Well I'm convinced. Haswell it is. Bring on June.
Although in the process I've also managed to lean towards buying a new case so I can fit a 120mm radiator (so I can use a cooler like the Corsair H100i) and now I'm sorely tempted by the Thermaltake Level 10 GT battle edition. Even though it's £200 it's a case I've always admired. Damn, my budget has shot right up.
Wait for the Corsair H110. Don't bother with that case. If you really must spend that much money on a chassis get something from a more reputable brand like Lian Li.
(02-08-2013, 09:18 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]Wait for the Corsair H110. Don't bother with that case. If you really must spend that much money on a chassis get something from a more reputable brand like Lian Li.
I've no real love for Lian Li cases. To me they either look boring, or just plain weird.
As for TT, they're not exactly disreputable. And while people may be divided on the L10 GT's looks (it provokes a marmite response) nearly all reviews I've read agree that it's a pretty fantastic case. The H110 is already available isn't it? In any case if I wanted to fit a 280mm radiator I'd need a bigger chassis.
I can recommend the NZXT Phantom 410. I got it at Christmas, and it was really easy to build into (about 1000x simpler than taking the system out of the dell case it was replacing) and has tremendous cooling performance. It seemed to have the best cooling performance of any case below £150, and was only £80 from scan.
If you are in the UK (as opposed to missing the $ symbol and typing £) then I can really recommend scan as a place to get computer parts. Also, if you can get to bolton, they'll let you pick up, but even with postage, they've got similar pricing to Amazon, and are really helpful with returns etc.
Just to clarify, I neither work for NZXT or Scan.
(02-09-2013, 04:10 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: [ -> ]I can recommend the NZXT Phantom 410. I got it at Christmas, and it was really easy to build into (about 1000x simpler than taking the system out of the dell case it was replacing) and has tremendous cooling performance. It seemed to have the best cooling performance of any case below £150, and was only £80 from scan.
This ^^, I see you like the case I recommended :p
(02-09-2013, 04:10 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: [ -> ]I can recommend the NZXT Phantom 410. I got it at Christmas, and it was really easy to build into (about 1000x simpler than taking the system out of the dell case it was replacing) and has tremendous cooling performance. It seemed to have the best cooling performance of any case below £150, and was only £80 from scan.
If you are in the UK (as opposed to missing the $ symbol and typing £) then I can really recommend scan as a place to get computer parts. Also, if you can get to bolton, they'll let you pick up, but even with postage, they've got similar pricing to Amazon, and are really helpful with returns etc.
Just to clarify, I neither work for NZXT or Scan.
Yeah I've used scan before, got my Corsair Vengence 2000 headset from them about a month ago or so now after Amazon told me it was in stock when I ordered only to turn around and tell me it'd take 3-4 additional months for delivery later. Although it was definitely more expensive from Scan, even before factoring in delivery. I tend to just shop around and find where's cheapest (as long as they're reputable) normally. Postage normally takes scan out of the running though, often stuff I buy from there is stuff I'm struggling to find elsewhere. This will be a large order though (already looking at new CPU, motherboard, case, and CPU cooler) so it's worth considering even with the extra charge for postage.
As for the Level 10 GT... well it's just a case I've always liked. And from all accounts it's very good in regards to thermal and acoustic performance. So despite the price I'm kind of sold on it. Plus I've decided that now I'm going to try and stay in one place for more than a year and I've got the space I want to move to a full tower case. My Antec 902 is becoming terribly cramped, what with my massive ASUS GTX 570 Direct IIcu (three slots and 11" long, I can't put anything in 2-3 of the HDD bays as a result of it) and all the other crap in there.
I'm looking for fun stuff to fill up the 5.25" drive bays. Currently I just have an optical drive and card reader/USB 3.0 panel. I'm considering retiring the latter though as it doesn't have an actual USB 3.0 header (which at the time was fine as neither did my motherboard) and works by having two cables plug into USB 3.0 ports (which I have via a PCI expansion card). With the TTL10 having USB3.0 built in at the top, and since whatever mobo I buy will have native USB3.0 support I might just replace it with a smaller 3.5" card reader.
I'm sold on a NZXT Hue, so that's 1 bay filled up. A fan controller though (even though there's some seriously cool LCD ones out there) seems a little pointless when all the colourshift fans are controlled by the case already.