It all depends what you want to run, I don't intend on running anything past single socket/single card combo so this HX620 should last me till I feel like replacing it or it starts to die, I've had it for over 2 years already.
the 8800GT PWM heatsink pack is a rip off (in UK at least) you can use any sort of heatsink that fits the vid ram onto the VRMs.
normal HR-03 should not have a problem at all with the cooling
It is true Coolermaster struck out on the looks, the thing is they intended for this industrial/gamer look to it and personally that was a huge mistake.
Everything else about it is practically faultless though.
I used Everest to log my CPU usage, peak was 88% on my [email protected]
Not a spike either, I'd estimate lengthy 70-80% usage over long periods.
No slow downs 80-200fps, even during horde rushes, according to netgraph, 8800GT on 1280x1024, 4xAA, 2xAF, all high everything else.
Well its a full tower so its fairly heavy, I'm no muscle man but I don't have trouble lifting it up, if you fashioned some straps or something it'll be easier to carry for sure.
The case comes with wheels if you want to use them, they aren't heavy duty things, more like use for home type...
HAF is easy to have a quiet machine with, running a Corsair HX620, passive 8800GT with S1 (side fan is impressive for this) and Zalman F3 on fan controller.
Stock fans are very quiet, I have them all on controller for near inaudible running when sleeping.
Even then for normal use, its far...
yes, the clips have very good tensile strength, so even though you think you might break the clips they won't.
120mm fan will fit on all HR-03 variants (Plus, R600, RevA, non-RevA, GT)
As for fan, it only needs minor airflow for great performance, I've used all sorts, ended up with a...