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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103010  250mm Front + 250 mm Side

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103014 250mm Front + 360 mm Side

 

is it worth the extra $50? please help!

Just don't let any pets you care about walk near the inlet. 

 

Eh. Do you have a plan on where you're going to get replacement fans in case one fails? Have you looked at how much they are?

I'd go a safer route with a case that uses fans that are for the most part readilly available and cheap too.

The advanced model also has a top exhaust fan, which, IMO, is the absolute best way to rid a case of heat (of all three rigs I've owned, the one that had the top exhaust had the lowest ambient temperature, and it was only an 80mm fan).

I don't think you're going to get a ton of difference between the side fans - fans larger than 140mm tend only to move air around their edges.  I suppose the advantage of the larger fan could be a bigger spread of the intake.  The real plus in having massive side fans is that you get the effectiveness of a smaller fan at lower RPM (and therefore with less noise).

 My new choice is this: 3 Front Fans, 3 Side Fans, and 2 Top Exhaust fans. though it is costing me $100 more.

XCLIO 1000 Black / Silver 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

 

see my other thread for PC details. 

 http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/426425.aspx

Have you consider any other brand?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/10/16/cooler-master-haf-932/1

I think this case is just as good as the Xlico cases.

I'm following my guts that say me big side fan IS the way to cool computer guts. It pushes the air against the whole MB that is a straight forward way to cool everything inside and I do not have to worry about air flow, heat dead corners, separate fans to cool the parts that are not inside air stream. Big side fans make BTX form factor obsolete.The whole air flow theory looks very childish and simplistic (kind of a pool with pipes IN and pipes OUT we have learned time ago in school)

Another rumor my guts deliver that in near future I'll be able to buy big spare fan.

prtuc2:

Have you consider any other brand?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/10/16/cooler-master-haf-932/1

I think this case is just as good as the Xlico cases.

The HAF 932s performance is very impressive, and I give this suggestion a +1.  Coolermaster is among the top case manufacturers IMO.

Another amazing case, which I haven't seen on the Egg yet, which is too bad!

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1382&pageID=5588