Full or Mid Tower?

farq2 · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:37

Hi guys,

Im new to this site and have not built a comp for several years. I will be building a moderate gaming rig and the budget is not endless! I will be putting in:
i72600k
P8P67 Pro (more than likely)
Watercooling for CPU (undecided)
up to 2gb GPU

Also i dont know what kind of power supply i need (ie 650w or higher)

Will a Midi tower suffice or will a full tower be the better option? If so what is good atm?

Nickyyy · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:53

The Corsair 600t/650D seems to be the midi choice to go for atm.

I'm getting one in due course and my build is similar to what you will be doing! Reason why in getting it because of the amazing cable management.

Hyburnate · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:56

800D or TJ11 or Fortress 2

Davefran · 25 Sep 2011 at 00:04

2600K is not needed for gaming, only worth it for video encoding. Save some money towards a better video card and SSD to Improve performance. What sort of budget do you have ?

How's this for starters, or is this too much £££

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £129.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £87.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £56.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £56.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £54.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £18.98
Total : £1,035.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

farq2 · 25 Sep 2011 at 10:42

My budget is up to 1k max!

I would like a case that will last longer than a year but seeing as it a gaming rig mostly would a full or mid tower be better.

I dont want to spend more than 100 on a case ideally!

Also is watercooling better and if so what are the best cases for that?

Davefran · 25 Sep 2011 at 17:13

The 650D is a high quality case, will last for years.
You're not going to find a Full size tower under 100.
A custom watercooling setup is gonna cost 250-300.

Munchies · 25 Sep 2011 at 17:47

As above, budget £300 or so for a watercooled system, I'd suggest unless overclocking, ther eis no real need for watercooling in a midi tower, however if you were to overclock your i7 (i5 may be better priced and still more than capable for your needs) by any real ammount a full tower + watercooling would be a nice addition to budget in. Dependtant of course on your ambient room temepratures.