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JoaoHadouken
May 17th, 2012, 02:30
I bought a new case for my PC: HAF 932 (http://www.coolermaster.com.br/product.php?product_id=2810) (original). But it came the HAF 932 AMD Edition (http://www.coolermaster.com.br/product.php?product_id=2963), which has a better visual, but it doesn't have the lateral fan. I want to work with two video cards in my PC, then I would like to know some opinions about that... if you recommend me to ask the shop to bring me the original case or if I should stick with this special edition? My real worry is about the cooling... if this AMD Edition will not comprimise my two video cards because of the high temperature!

I have searched a lot about that... most sites and forums says that this AMD Edition doesn't have much diference compared with the original, it does only increases 2~3 ºC in the video cards, and the difference between both cases starts appearing when you want to use 3 video cards or more, etc... However, some people say that the missing lateral fan can increase in 10 ºC the temperature of the video cards, etc... So, I want to know your opinion, specially if you passed by a similar situation...

Thank you very much! :thumb:
Kaizen
May 17th, 2012, 03:42
leave the side of the case off, I never have the side panel on
unless you have kids mucking about or animals, whip it off
JoaoHadouken
May 17th, 2012, 11:14
Well... I don't have kids/animals... so you're saying that the side fan doesn't make to much difference... leaving it open should be enough... thank you!

But I still have my doubts... I live in a hot city... temperature here floats between 28~30ºC in most time... then I don't know if leave it open would be a nice idea... does anyone have something to add?
KrossX
May 17th, 2012, 11:31
Nice colors. I would leave it as it is, and closed... cuz it looks cool (although I keep mine open usually). And if it has places to add extraction fans, add them. Then watch the temperatures closely.
SCHUMI_4EVER
May 17th, 2012, 13:41
I'd say send it back and ask for the original but purely for the superficial reason that you want the badges of your tech matching. I'd certainly get quite annoyed eventually by having an AMD badge on an Intel system.
KrossX
May 17th, 2012, 14:20
According to my case's badges, I have an Intel P3 with an Athlon 64 and some Audigy card too... and I think I still have some unused lying around somewhere. XD
Kaizen
May 17th, 2012, 15:13
Well... I don't have kids/animals... so you're saying that the side fan doesn't make to much difference... leaving it open should be enough... thank you!

But I still have my doubts... I live in a hot city... temperature here floats between 28~30ºC in most time... then I don't know if leave it open would be a nice idea... does anyone have something to add?

I usually find leaving the side of the case off is better than with it on when there's a sidefan.
Some cases I had possessed a 20cm sidefan that pushed a lot of air in but taking the side panel off still yielded better temps for the collective components
JoaoHadouken
May 17th, 2012, 22:28
OK then... I'll stick with the AMD Editon... thank you for all the responses and opinions! :)