What gaming case to get?

Wishmaster said:

It seem this one has a few extras the regular HAF-X doesn't.

Such as?

I didn't see any, other than the green accents. Looked at the like to newegg you provided.

BTW the dimensions given by Coolermaster and listed on newegg are backwards. If you measure from the bottom of the case where the rubber feet start (bottom) to the very top of the case, it's 23 inches, with the wheels, it's 24 inches tall. Depth is about 21.7.

I actually have the case and just measured again to be sure I wasn't crazy

I also noted it in my review.

They state that the (H) height is 21.7 inches, and the (D) depth is 23.2. It’s actually the other way around, the height is 23.2 inches and the depth is 21.7

https://www.sevenforums.com/overclock...tml#post830862

I mention this in case size is an issue.

Actually if you go back to newegg here everyting listed is what I have, including those "wind tunners" (which I don't use) and the wheels

OK I see Coolermaster has included a 120mm fan for the wind tunnel, while I did get the tunnel, I didn't get the fan. Other than that fan, everything that video shows I got.

Also they are misinformed about the hot swappable drives. You DO NOT have to reboot the PC if you're using AHCI. They obviously don't know that. I swap my drives all the time between a WD 1TB hard drive and a 500. No PC reboots.

BTW here's amd's version of the HAF X......



This was also posted in my review.

Wishmaster said:

And yea, I did think that was odd about the reboot issue. Must have been in IDE mode or something which is why they had issues.. Youd think they would have thought about that.

For real, epecially with today's rigs.

Anyway good luck on your choice. And if you have more questions about the HAF X, see my post.

Good luck.

Everlong said:

Does the wind tunnel help at all? I didn't get one with my CM690 II Advanced, just the GPU bracket thing (which is a piece of crap. I put an 80mm fan on it and it doesn't help at all). Though in screenshots of my rig I have put a 120mm fan directly behind the cards.

You're talking abou the HAF X?

If so, I don't use mine, never did.

That item is actually called an air duct.

Anyway considering that some of the front fan's air is going to be blocked by the hard drives and you have two cards installed there's not going to be much air flow for a dual card setup, so the air duct with the 120mm fan should help add some air flow.

For me, being that I only have a single card setup I see no use in using the air duct. I also don't want to add the extra noise a 120mm fan can bring. Now If I had two cards installed, I'd definitely use the air duct with the 120mm fan.

That's me though.

Also note that the VGA bracket is also designed to house a 120mm fan. And if you do use the VGA bracket you need to remove the side air duct on the 200mm side fan. Page 11 of the user manual for the HAF X.