Different person has own preference mah ... for me it is killing as i dont even need to sleep with such wide brightness ...

anyhow as long as the owner happy with it, why not ?

btw since u have so many LED light why keep the UV tube ?? (unless it's not UV Tube)

My vote will got to CM 53+ series as it comes with dual 12CM fan ...other than that both series are similar such as tool less design and HDD cage...

size are also similar ... the design of side panel is a bit different for non window version.

wouldn't the HDD cage area causes noise ??

i had CM530 last time and i really hate when the 12CM fan is place at the front for front intake as it makes a lot of noise .. in the end i remove the cage and it becomes much more silence...

anyway not using the case anymore ... transfer to another owner...

i have thought of cutting the case fan holes to make it clean from any obstacle which would generate lesser noise ... but dont know it actually work or not ...

i wish to get V1100PlusII as well. but not sure when i can actually settle down .... still hunting for job and don't know it would be here or somewhere else....

This post has been edited by Doom: Jan 11 2007, 04:05 PM

What i mean was for the CM 520 casing ...

of course i know the lian li case come with clear blow hole for the case and cover with dust filter on the front and back ..

anyway still i would hope that can settle down early and get my dream case ....

What u can do when dealing with the cleaning the filter is using air can spray or blow it with ur mouth .... blow the dust out from the filter try it several times ....surely the filter become clean ...

Dish drop in water would not help much and may cause the filter become loose ... cannot filter tiny dust...vacuum also wont work ''' tried before ....

the best is to have mesh filter ... can clean it anytime by wiping the surface only ... no hassle ....

becoz each time u wash it u need to spray with water to clear of the dust from the trapped area... thus it would become loosen after few time of washing ..

the front panel has a layer of paint mah...i washed it so many times also still fine,,

the front panel is very steady so don't worry ...

too bad u cant get acer casing anywhere unless u got other lubang ...

Elite 331 seems to be good but just like other 53+ series ...

there is no problem beside difficulty in hiding the cables for cable management ..

i think any other 53+ series will do also ..... but still the outlook design is up to you to decide....

hmm .. maybe u could email CM for the difference of weight between the two cases...

the most visible difference is CM5 is taller than elite ... which more or less contribute to the added weight ...

general pc user wont bother about it ... but the enthusiast would for sure ...

hmmm .. like u said .. changing the intake fan is the fastest solution ..

or grab a HDD cage that support 12 cm fan which fit to the optical drive bay area...

u got to specify mod in what sense ... the case, the paint job, the lighting, UV theme...etc ...

hmm .. then what u could do is to do red and orange color UV theme..

grab some fans with the UV reactive feature.... then sleeve those visible cable into the desire UV color .....place UV CCFL ....

wala... that's one way to go .... if u would like to add more maybe could do UV fluorescents sticker cutting and pasting on the mobo capasistor...or add one UV fan grill at the rear exhaust fan...

it should overall match the UV theme wanted .. anyway which color of the mystique u got ? silver or black ... ??? if silver than u could use blue and white color...

hmm .then u could go for orange and red UV theme ... adding with fire shape UV grill ...

holy smoke ... the babe u should look nice ....

vampzone.... one of the forumer that organized the dealing in this section:
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you got to get a PSU with longer cables or u have to make ur own custom cable based on the required length ....

is that possible with this case to have HDD install reversely ????

the room at the other side of the HDD cage enough for it .... ??

i am just asking for the sake of knowledge as i was interested with this case last time but i still falled to the LL brand ...

if it cant reach the end will it be secure? last time i use CM 530 ..

i try to reverse mount it ... it is just not enough space at the other end ..

beside reverse mount make me unable to slide back the HDD properly ...

i am not particularly certain about CM5 but when i was using CM530 ..

there are two pieces of rail support that u could just attach it to the HDD through the default screw hole...

after that just slide it back to the HDD cage which there are specific rail to fit nicely ..

therefore due to the fix alignment of the rail .. i didn't able to reverse mount as one end would be slightly out that the cables may exceed the other side... especially sata cable... for pata it should be able ..

It looks brilliant with two color theme .. one color on top while another at bottom ..

the only downside again is the messy cables...