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hi guys,
Having recently built myself a new system I'm suffering with heat problems while gaming and I think it may be time to think about my cooling setup.
I currently have an old Coolermaster Elite which I've used for years without problems (until now).
I think my main problem is that my PSU is top mounted and it's blowing warm air down into the rest of my system. My graphics card is also getting very toasty :/
My specs:
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz
MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X
Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB
MSI Radeon HD6850
Corsair CX600 PSU
ASUS Xonar Essence STX
Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB
2x Western Digital 500Gb Caviars
I do not have a native USB 3 header on my motherboard, so Ideally I need a case that supports both USB 2 and 3 so I can upgrade into it at a later date.
Can anyone spec me a case big enough to comfortably fit the above spec?
Ideally I'd like the option of adding watercooling at some point in the future.
My budget is £100 is this possible?
Please help guys, I've been looking for a few days now and I'm really stuck. Thanks!
Having recently built myself a new system I'm suffering with heat problems while gaming and I think it may be time to think about my cooling setup.
I currently have an old Coolermaster Elite which I've used for years without problems (until now).
I think my main problem is that my PSU is top mounted and it's blowing warm air down into the rest of my system. My graphics card is also getting very toasty :/
My specs:
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz
MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X
Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB
MSI Radeon HD6850
Corsair CX600 PSU
ASUS Xonar Essence STX
Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB
2x Western Digital 500Gb Caviars
I do not have a native USB 3 header on my motherboard, so Ideally I need a case that supports both USB 2 and 3 so I can upgrade into it at a later date.
Can anyone spec me a case big enough to comfortably fit the above spec?
Ideally I'd like the option of adding watercooling at some point in the future.
My budget is £100 is this possible?
Please help guys, I've been looking for a few days now and I'm really stuck. Thanks!
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