Help me find a large case, for water cooling.

Blackbadger · 14 Sep 2017 at 23:25

I recently sold my workstation that was housed in a Coolermaster haf stacker 935 which now appears to be EOL and not available. It cost around £200 for the whole case setup.

It didn't win awards for being the best looking case on the block and had it's flaws as all things do, however was reasonably tidy and gave great options for mounting lots of rads/hdd's, big motherboards, with a small footprint. (although was tall and infinitely expandable)

Finding a case that offers comparable features at a reasonable price is proving to be a challenge.

I'm hoping to fit 4x480mm or 4x540mm rads for my upcoming build or even possibly some other large rad type if that can be suggested. Maybe overkill however will be around 1kw of cooling to be done & I wish to avoid fans at high speed It will be running maxed out mostly 24/7. I'm happy to compromise on rad config.
I'm not so down with cubes due to to the large footprint, nothing is out of the question though.
I'm not bothered about windows/rgb etc, I'll be looking at my monitor not the computer.

So far my options seem to be.
Caselabs - which are awesome, however a sth10 costs around £1000 after you buy the required additional mounts etc.

Thermaltake wp100 - £400ish at first looks as if it could work, however from reading reviews it seems it cant mount most things without heavy modification.

Corsair 900d - £400ish - This used to be a goto case, appears to be EOL and also without significant modification air flow is a disaster.

EnthoPrimo Elite £850ish - 8pack uses them so they must be the bomb.

The prices of some though... I cant and wont spend more on a case than I did my car

Hopefully I am missing some other options ?
Advice and suggestions are appreciated.

Blame · 15 Sep 2017 at 12:37

i have the 900D and you wont be able to fit 4x480 rads in there

Ace Modder · 15 Sep 2017 at 12:45

Get a better car... then you can justify a more expensive case

Blame · 15 Sep 2017 at 12:49

Ace Modder said:
Get a better car... then you can justify a more expensive case

hes got a point

orbitalwalsh · 15 Sep 2017 at 15:49

caselabs ?

Blackbadger · 15 Sep 2017 at 17:18

Ace Modder said:
Get a better car... then you can justify a more expensive case

!! Haa

RSR · 18 Sep 2017 at 10:24

What about the Caeslabs SMA8?

Blackbadger · 18 Sep 2017 at 12:23

It's a great sturdy case - but costs just under £1000 once you get the mounts/dust filters etc.

If it did something awesome or was some kind of Philippe Starck design, maybe it would make sense. - But for a ugly box, that has outdated features I cannot justify caselabs for the prices.

Aneskimo · 29 Sep 2017 at 19:24

Not sure if this got solved but have you looked at Parvum? They do full atx cases and if there off the shelf is not enough they do custom work to your specifications. It can add up but it’s all custom, and I suppose it depends on if you like acrylic.

Hedge · 30 Sep 2017 at 10:19

I don't understand why you would need so many radiators. I appreciate enthusiasts like to sometimes go crazy but I have an Enthoo Primo with 1x480 rad cooling a 5820k overclocked and a Gtx 1080 overclocked. The cpu tops out about 60c under a stress test and the gpu never goes above 37c.

It has some low rpm fans on the radiator and no case fans spinning.

I honestly don't see what you would get from more radiators.

Blame · 30 Sep 2017 at 16:32

Its not a case of need at times.

Especially when he has all the gear already, might aswell use it all

andicole0 · 30 Sep 2017 at 16:49

Would a Thermaltake Core X9 be big enough?
Andi.

TheDesX77 · 3 Oct 2017 at 20:33

The Lian Li D888WX can fit 4x360mm rads and a 480, if that config would suit you?