The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[MoonPig]

C'mon fellas! Keep this club active!

Ready for some great news? ...

Sold the Maximus, bought a P5Q-E. It'll be here tomorrow! OH YEAH!!!

 

[alexp999]

Back in the club!

 

[kyle2020]

Nice one moon!

You know the drill, pictures, pictures, and more pictures!

 

[aCid888*]

Just looking at the element S case . . . my gawd its sexy.

That damn case is disturbing, it looks so bad I think the designer of it drank what Ket did before coming up with it.

Ugly case and over priced.

Yeah I like it - plus its shorter than my 690 so it will fit better on my desk

Looked at the 922, thats too long. The storm looks nice too, thats even shorter than the element . . . plus red LED's make me dribble

Get the Lian Li I have, you wont regret it.



Edit: A quote of myself from the S case review.

Why anyone would buy this case for around $150 I have no idea. You could pick up this (see below) for the same price and other Lian Li's for far less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112198


Aside from the fact this case is too expensive, it doesn't look so hot either....and whats with the use of 60mm "Hairdryer" fans??

This entire case is a fail in all honesty. :shadedshu

 

[kyle2020]

Heres my comparison - pro's & cons of the 690. Ill begin a proper search for a replacement tomorrow.

 

[kyle2020]

yeah yeah, spelt removable wrong

And the bit about the HDT - when I had my 900, I had a scythe ninja (rev. B) and it would touch the side window when it was on. Ill check measurements but at a glance, my immediate choice is the 902 . . . it seems to fit the bill quite nicely. But, again, ill do a thorough look up tomorrow.

Just give me your thoughts, views & opinions please.

 

[viczulis]

Just bought a P5Q SE2 at micro center for 66.00 open box. Can you tell me about express gate I have USB wireless, has anyone found a way to make it work. Hard wire and it works.

 

[alexp999]

yeah yeah, spelt removable wrong

And the bit about the HDT - when I had my 900, I had a scythe ninja (rev. B) and it would touch the side window when it was on. Ill check measurements but at a glance, my immediate choice is the 902 . . . it seems to fit the bill quite nicely. But, again, ill do a thorough look up tomorrow.

Just give me your thoughts, views & opinions please.

Just dont forget no tool free system will hold a GTX 260

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Tool free or not,i always put screws into the pci cards,tool free would not hold my 4850 with the full cover block on it up.

 

[kyle2020]

I have narrowed it down to the following - again ignore that Im on OCUK, they just have a decent selection.

Antec 300. Has a large dust filter on the front, bottom mounted power supply, top exhaust fan, plenty of space + decent cable management from stock (used 4 of these cases to date). No LED rubbish. Decent button placement. Bad things about it, however, are that its a bit bland looking, has that awful primed interior, no removeable HDD cage, and I dont know if my HDT will fit inside.

Coolermaster Storm Scout case - I really like the look of this one. It may have LED's in it but they can be turned off, plus red LED's look sexy IMO. Has a painted black interior, removeable HDD cage, Excellent button placement, HSF backplate access without removing the mobo, gorgeous, big carry bars that are well integrated into the design, bottom mounted psu. Negative wise there are no fan filters, it does look a bit gamer-esque, the side panel looks out of place with the strange plexi design, and correct me if im wrong but there isnt a top mounted exhaust fan. Still, so far, one of the race leaders.

The Element S - I have quite a soft spot for this case, however the more I look at it, the stranger it gets. Ill let you have a look but it fits the bill almost spot on.

And, finally, my 2 main choices - both Lian Li's, the PC60FW and the PC-7FW. As far as I can tell they are the exact same case bar the front panel design. Gorgeous cases, however they are expensive.

So, I need some feedback on my choices. Quickly broken down, the Antec 300 is my budget choice with the Scout being the expensive one. Favourites from the list are the PC60FW and the Scout.

Please, I need feedback on this, as much as possible, I cant make such a decision on my own

And yes, unlike some (I could name a few ) this is on topic as my Pro will be in it

 

[alexp999]

Get the Scout! All black interior! All black case!

And it has a 140mm fan in the top as standard (Sexy gloss black one)

Also:

Dust filter for the entire front of the chassis

IMO, Lian Li, dont cool that great, and are fingerprint loving and expensive.

 

[kyle2020]

Yeah, I think that may be my choice. Who knows? Myabe someone will come along and show me something thats better than all my choices and cheaper?

 

[MoonPig]

Cheaper? That's easy, make one.

I like the CM build quality. So aim for that. But Antec's have something about them.

That element case does, and i quote, look like a suitcase...

I say the Scout.

What's wrong with the CM690 though?

 

[kyle2020]

 

[MoonPig]

Your picky... lol. How did you manage to spell something wrong with it being underlined and a print screen?

I reckon you should go for a benching table

OR!!!!!

Drill the wall and mount everything on there. Like the Mobo flat to the wall!

 

[kyle2020]

Meh, it was late and I was rushing haha.

Id like an open bench setup but I cant find any benches or anything that are cheap, plus I dont swap parts about enough to warrant using one.

 

[alexp999]

Antec Skeleton!

 

[kyle2020]

HSF issues with anything around the size of the freezer pro, so it rules that one out

 

[alexp999]

Waste of money for a dust collector anyway. Its the only openbench type case i know of.

Get the scout! My Sniper remebers the settings its been left on for the leds, and i can show you how to connect other stuff off its control

 

[aCid888*]

I'd take the Lian Li cases over any of the others you posted; the A300 is hard to work on (bad CM), the Scout is just another "supadupa1337pr0g4mer" case, and if you wanted something like that get the A900 as it will kick the Scout in the balls cooling wise.....and then we have the Element....not even worth talking about as the case is just damn ugly.

I own the A300 and the A900 and both are decent but by no means easy to work on as they have no real cable management options.

The Lian Li I have has been nothing but a pleasure, and while Alex is right about it not cooling as well as the A900 or Scout it will be a whole lot easier to work on as the cable management options in the Lian Li are second to none and that is worth the 2 - 4'C rise in temps due to the airflow not being as good as the chavmagnet A900.

Here's the Scout:

Here's the Lian Li PC60F:

I wouldn't ever buy another case like the A300, A900 or Scout, they are far too annoying to work on and can be a problem (huge one at that) with the general layout and cable management, aside from the fact your paying 80 quid for a case made of pressed steel that has little class or style....pay the extra 20 notes and get something with a little class and a whole lot of e-peen value.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'd say the PCF-7w myself.I dont like the scout,too much plastic for my likeing.The element s is nice but cacky plastic door,and the antec 300 is too small.

 

[kyle2020]

Thats a strong arguement acid, youve given me a lot to think about.

 

[alexp999]

Thats a very biased pic for the scout Acid :shadedshu

Ill find a better one.

See it has CM holes, that allow routing behind the mobo tray:

Corsair has really long cables too. Otherwise you could get an extension kit, or add more holes if you really needed to.

 

[aCid888*]

Why bias?

Both are the first pictures I came across, and you cant argue that the Scout, at the side of the Lian Li, has no style and is pretty much another A900 styled case...I will not pay 80 quid for a case made of nangkangditchfinder pressed steel...I will however pay 100 for a classy aluminium case and a distinct lack of pastic.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I agree.