Suitable Case

BushStar · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:37

I recently bought a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler, it is an excellent cooler and halved the temp on my cooking AMD6400+. Problem is it is so big I can no longer put the side on my CoolerMaster Praetorian Case.

Looking through the cases on OCUK none that I've stumbled across seem big enough, I'm sure I must have missed some.

Could anyone please recommend a case large enough to accommodate the cooler linked in below?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

BushStar · 12 Dec 2007 at 10:33

Nope, not big enough.

The Praetorian 730 my current case is slightly wider than the Antec 900 and it is not big enough. Both the Praetorian and Antec have 120mm fans in the front, might make you think it is big enough to accommodate a heatsink with a 120mm fan, but the heatsink rises a good inch before the fans is placed on it and this goes on to the motherboard mounted on the back plate.

I don't need a case, I need a square box!

Anyone with this heatsink and a case big enough for it?

BushStar · 22 Dec 2007 at 13:18

Excellent, looks like the richt case for the job and I can pack it out with 120mm fans front and rear.

Thanks

BushStar · 24 Dec 2007 at 17:58

Good to know, odd as looking at the dimensions my praetorian is wider than the 900, I guess they are measuring the front of the case which has a fancy door...

Still the Lian Li looks good and the 900 seems a bit too cheap for my liking...