Spec me a case please.

Damo667

Damo667

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Hi guys. The current case I have is a little small for what I have in and it has no cable management.

I'm looking for a case less than 500mm high (my pc desk isn't very tall) that will take a 120mm radiator in the front with fans in push pull and have room for 1 3.5" hdd in a bay (not absolutely necessary I can find a home for it somewhere), 3 5.25" bays, a 120mm radiator with a single fan in the rear and accommodate a 240mm rad with 2 fans on in the roof.

I have a watercooled gtx770 gpu and an atx mobo with waterblock on the cpu. I've looked through lots of cases but I'm not experienced enough to tell from the pics if the rear and top rads will fit together or if you can remove the hdd bays to fit the front rad. Hopefully someone with some knowledge can suggest a case.

Ideally like to be able to hide cables behind the mobo tray too if possible. If you would like links to cases I've found but unsure if they fit the bill please ask and I'll post the ocuk shop links.

Many thanks in advance, Damien.
 
The case I've been considering the most is the corsair obsidian 650d. I'm just not sure whether you can fit a 240mm rad in the roof and a 120mm rad in the rear. I have an ek xt120 already for the rear and I'd be fitting an xspc rx240 in the roof. The front I would buy a 200mm rad and fan.

My questions are basically would that combo fit and can one of the hdd bays be moved so it's more in the middle of the case.

Cheers, Damien.
 
Yes, you can. The two 3.5 drive caddies in the front can be removed, and one of them can be moved further back toward the PSU.

It is 521mm high though.

The case that immediately came to mind was the Corsair Air 540. Unfortunately it only has two 5.25" bays. They're also vertically mounted, so I'm not sure how that would affect a bay reservoir if you use one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-143-CS
 
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The 5.25 bays being vertical wouldn't work unfortunately. There's only 2 bays and I have a DVD drive (my dad's stuff is all on cd), and this fan controller: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-005-AE&groupid=701&catid=1428&subcat=1429

I have a bay reservoir but I also have a tube reservoir on top of the pump too so can do away with the bay res. I also have one in the roof to slow the flow down and increase coolant capacity, but the 240mm rad will do that in the new case.

I think ill re measure the gap because if it will fit I think the 650d is the perfect choice do you reckon?
 
ive just had a look at the fractal arc midi 2. i think my dad is going to have to get with the times it looks perfect. many thanks for everyones suggestions but i think the fractal design ticks all the boxes especially the height limitation i have. :D
 
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