HAF 932 or NZXT Phantom

[sgunnery87]

I am torn between these two I love the look of the Phantom but it's very tall (62.3 cm it wouldn't fit on my current desk) I am toying with the idea of a CPU stand so I can have it on the floor next to my desk on the other hand I have found a HAF 932 which is a little smaller in height and has 4 feet on it so I could put it on the floor if needed

What would you recommend??

 

[alienware]

Neither. Get a Fractal.

 

[SieB]

Neither. Get a Fractal.

This ^^^^^^^

The Define Design R3 or Arc would be good.

 

[sgunnery87]

Are the Fractal cases good for when overclocking and can they fit full size gpu's??

 

[AMDFTW]

the R3 is good i would miss out the XL due to airflow

 

[alienware]

The Phantom is the worst case I have ever seen for airflow.

My friend has one with a Guerilla and a 460 2win. His PC kept shutting down. Then we find the GPU is reaching temps in excess of 90c.

So, we go to fit a side fan. Only with an NH-D14 in there we find that NZXT's fan won't fit on account of being 30mm thick. NP, order a 20mm thick Xigmatek, only to find that NZXT have monopolised the fan mountings and you can only fit an NZXT fan in there.

So you either bust out the drill (which he won't do) or you get to ghetto rigging. So we opted for the rig using a how to he found here, fan keeps falling off.

I think pissed off would be an understatement, and I don't like things that aren't standard to conform with other parts.

That rules out the Phantom IMO..

HAF = ugly and common.

Fractal R3 is a great case. Raven is a great case. Arc is a great case. But those Phantoms are all look over function and should be avoided.

I'd rather have a Shinobi if I'm honest, and save yourself a pile of cash for other nice things.

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

The Phantom is the worst case I have ever seen for airflow.

My friend has one with a Guerilla and a 460 2win. His PC kept shutting down. Then we find the GPU is reaching temps in excess of 90c.

So, we go to fit a side fan. Only with an NH-D14 in there we find that NZXT's fan won't fit on account of being 30mm thick. NP, order a 20mm thick Xigmatek, only to find that NZXT have monopolised the fan mountings and you can only fit an NZXT fan in there.

So you either bust out the drill (which he won't do) or you get to ghetto rigging. So we opted for the rig using a how to he found here, fan keeps falling off.

I think pissed off would be an understatement, and I don't like things that aren't standard to conform with other parts.

That rules out the Phantom IMO..

HAF = ugly and common.

Fractal R3 is a great case. Raven is a great case. Arc is a great case. But those Phantoms are all look over function and should be avoided.

I'd rather have a Shinobi if I'm honest, and save yourself a pile of cash for other nice things.

I've never had any problems for temps in my phantom, GPU rarely gets above 60-70*C, also if you wanted a side fan deathtrip2k has a guide here on how to do it with a 20mm Xigmatek and some rubber fan mounts. But I don't see how NZXT would have "monopolized" the fan mounts as you can fit any 200/230mm fan on the side.

 

[alienware]

Yeah that's how we did it.

And no, you can't fit any 200/230 fan on the side as the holes don't line up, hence the rubber mod thing.

Before he fitted the Xigma he tried to fit a pair of Cooler Master Megaflows out of his HAF that he doesn't like. At the time we weren't aware that 30mm fans don't fit over the Noctua. And, same as the Xigma, the holes don't line up so you can't screw them on without drilling holes.

The NZXT fans carry 'their' holes as well as stock holes so you can use their fans in other computers.. How convenient

 

[Ya93sin]

BitFenix Colossus

GPU idle is 28, highest I ever saw was 70, but typically 60.

But then I did replace all the stock fans (before I did this, idle was about 36).