Intel or AMD

kurahk7 said:

You didn't cut any holes on the motherboard tray?
Wire management on my Antec 900 is somewhat difficult, but luckly, I have a modular power supply

No, I did not cut any holes in my motherboard tray. Here is what the backside of the mobo tray looks like with the side off the computer


And I cannot speak highly enough of how well these dust filters work in my Antec P182 case. I popped open the case tonight to take the pictures above and was astounded by how clean everything was inside of the case still. Check out my CPU fan and my rear 120mm case fan after 9 months of use. And I assure you...I have not cleaned the actual fans 1 single time. And this computer sits downstairs in a basement about 5 inches of a carpeted floor.




Here are the dust filters in the front. They are behind two smaller door and 1 larger door. The computer pulls air in from the sides of the front door and over these filters. You can see some of the dust buildup on the lower filter.

pparks1 said:

And I cannot speak highly enough of how well these dust filters work in my Antec P182 case. I popped open the case tonight to take the pictures above and was astounded by how clean everything was inside of the case still. Check out my CPU fan and my rear 120mm case fan after 9 months of use. And I assure you...I have not cleaned the actual fans 1 single time. And this computer sits downstairs in a basement about 5 inches of a carpeted floor.

That's excellent! The HAF932's lacking spot is no dust filters. I have to blow my case out every other week.

And I think my avatar and sig pic both show my affinity...

I should have you wire my next build. Only this time I'm going to try and keep the excitement to a minimum and take the to find a newer case one of the ones with the cut outs for changing the CPU cooler and the cut outs covered with rubber for cable management.
Now as far as AMD, Intel. I learned to overclock on my AMD 4000 939 DFI SLI Expert board, with Mushkin DDR 500 4 gigs and Loved that system. My new system I like but I still miss my AMD would like to see how it would have preformed with the new graphics cards and Windows Seven. Even though at the time i was running 2 Evga 7900 GTO's in SLI.
I think the choice boils down to bang for buck, chipset and video card preferences. JMO. Fabe

I think Intel if you want the absoulte best performance, but have to pay alot(those i7's 980X) but, AMD is great cost with amazing over-clock-ablity(much easier then in intel i think) And as always, im always with AMD graphics, bah nvidia and those 480's... 5970 alll the wayyyyy!

Verean said:

If you can afford best cooling system then go with AMD.
But i prefer Intel due to their low temps.

Yeah, good point. I've seen quite a a number of people suggest going with a lower cost AMD, then overclocking it to perform as good as a higher end Intel chip..but then they have to spend extra money for the thermal paste and high end coolers and everything else to keep the system running stable. Sometimes the extra cost of the cooler make the AMD option the more expensive one. Again, I'm not an Intel fanboy, I'll use whichever chip gives me the best performance....this was simply just an observation.

mpcrsc562 said:

The HAF932's lacking spot is no dust filters. I have to blow my case out every other week.

lol, it's it's only real Achilles heel. I'm overdue for a clean - way over due.

I removed my ghetto filters due to summer, but now that it's cooling down again - it's time to put them back.

smarteyeball said:

but now that it's cooling down again - it's time to put them back.

I got thrown for a loop and had to do a double take at what you wrote... then it hit me: opposite Hemisphere from where I am at...