Tell me if I'm insane

[The Baron]

I've decided to hold off on upgrading to Barton because of that Big Sexy Hammer looming in a few month's time, and the fact that I can survive (hopefully) until then with this 1.4Ghz TBird and KT266.

BUT, my case makes me insane. It rattles, and it's loud, and it's really really hot. So, I'm going to replace the case and do a transplant.

Here's what I'm looking at (all links are to Directron because they have the product specs up, but I'm going to get it all from Newegg):

Antec PlusView 1000AMG (http://www.directron.com/view1000amg.html)
3 (yes, count em, 3) Cooler-Master TLF-R82s (http://www.directron.com/tlfr82.html)
Antec TrueBlue 480W (http://www.directron.com/true4.html)

That's it. TLF-R82s are apparently really quiet but still effective, so I'm there, dood. Same with the PSU. I'll put the two stock Antec fans in front, hook them up to the fan-only ports on the PSU, and then hook the other fans up to normal power supply ports.

Anybody see anything I'm overlooking?

--edit--oh yeah, final price, with shipping--$220.95. 7 bucks more with the 3 fans than it was getting only one Vantec Stealth fan. :D--/edit--

[vampireuk]

Very nice, but one question

Where is my credit for the fans?:p :D

[The Baron]

Ah yes, I was going to get those fans originally, but I couldn't find them at Newegg. Biggie Vamp over here made me look for them again, and voila, there they were. :D Thanky, Vamp.

[saturnotaku]

I don't think you're insane - just a geek fulfilling his need to upgrade. It's an urge just like the ones for food, drink, sex and whatever. And I applaud you for it. :cool:

[SavagePaladin]

You're insane...
but only cause you told me to say that

I want a Hammer too, prolly waiting til 3q

[fishlung]

Argh! Not the "u" word! LALALALALALALAICAN'THEARYOULALALALA

/me resists compulsive urge to spend :eek:

[The Baron]

OK, read somewhere that Stealth is 24 while the Cooler Masters are 25.

Not so--the Stealth is 21.

So, how big of a difference would it make if I had 3 CMs instead of 3 Stealths?

[s3ntry]

That's a very nice case, be warned though that you're gonna need a crane to lift it off the ground everytime you want to move it. That thing is huge and freakin' heavy!! I dont know why they didnt make such a case out of aluminum instead of steel, it would have made it a lot lighter.

[The Baron]

Meh, took it out of the box, and (with no stuff in it) it weighs as much as my current mid-tower with stuff in it.

Personally, I don't think it's too bad--it feels REALLY solid, and I like that.

Plus, leaving an aluminum case on the floor would probably result in it getting the crap kicked out of it and get it dented to hell... and that's never fun.