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    TEAM AWESOME! DJBeanPole17's Avatar
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    Planning for upgrade - need new case?

    I want to upgrade my computer soon... and start building off of my "dream machine" specs on my ****-quality website that you can find here. I have a Tornado 1000 case already which has 5 fans on the outside. I don't know the sizes, but I want to say 80mm? They are just stock fans I got from the 3dcool.com website (which has now changed the way they do the Tornado 1000 - you now get like 2 stock fans and must order the others at an extra cost...). Would I be better off sticking with my Tornado1000 case, or getting new fans for it, or getting a new case completely (I don't care about glowing lights and crap). I will be using it to OC my Barton 2500 CPU... once I get it

    Thanks for help :-D!!!!

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    I use an Antec 1000SX server case with a side fan panel and 5 Panaflo fans VERY Nice. I use a Nexus fan controller.
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    Actually gkline, your sig was the one I was looking at alot to review hardware online. I liked some of the hardware you have on your rig - and the fact you OC'd your Barton w/ the system you have now :-D Where is a link to see these panaflo fans, and do you think they'd be compatible if I swapped them into my current case?

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    I bought them at www. heatsinkfactory.com. Excellent overall prices. Everything else I bought at Newegg.com.
    1.asrock z68 extr4;2500k@4400;cm hyper212+;2-5850crossfire;8g gskillddr3-1600;cru300ssd sata3-64g,wdb500gsata3;x-fi titanium fatality pro;antec tpII 750w;win7-64 hp;hannsg hh241
    2asus p8z68-v pro/gen3 ;2500k@4426;corsair h60;sapphire 6950;intel x-25m-80g;intelx25-v40g;samsng f3 500g;8g gskill ddr3;asus xonar dx pci-e;win7 hp64;antec grn 750W;acer 23"

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    Avanti gkline's Avatar
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    I bought the OEM Antec case at http://www.pcuniverse.com. I already had my Antec Truepower.
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    2asus p8z68-v pro/gen3 ;2500k@4426;corsair h60;sapphire 6950;intel x-25m-80g;intelx25-v40g;samsng f3 500g;8g gskill ddr3;asus xonar dx pci-e;win7 hp64;antec grn 750W;acer 23"

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