Horizontal motherboard

andicole0 · 20 Feb 2016 at 16:24

I have been looking at a Thermaltake X5 or X9, as I like the idea of having a flat motherboard with no drop on GPUs.
OCUK don't sell Thermaltake so are there any options?
Andi.

C64 · 20 Feb 2016 at 17:20

Lian li make some i believe Lian Li PC-V33WX ATX

Aberfala · 20 Feb 2016 at 18:51

I got a X2 last month as the X9 is too big and the X5 was still to become available and in over 20 years of PC building it was the easiest case I've ever built a system in.

I thoroughly recommend it, its just a shame OC don't stock it.

andicole0 · 20 Feb 2016 at 21:41

I need to sort out my water cooling options so OCUK do have time to change their stock, but as no Thermaltake cases are listed I wonder if here's a problem.

If the Lian Li was priced in line with the X5!!

Andi.

Aberfala · 21 Feb 2016 at 08:19

andicole0 said:
I need to sort out my water cooling options so OCUK do have time to change their stock, but as no Thermaltake cases are listed I wonder if here's a problem.

If the Lian Li was priced in line with the X5!!

Andi.

It'd be a joy to watercool. My X2 has two loops, both with 360mm rads in the roof as well as 3 140mm fans to cool the rest of the system. There's a couple of pics of it in the Watercooling Gallery section if you want to take a look.

Kelt · 21 Feb 2016 at 13:11

Mikey C said:
It'd be a joy to watercool. My X2 has two loops, both with 360mm rads in the roof as well as 3 140mm fans to cool the rest of the system. There's a couple of pics of it in the Watercooling Gallery section if you want to take a look.

Really nice build.

I love the horizontal motherboard layout of these new Thermaltake cases.

Will be bagging one of those Core X5 cases when they become available, just a shame that for some reason OCUK don't stock their range.

andicole0 · 23 Feb 2016 at 10:39

Kelt said:
Really nice build.

I love the horizontal motherboard layout of these new Thermaltake cases.

Will be bagging one of those Core X5 cases when they become available, just a shame that for some reason OCUK don't stock their range.

Not enough profit I suspect as they aren't really expensive compared to say Lian Li.

I found one X5 for £150 in the UK but the X9 is only £120, too big for some but would fit my space :-)

Andi.

krooton · 23 Feb 2016 at 10:43

The Anidees range have some, I have the MATX version with my mobo horizontal:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18663972

andicole0 · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:11

krooton said:
The Anidees range have some, I have the MATX version with my mobo horizontal:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18663972

That would be too small, need at least ATX and ability to put quite a bit of water cooling inside.

Cheers though.
Andi.

krooton · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:42

ATX is a no-go, but that case can actually take a surprising amount of WC

bimbleuk · 23 Feb 2016 at 13:59

Described more of a LAN party case sometimes as it can show off your expensive bits and hide the messing stuff in the lower section but the HAF XB EVO has converted me to horizontal cases.

Needs a bit of room though. Just a few available on Amazon now.

It's fits up to E-ATX despite the manual not saying this but it's because any front facing SATA ports are a bit close to the front of the case I guess. my X99 Gaming 5P seems to fit well enough with two AIO coolers.