Looking for case

[Hobbsie]

Hi all,

Looking for a full tower that i can ad a full water cooling kit in (not sure what make etc i dont have one yet).
Id like the case to have the hdd trays that pull out for ease of access.
Not to bothered about conectivity at front just a on/off reset button.
Window in side for a nice light effect.

Price range from £100-£200 i was looking at the xialNce case but worried its tooo big?

Thanks

 

[jacob1995knight]

Try the antec lanboy air case, great for moving things around, lots of space, easy to take hard drives out and looks amazing, they come in many different colours, as for the price it may be a little bit £££

 

[Hobbsie]

Thanks do ocuk sellthem?

 

[C64]

depends on how serious you want to get with watercooling the nzxt switch 810 is good but for example you cant fit the thicker rads in the roof in push pull.

 

[jacob1995knight]

I dont think so im afraid, they are really good cases tho, what kind of watercooling system are you looking for?

 

[jacob1995knight]

I would also reccomend = http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-167-AN&groupid=2362&catid=2276&subcat=

= £90, this is a great case for the price, good amount of room for cables, also has easy to remove hard drive slots, it also looks good for cable managment

 

[Hobbsie]

To be honist im new to water cooling im working my way to it that was going to be a question next to ask i was planning on cooling cpu gpu and maybe ram.

 

[C64]

If you look in this giant thread in the watercooling section it might give you some ideas of what is possible with certain cases
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17305236&page=47

for good watercooling you have to go big really but if you are happy just running say 2x 240mm rads there are obviously cheaper smaller options.

Coolermaster cosmos II
Nzxt switch 810
Xigmatec elysium
silverstone tj07

There are cheaper options but if you want a true watercooling case you can grow in to then you need to be looking at dedicated water cooling designed cases imo

 

[Hobbsie]

Thankyou all ill take a look at a few thanks again

 

[Hobbsie]

What do you rekon on the xliance incepetor pro case?

 

[C64]

It's pretty good but I think overpriced I personally wouldn't be happy handing over £200 for so much plastic involved but features wise yea looks great for watercooling but try and find some user opinions first to see if any issues

I'd always go with the case that other watercooling people recommend so might be worth asking in the watercooling forum.

 

[Hobbsie]

Thanks again

 

[C64]

I'd go with that if you don't mind the looks or a switch 810 xigmatec elysium or even the ocuk monolith case.

 

[Hobbsie]

Im too fussy with looks

 

[nalla]

how about the corsair 800d, big case plenty of space, well designed, and has hot swap bays that you can simply slide hdd,s into. but a little over the price specified.

 

[C64]

yea I mentioned that but changed mind because you have to mod the 800d really all it has is 360 support in roof

 

[Hobbsie]

Wow i love the 800d case so much ima think im gunna get it thanks for the reccomendation :d

 

[nalla]

yeah just got one myself, also i believe there is room for at least 2 rads, seen a few build logs on you tube with a 360 in the roof and a 240 in the bottom with an optical bay res and pump,
but i may be wrong as i have not gone w/c myself yet.

 

[Hobbsie]

yeah just looking at c64's comment about modding the case just been you tubing it and theres loads of different ways to add a 360 rad, c64 in what way would you mod it?
this whole w/c thing is gunna take a lot of reading up me thinks dont wanna muck it up.

 

[C64]

well it doesnt support watercooling out of the box apart from a top 360 rad support there is no connectors or holes for other rads or fan holes to mount 240 rads etc