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You could also get the NZXT Tempest for $89+ $0 shipping. If I understand correctly your budget is $75+$20 shipping so it's still in your budget. It will fit even HD 4870 X2 cards.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] %20Tempest
Compared to the RC-690, you pay $14 more but get 6 fans (two of which are 140mm) instead of 3, so I'd say it's a good deal.
The RC-690 is also great, especially if you hate the blue lights 
Message edited by aevm on 11-12-2008 at 07:12:34 PM
| JohnnyLucky wrote : What is the length of your video card? Is it going to be of those longer ones that are 10.5 inches long? Are you planning on numerous hard drives in the lower drive cage? Are you going to install one of those large tower style cpu heatsink? If so, then you might have a clearance problem. The three cases you listed are mid-tower cases. Might be a tight fit. It just depends on the rest of your components. |
Not sure what the length of the cards precisely is (I believe well over 200mm though), but like I said, I'm deciding between the GTX 260 and the Radeon 4870....leaning towards the 4870 at the moment.
As for the rest of my components, they'll look something like this:
Asus P5Q Pro motherboard
E8500 C2D
Corsair 750W PSU
2 optical drives
4gb RAM
1 HDD
1 PCI NIC
...and that's about it. I won't have too much to pack in, I'm just slightly paranoid about getting these massive video cards in comfortably. 
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