Hello there,
I'm a pc enthusiast from germany and have grown to be a fan to linustechtips in the past few months, so I thought that I can find the most qualified people to aid me in my search of a case here :-) My yearly ritual of swapping big components comes to the point where I would like a new case, since I'm adding an SLI configuration with it ( two GTX 770 from Asus because of the awesome cooling). The whole point is simultaneously to make my system quiet, so the thing that's solid is that I'm getting three 140mm fans from beQuiet to deliver a great airflow to both 770s while doing so quietly. So I looked for a case that is a ) quite silent because of it's structure or b ) good at delivering air in & out of the case. In my understanding a case doesn't need to be sound damped when the airflow is direct to the graphics card(s). (I took care of other heat/noise problems with an cpu cooler of bequiet and a Dark Power Pro power supply, so I'm focussed on the cards) I narrowed it down to these slick babys from Corsair; the 760T Graphite and the 750D Carbide, because they -provide direct airflow from at least the top front fan (because with just one drive cage used one fan is taking air direct to at least one card without anything in the way) -can use two 140s in the front and one in the back
-have a windowed side ( I love to peek into the pc) But the only thing making me hesitate to decide between these two is because wether or not a closed front panel like the 750D is delivering enough air into the case, and if it would make a different in keeping more noise inside. When I look at the 750D I think it's better than the other in keeping noise inside because of the "closed" front, but wouldn't it need to make the fans run faster to deliver the same air inside (the sides of the front panel have just slits)? And when I look at the 760T, I wonder if it wouldn't get to noisy because of the open front panel, despite the probably incredible air intake. So my question is, does anyone have experience with either one case to tell me which would more effective in cooling and "being quiet"? Or do you guys know any other case that would fit my needs better? (I think it's quite useless to point to another company than Corsair, because of Linus I'm almost obsessed with cases from them) Oh, and in any case (haha) I would put a noise damping foam from inside to the top, so it doesn't matter if the top has openings, just as long the sides are closed. I hope my help request doesn't seem to be too much irrational, but here it is anyway. Thank in advance for every suggestion! Greetings, Jason
