Need a bigger case

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 11:41

Fitting my new x99 board back into my case with my big thick hands and fingers have made me realise i need a bigger case!

I currently have a corsair 750.

I have a 360 and 120 rad and two d5 pumps with two loops to one cylindrical reservoir.

I have 6 hard drives so need quite a few drive bays still. I also have two dvd drives id like to fit ( a hd and a bluray drive as I have a massive hd collection)

I am also running two fan controls for the case fans and the rad fans so ideally that means 4 5 inch front bays.

So what cases should I be looking at please?

BriT · 24 Jul 2015 at 11:50

Phantek Primo? or 900D?

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:01

Thanks ive just had a look at them.

900D seems to tick the boxes but ouch on the price

Forgot to add ill be wanting more cooling with the new case as the only reason i have the 120mm is that was all i could fit in my current case!

im think two 360 at least or maybe a 480 and a 360.

BriT · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:16

What rad's you using?

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:20

Cant remember what make my 360 is, its not very thick from memory. Like I said I want to replace the 120 with at elast a 240, ideally a 360 or even 480!

But i suspect my issue will be my 6 hard drives and needing 4 5 inch bays.............

Kelt · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:28

Greebo said:
Cant remember what make my 360 is, its not very thick from memory. Like I said I want to replace the 120 with at elast a 240, ideally a 360 or even 480!

But i suspect my issue will be my 6 hard drives and needing 4 5 inch bays.............

Well the Phanteks Primo has you covered then, with its 5 x 5.25" external and 6 internal 3.5" bays.

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:30

Kelt said:
Well the Phanteks Primo has you covered then, with its 5 x 5.25" external and 6 internal 3.5" bays.

And still plenty of room to fit rads as well I assume?

I hate cases which say fits 4 360 rads and then in the small print says (not all at once or you have to live with no hard drives if you want to fit two

)

Kelt · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:32

Greebo said:
And still plenty of room to fit rads as well I assume?

I hate cases which say fits 4 360 rads and then in the small print says (not all at once or you have to live with no hard drives if you want to fit two )

This is what is says in the blurb:

Radiator Support
- Front: Up to 240mm
- Top: Up to 480mm or 420mm
- Side without HDD Cages: Up to 240mm
- Rear: 120mm or 140mm
- Bottom: Up to 480mm or 280mm

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:34

cool. I could fit my current 360 in the bottom or top and add another 480.

Thanks.

Glanza · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:35

Phanteks Primo will do the job,

I had a 480mm in the top, 360mm Monsta in the bottom and a 240mm rad at the front leaving the hdd cages in.

Kelt · 24 Jul 2015 at 12:36

Greebo said:
cool. I could fit my current 360 in the bottom or top and add another 480.

Thanks.

This or the Luxe are on my shortlist for my next case.

Worth reading some reviews, I don't think I've seen a bad one yet.

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:03

Yeah i like lots of space. I had issues with my sata connectors and trying to reach in past two 290x and my water reservoir to connect 6 sata leads blind was a nightmare!

BriT · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:13

I have the luxe. It's good but only problem is i couldn't fit a thick rad at the top.

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 13:57

BriT said:
I have the luxe. It's good but only problem is i couldn't fit a thick rad at the top.

I assume the Primo solves this issue?

Rustyone · 24 Jul 2015 at 14:21

Lian Li PC-D600 space for 3 rads and lots of pump / res / drivebays, plus it's all Alloyand easier to park than the Tin / Plastic Corsair offerings

seth1969 · 24 Jul 2015 at 15:08

Greebo said:
I assume the Primo solves this issue?

I am hoping to do a Rx480 in push, pull in the top of the primo rad & fan to the underside of the case & fan above the case under the filter.

Have read it works

Greebo · 24 Jul 2015 at 15:20

seth1969 said:
I am hoping to do a Rx480 in push, pull in the top of the primo rad & fan to the underside of the case & fan above the case under the filter.

Have read it works

Link?

Whats best 480 rad atm?

seth1969 · 24 Jul 2015 at 15:41

Greebo said:
Link?

Whats best 480 rad atm?

Just looked in the phanteks instruction book says 70mm clearance in the top before motherboard.

As for 480 rads i went for the xspc rx480 as i want to run slow fans & this rad seems to be a no brainer for slow fan speeds.

seth1969 · 24 Jul 2015 at 15:45

seth1969 said:
Just looked in the phanteks instruction book says 70mm clearance in the top before motherboard.

There is also room for 25mm fans above between chassis & filter.

I am putting a 480 top and bottom, but i loose the bottom drive bay.