Selecting A Large Enough case?

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jasonmbrown

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I was wondering if someone could suggest a computer case for me. My computer setup, has 2 Videocards, and a cpu with http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209049
H20 Kuhler.

As well as a http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102021R
Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card.


It also has 3 Hard drives, 2 dvd drives, A multicard Reader, The I/O Box for Soundblaser X-Fi Titanium, and a floppy drive (I don't care so much about the floppy but its nice to have for any old crap that I may need).


I am planning to get 2 more of the water cooling units for my gpu's and attach them like has been done here http://www.flickr.com/photos/64047525@N08/sets/72157628978202319/

Which means i will need at Least 3 different 120mm fan spaces, With room around them for the Liquid Cooling Tubes.


Basically
For front I need,
4 Bays and a floppy bay

3 Hard Drive Bays (Standard Desktop size, Im not sure the Measurements, but they are Standard Hard drives)

Back needs 8 Expansion Bays (2 for pci, 4 for pci-e with gpus, 1 for Fatal1ty, 1 for Pci-e Riser (I will be adding a Pci-e Solid State Drive in about 3-4 months when they get a bit bigger in capacity and drop a little bit in price))

I Would like the case to have bottom mounted psu, and be very wide. As I intend to mod a ps3 fan onto it, as the ps3 fans have pretty good airflow, when they're not jammed inside the machine.



 
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Cooler Master Elite 430 has 7 expansions slots, therefore unsuitable. Also the case does not have sufficient bay area. its better to have DVD Drive size bays rather than floppy size bays because you can put floppy drives in the bigger bay with an adapter and still have enough for everything else.
For a suitable case, I suggest a Corsair 600t that is if you ditch the floppy. otherwise go for an 800D or 900D.
Also why cool the graphics cards like that? Firstly it will look messy, secondly it wont have very good temps, and lastly, air cooling would do a better job. if you want water-cooling then i suggest going for a custom loop, Custom loops look better and have better temperatures.
 
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Just get a HAF X or Stormtrooper, and be happy. Endless Watercooling options, cool, quiet, and probably you would never have to upgrade again. don't go for the Elite 430, its good as a cheap case for a single GPU, but thats as far as it goes. There aren't alot of watercooling options, and it'll be tight.

PASHINATOR is wrong about the CLC mod. Its pretty good, however, make sure your VRM's require adequate ventilation -- this is particularly why reference coolers are great for this stuff, you can leave on the reference VRM heatsink and fan and attach the cooler straight onto the GPU.
 
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Well My gpus are running at 85-100C, Since theres almost no airflow between them, Id rather just mount a water cooling unit, Because of the location of my case. I will look into the other options posted by everyone. Thanks, And honestly I dont really need the floppy drive, it is becoming old tech. But its useful for small file backups, that i don't trust to flashdrives.

Another Issue is That I need something cheap even if its just for a month or 2, AS my case is a piece of crap... I have to keep the side open because theres no way to mount the water cooling unit inside the case, The Cpu fan died, and id rather not unmount the liquid cooling unit. (I'm pretty much cleaning it and everything inside the case every 2-3 days, and doing a full cleaning once every month cause of all the dust)

Basically Its a long time coming for me to upgrade the case, and I can get a cheap one and just not use my Soundblaster for a while. That way I can do a practice case mod for the ps3 fan. (so i can see how Exactly Id like the final result)
 
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