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What's more worth it?

SkimmyMcG
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Currently I have a decent case that I like, but it only has two 120mm fan mounts. So I'm wondering what's more worth it? Bum out the money for two good 120mm fans, or get this case I've been eyeing for the past few weeks? http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147175&cm_re=rosewill-_-11-147-175-_-Product This is a photo of the case I have http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/skuimages/large/M115-1010.jpg I'm aiming to do the case upgrade/fan upgrade near the beginning of next summer. Honestly, I'm leaning more towards the new case.

PC Specs: 

CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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Get the Rosewill case, according to Newegg it has 6 fans (maybe quite loud) but it should cope with whatever you are throwing in there (I assume you are not watercooling) 

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Get the Rosewill case, according to Newegg it has 6 fans (maybe quite loud) but it should cope with whatever you are throwing in there (I assume you are not watercooling) 

Nope not water cooling, gonna throw my current build in there. (Specs in my sig)

PC Specs: 

CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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That's a lot of unfiltered mesh, basically a dust magnet. (The Rosewill one)

 

But that Viper case is something I remember looking at a lot of years ago. Very dated design, I would recommend an upgrade to both the case, and the cooling the new one will come with.

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You're going to get a $100 case when you have 4GBs of ram and a gt730? 

I said close to next summer, I'll have that stuff upgraded before then.

PC Specs: 

CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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But why are you asking now instead of when you'll actually buy it? 

No real reason, just was bored and have been wondering what's more worth it, $50 on fans or $100 on a completely new case. The latter seems like the obvious choice, just wanted some peoples opinions.

PC Specs: 

CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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I'd say a case AND a few high quality fans, hardware is all about upgrading sooner or later. :)

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CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro w/ white LEDs | SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (Boot Drive) | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (Storage) | ODD(s): LG BH10 BD Rewriter + LG DVD Rewriter | 5.25": Scythe Kama Panel 3.1 |

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