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Sonata III

Eagle Eye

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Refering to the grounding issues of the front bezel E?

I guess you should confirm that with DC before purchasing.

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EE
 

Cptn Vortex

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Yeah that front panel was a pita.... The Sonata 1 still remains the best, despite its terrible stock 120mm fan it used to ship with. Sonata 2 was good but the SP450W PSU's were pretty much guaranteed to fail.
 

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I had 2 Sonata's in my day the first and the second I used for my step brother back in the day and both were just fine, the stock psu was always replaced for something retail. I was lucky it was a great case for its time the price was always reasonable, my only complaint was those blue LED's, stupidly bright.

EE
 

MpG

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Haven't they ditched all the gen 1's by now?

Still, for a gen 2, this is great price, considering that you get a solid 500W PSU with it. As long as you're not running any overlength GPU's, and have flexible fingers, this is a solid case.
 

crazyhorsejohnny

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Haven't they ditched all the gen 1's by now?

Still, for a gen 2, this is great price, considering that you get a solid 500W PSU with it. As long as you're not running any overlength GPU's, and have flexible fingers, this is a solid case.

You'd think.
 

Silvgearx

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i can be sure that the silver bezel sonta III are gone.

I ordered one of them in the mid 2007 and it had the black benzel. No static what so ever. :punk:

solid case indeed, power button inside door pain in the ass :whistle: and yea the Earthwatt 500 PSU fan is starting to squeal :blarg:
 

futures

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My two machines are currently in Sonata 2 cases.. original PSU were failing.. maybe I was drawing too much power.. AMD x2 3800, 6 hard drives, a burner, floppy, sli cards.. on 450w.. Upgraded to Corsair 750W.. no problem since.. I personally now prefer large cases with 10+ external bays... Armor, Cosmos S, Twelve Hundred.. :)
 

CanadaRox

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Great cases, but I think the PSU fans aren't the best quality. I have two of these cases in my house, and the PSU fan has gotten a fair amount louder, one to the point where I had to RMA the PSU (which actually went very smoothly). I don't know if its revision 1 or 2 though, is there any way to tell?
Edit: Woot 420th post! :punk:
 

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