I am always buying "gamer's cases" from now on.

[elfs]

A year ago, I bought a brand new computer. In parts. While in Fry's, I discovered that they did not have the case I wanted, but they had the "gamer's equivalent" for about $20 more. I bought that one.

That was an experience I will be repeating from now on. This case is quiet, much more quiet than the older "office grade" case. This morning, I had the quad-cores running all-out loading the Human genome (homo_sapiens_core_65_37) into MySQL. DNA sequencing took about two minutes, and the whole alignment features collection took about ten minutes total. The hottest spot on the motherboard was 112°F (44C).

Sweet!

Comments

[amindofiron.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm wondering what the difference is? Does the gamer case just have better air flow design and better sound isolation construction?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I suspect that's it. There are give fans on this thing, they're all very high-quality and they come with prefilter screens that also deaden the noise. They're also modular: I can pull one out and vacuum the screen clean without having to turn the machine off.

However, the fans do have one drawback: they come with glowy blue LEDs (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elfsternberg/5320270875/) I don't really need.

[tehrasha.livejournal.com]

Gaming boxes tend to use larger diameter lower RPM fans to reduce noise. They are also usually made sturdier to withstand the rigors of being hauled to LAN parties.

My primary machine has a steel Antec gaming case that I bought back in 2001. It is currently on its 4th motherboard upgrade.