Micro ATX Watercooled

[dazzerd]

OK guys so I,m bored with having a huge lian li sitting next to my desk and am pondering going micro atx. I would have looked at mini itx but I need a board with two regular pci slots as well as pci express.

I have all the gear:

i7860
4gb Corsair XMS
powercoler ati 5870- EK waterblock block
Corsair 650w psu
xspc delta v3 cpu block
3 2.5" hd (2 *ssd 1* velociraptor)
1 3.5" hd
1 DVD RW (I also have an external so not essentiall to use this)
1 slim 120.2 black ice rad.
1 Swiftech MCP655 pump
1 Swiftech (I forget) res


I need to buy a mobo so will probably go for this, this looks like the only one that will fit my gfx card and block and two pci cards (Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Intel H55) I may go for the gene 3 but that would mean me having to use on board audio or buying a pci -e sound card. Still deliberating this.

Anyway all the above needs to fit into a micro atx case, I will have to do some modding thats not an issue but I'm really finding it hard to confidently choose an approporate case.

I think I have narrowed it down to these:
Lian Li PC-A05NB
Lian Li PC-V351B (I'm not confident about my 5870 fitting in here)
Silverstone Sugo SG01B-F (Again not sure about gfx but would be recutting fan holes to 120mm)

This doesn't leave me much choice so anybody have any other recommendation please.

Will be posting a build log when I get around to choosing the mobo and board.

thanks

 

[Nico_Joey]

A 5870 will fit in the V351, but you fit the fan on the 'front' side of the fan mounting bracket.

Went for the V351 myself as i wanted somthing smaller/different looking than just a small tower. Will hopefully have mine watercooled by the weekend so check my sig for build logs :]

Edit: With reguards to your v.hot chip and higher spec gpu, a Matx case that you could mod to fit a 240+120 rads would probably be best. You will allmost certainly need to cut-up any case you buy though to fit watercooling at the Matx level, can be v.easy with a dremel or roatary tool but you need to think it out and plan it right. Hope that helps :]

 

[mattjd]

You can always buy a 120.3 or 140.3 radiator and have it external.