So I thought I might get a new case, does anybody own the ANTEC sonata ?
and if so, is it any good, quietness compared to normal cases?
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited November 2003
Why don't you just RMA it?
What do you want the case for? The sonata is not an overclocker's case by any stretch of the imagination. I've got the SLK-3700AMB, which is essentially the same thing, except that the cooling on the Sonata is even WORSE than the 3700's.
The 3700 can just barely handle an Athlon 1800+; The top of the case gets noticeably warm with one, even when you use 90cfm+120x25mm fans; the Sonata will be even worse.
It'll work passably well for a stock, low-medium speed athlon, but without modification, it won't be good for anything faster.
My 3700 has been modified with 2 80mm blowholes, and the cooling is still crap. It's been relegated to use with my 1.3GHz Celeron print server, because that's the only thing I have that runs cool enough that the case can handle it comfortably well.
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What do you want the case for? The sonata is not an overclocker's case by any stretch of the imagination. I've got the SLK-3700AMB, which is essentially the same thing, except that the cooling on the Sonata is even WORSE than the 3700's.
The 3700 can just barely handle an Athlon 1800+; The top of the case gets noticeably warm with one, even when you use 90cfm+120x25mm fans; the Sonata will be even worse.
It'll work passably well for a stock, low-medium speed athlon, but without modification, it won't be good for anything faster.
My 3700 has been modified with 2 80mm blowholes, and the cooling is still crap. It's been relegated to use with my 1.3GHz Celeron print server, because that's the only thing I have that runs cool enough that the case can handle it comfortably well.