need a new case

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 20:55

I'm looking for a new case as my one is a tad to small

the last time i looked at cases most of them were square steal boxes lol

i have some idea what i want too do with a case but i don't know much about them to decide

I'm going to look into water cooling at some point * i don't know much about that ether atm*

so i need a case that is ideal for water cooling i have a "sapphire pure black 990fx" mother bored it has a Molex connection on the bottom facing down atm its pretty much kissing the bottom of my case lol hence the reason to get a bigger one

i also have a "cooler master V8" heat sink witch is a tad to big for this case as well

i would like the hard drives to be an easy mount ether removable trays or sideways mounting

looks are not much of a concern to me as anything is better then what I'm using unless its a green blob >.<

Stinger53 · 26 Jan 2012 at 20:58

budget??
corsair 650D is a gd one

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:02

totally forgot to add that its around 100-150£ at a push

Cleeecooo · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:05

Bitfenix shinobi XL?

Monkeyspaz5000 · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:08

Hold out for the nzxt switch 810? It should be out soon.

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:13

Cleeecooo said:
Bitfenix shinobi XL?

i dont like the rubber coating i have it on the rount of the case i got now and it sux when it gets dirty let along a scratch >.<

Cleeecooo · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:15

bananadust said:
i dont like the rubber coating i have it on the rount of the case i got now and it sux when it gets dirty let along a scratch >.<

Xigmatek elysium maybe?

King Damager · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:22

Cleeecooo said:
Xigmatek elysium maybe?

I don't understand people's liking of this case. It's butt ugly.

kd

Cleeecooo · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:30

King Damager said:
I don't understand people's liking of this case. It's butt ugly.

kd

Agreed, but it has lots of functionality

~Clee

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 21:40

tbh i like it

systemerror · 26 Jan 2012 at 22:02

Glad you like it.
It's hideous

650d is a nice case for under £150

King Damager · 26 Jan 2012 at 22:34

Cleeecooo said:
Agreed, but it has lots of functionality

~Clee

Yeah, that is the big thing going for it. I still think I'd either go for a 650D for less functionality but better aesthetics, or if I really wanted the Elysiums functionality and had the budget, I might stretch to £190 and buy an Enermax Fulmo GT (internals of an Elysium, looks exactly like a 690ii)... (Or as it's sold on here the OcUK Monolith xD)

Actually, as you've said you don't care about looks in the OP, Elysium might be an idea, or if it's more to your tasting, maybe a HAF X?

kd

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 22:44

un fortunatly i have less to spend then i fort un expected bill

so i only have a max of 100£ if im lucky this sux

King Damager · 26 Jan 2012 at 22:51

Pretty sure you could fit a 240mm into a Corsair 500r. Seen quite a few mods with the CM690ii having a 240 in it, same is true of a bitfenix shinobi. Wouldn't really want to do GPU and CPU on a 240 though, although I guess you could technically get away with it, it wouldn't get you uber temps.

kd

bananadust · 26 Jan 2012 at 23:31

if im going todo water cooling then im going to do evrything
i will have 2 gpu's i duno witch ones yet been finking of the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6770
i have 6 pci-e slots *2X16/2X8/2X4*
was going to crossfire as meany as i can >.<
probably pointless lol

so need a case with a lot of room for rads >.<

100%scottish · 26 Jan 2012 at 23:52

phantom

youl get a 240 on top and a 240 on back

bananadust · 27 Jan 2012 at 01:45

i know i dont care about looks but it looks crap to much like an alienwear lol + its got a stupid door on the front i have one on this pc i have been so tempted to rip the thing of and have tried once or twice lol

Antony101 · 27 Jan 2012 at 03:37

NZXT Phantom Full Tower is wonderful, looks nice yet clean and massive amounts of room on the inside, atm I have a H100 mounted on the top below my 2x200mm fans, so I have 2x200mm fans, radiator then 2x120mm fans under that and it doesn't even get close to the RAM.

King Damager · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:02

Well, if you want Xfire and CPU you need about 360mm of Rad space.....

So to put this across hypothetically you'd need something that could support the OcUK V12.

The cases OcUK will sell you with the V12 in are:
Bitfenix Shinobi XL
HAF X
800D
Monolith Full Tower
Elysium

I'm also pretty sure Shayper managed to get a 360mm into his Phantom. Look at his Project Ghost.
(See here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18255589&highlight=Project+Ghost)

Technically speaking though I reckon you could quite easily fit 2x240mm Rads in a CM690ii, although I think the roof one would have to be half height. You'd also lose most of your HDD bays.....

kd