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03-28-2008, 05:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Thermaltake Armor. Which One?
I'm gonna get a Thermaltake Armor case for my next build. Which one would be better?
This one is cheaper and has a 25cm intake fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133021 This one is aluminum http://www.amamax.com/thvaatx102xf.html Is aluminum and the weight worth the extra cost? Last edited by veaviticus : 03-28-2008 at 05:46 PM. |
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04-08-2008, 07:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Western Australia
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Re: Thermaltake Armor. Which One?
Ive gone with Steel and haven't looked back..
Aluminum is more expensive to manufacture as its a molten compound. Steel is from mined ore (i think). I find once the aluminum heats up its wont let go of the heat and this makes the entire case in the internals hot. My Steel case is always stone cold and case temp hasn't gone over 40c yet. (I live in Australia)
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04-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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Re: Thermaltake Armor. Which One?
actually aluminum is from ore. aluminum one of the elements on the periodic table. and aluminum takes in heat quicker and releases it quicker. steel just traps it inside. there are aluminum heatsinks and not steel heatsinks for a reason
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04-14-2008, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: Thermaltake Armor. Which One?
I have the aluminium one and it overheats my one of my graphics cards. This case really is a heat holder and I would advise againt gettting it. The side fan is useless as it is incorrectly positioned to cool the cards and spins far to slowly to provide effective cooling. I would go for an Antec 900, which is cool as a cucumber and easily as good looking. Or if you want a full tower, go for a lian li v2000 plus.
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05-02-2008, 05:24 PM
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Re: Thermaltake Armor. Which One?
I have a Antec 900 omg this would have to be the best case I've ever used for coolness. And its not very noisy considering the amount of fans. My old thermaltake makes more noise...
  I looked at lots of cases but the reviews on this one was bang on... Even check out the new Antec 1200, looks similar. My computer is: Intel QX6700 2.66quad core Asus P5N-E SLI Mother Board 2x1GB 533mhz Corsair VS DDR2 Raid0 C drive; 4x Samsung 250GB serial ATA 8mb D Drive: Seagates 500GB (server drive) "cant remember model" 2x XFX PCI 8800GTX PV-T80F-768E 768mb graphic cards Silverstone 850w ST85ZF power supply Plus all the other bits needed to get things going  |
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