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

GhostlyPea · 11 Dec 2007 at 13:44

Depends on ure budget and style. Eclipse 62 will fit, most of the larger Lian-Li V series and some of the TJ series. The Antec P180 and 182 i *think* fits, but might wanna check that

- Pea0n

DeadMan · 11 Dec 2007 at 14:19

Antec 900 would do well, and its cheap too

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?

artaxerxes · 12 Dec 2007 at 11:32

Yup - I have a Lian Li V1000 +II and the Thermalright 120 - plenty of clearance.

Will take some phone images for you tonight.

It is wide enough that the V1000's air guiding shroud still has plenty of play.

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

PinkFloyd · 22 Dec 2007 at 14:19

BushStar said:
Nope, not big enough.

Your wrong mate.

The P182 fits the Ultra120, as does the 900 and the Lian Li A16 / PC7.

2 of my flatmates have Ultra 120s in P182s, and anothe rmate had one in a A16 (same chassis as the PC7) and moved it to a 900.
The Eclipse will hold one with 2 inches to spare (at a guess)

Azza · 22 Dec 2007 at 14:24

Ultra-120 fits fine in a Antec 900.

Tefal on here has tha combo.

V|per · 22 Dec 2007 at 14:32

the thermalright does fit in the 900, my mate has that setup

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...

tbh · 25 Dec 2007 at 08:11

V|per said:
the thermalright does fit in the 900, my mate has that setup

Yeah I'm running that setup at the moment, can't fit the side fan on the 900 but apart from that no issues.