Need advice on a medium size case that will fit my setup

Sarah469 · 25 Oct 2014 at 17:37

Ok guys,

I'm looking for a case to fit my watercooling setup, the items that I hope to fit in here are the following:

XPSC D5 Photon 170 res/pump combo
2x 240 radiators either full thickness or half thickness
asus p8p67m-pro mobo
MSI r9 290x graphics with EK reference waterblock

case ideally needs to have good cable management and a window

note: the phanteks luxe/primo is too big for me

I have this case in mind but i'm not sure if the res/pump will fit in the front
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-143-CS

Any help is greatly appreciated

Disco_P · 25 Oct 2014 at 17:50

The H440 should fit all of that inside, build log in my sig shows how much I fit inside mine.

Sarah469 · 25 Oct 2014 at 19:59

Disco_P said:
The H440 should fit all of that inside, build log in my sig shows how much I fit inside mine.

thanks for the reply, will have a loook at your build log

canuseemygrapes · 26 Oct 2014 at 10:24

The Phanteks Enthoo Primo has a res mount, but a long gfx cards stops the use of Photons due to the res width. 50mm is the key here.

I have a 540, but I would say there is no real room for a Photon 170 tho. Being 78mm wide and 88mm to the mount, limits fitment to lots of cases.

I would say it would be really close to get it in the front, only 1 place for it and it would be tight.

Sarah469 · 26 Oct 2014 at 10:38

hmmm I may struggle to get the photon in any medium size case then really? I just saw that the 540 had a lot of girth to it

Sarah469 · 26 Oct 2014 at 11:06

canuseemygrapes said:
The Phanteks Enthoo Primo has a res mount, but a long gfx cards stops the use of Photons due to the res width. 50mm is the key here.

I have a 540, but I would say there is no real room for a Photon 170 tho. Being 78mm wide and 88mm to the mount, limits fitment to lots of cases.

I would say it would be really close to get it in the front, only 1 place for it and it would be tight.

if i removed that 120mm fan at the back could I mount it by there? just worried about how much distance to the graphics card there will be

canuseemygrapes · 26 Oct 2014 at 18:25

from the rack thing that u screw the cards to, to the inner lip of the case by the window is 80mm.
The height of the res/pump is 245mm.
From the bottom of my case to the bottom of a rear mounted 120mm fan is... 233mm

So a very tight squeeze it would be but it would fit if the rear fan is removed

without trying the remains of my friends photon 170 (no pump on it) I reckon it would be real close to get a scythe ultra slim 120mm and the res mounted.

Sarah469 · 26 Oct 2014 at 23:21

I don't mind sacrificing that back fan, although I think the diameter of the photon tube is 85mm.... may not even fit the side panel back on...

canuseemygrapes · 27 Oct 2014 at 01:33

77.20mm in a gap 80mm, tight squeeze

Sarah469 · 27 Oct 2014 at 13:27

thanks for the info, I think it may be do-able then