Couple of excellent new cases needed please

Fars · 3 Sep 2006 at 18:57

Ok, about to put a new system together and rehouse my current one.

Current rig is in the sig, was thinking a Lian-Li v600 as my god the thing is beatiful, though the v800 also has massive appeal as it would sit nicely in my home cinema rack.

So first question, is there much to choose between the two, anyone have experience of either, or both?

Next up I'm about to put together a new gaming rig, conroe x6800, x1950 xfire, want to water cool the cpu and both cards so going to want 120.2 or .3 as I plan to clock them as far as I can.

Post with current spec is @
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17622481

Second question is which case to fit it all, Silverstone Tj07, Lian-Li V1000 both appeal, as does the Gigabyte Aurora. Only two real stipulations are it's got to be pretty, I can't go with a stacker, and as small as possible. I'm think i've got no chance in hell of water cooling that lot in a matching v600.

Cheers.

Hades · 3 Sep 2006 at 19:01

120.3 in a V1000 will be hard. You may be able to put it in the top panel but, assuming it would fit, then the top PCI slot and 5.25" bay would be obscured. It is, however, achingly pretty and smallish.

The TJ07 will be better suited to watercooling. But it's expensive and quite large.

mosfet · 3 Sep 2006 at 19:40

A 120.3 raditor will indeed fit nicely in a V1000, but as Hades said, you'll lose a PCI slot and 5 1/4" bay in the process.

Fars · 3 Sep 2006 at 19:45

Good points.

With the Lian-Li I don't mind mounting up top, but think I can remove the hard drive cages in the bottom, wonder how much room there is dpwn below from the front going back to the PSU. 120.2 would fit I think looking at the dimensions, not sure on a .3.
Could stick those Raptor's in a pair of Silentmaxx enclosures in the 5.25 bays then too.

Hmmph, I feel like I am scared of the TJ07 for both size and the fact that my TJ05 is a giant piece of crap that is going to be beaten to death with a hammer when I rehouse.

Hades · 3 Sep 2006 at 21:26

The TJ07 has a few issues (tight fitting side panels, some concern over resonance after time) but generally speaking most reviews are very good. It is a world away in quality from the TJ05 which is mostly a cheap case with an aluminium front stuck on the front.

Maybe worth googling V1000 and 120.3 and see what comes back. The latest Koolance V1000's fit a 120.3 on there (but the rest of the pump/res also goes up top in the external box) so it will fit. But maybe the V2000 would give a bit more room (rad down low?) at the expense of some size.