SILENT BOOST HSF, and an additional Vantek stealth 120 mm fan in front of the case. What Im concerned with is heat issues. Because this is a "silent" case, am I sacrificing good cooling for these parts? Also putting a Radeon 9800 pro in there, and I know they are hot little buggers! Prolly only one hard drive, maybe a soundblaster audigy will go in there too. You think I am creating the potential for a thermal meltdown? If this case isnt a good choice, perhaps you may know a better one? Thanks!
Posted by: taco_fox
nope, that's a very good case for cooling. Especially if you get an extra 120mm fan to put in the front
Posted by: redwench
antec does well with cooling. with a barton and 9800, just make sure you have a full tower, and youll be set with the addition of a couple fans. make sure you get a good sized power supply as well.
Posted by: oderus1671
thanks for the replies. I dont think the Antec Sonata is a full tower. I think its a mid (?) tower. Im just not sure if its gonna get too hot inthe case with the 9800 and the barton CPU. Also, what would happen later down the road when I upgrade the CPU/video to something faster? Im almost sure the newer components will run hotter than the current ones...I just want to be sure that cooling will be sufficient. Thanks
Posted by: SKYHN
Sonata is a mid tower, but it has 3 external 5.25, 2 external 3.5 and 4 internal 3.5 instead of 4/2/5. They put a space at the bottom of the HD rack that is for airflow, so the drive cages are all up higher than on a regular Mid tower ATX, sacrificing a few drive bays.
Might think about getting a vantec spectrum fan card for the vid card, but you have to mount it vertical instead of horizontal, as it can cause GPU interference.
Posted by: Bix VT
Is that true? The spectrum fan card causes gpu problems? Ouch...I was looking to get one of those too. Is this the case with all LED fans? Because when the 40mm on my GFFX 5200 Ultra failed, I mounted a green 4 LED 80mm on it with some zip ties. I haven't been able to run any games on it yet due to hdd problems, but do you think it will cause a problem?
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