- Mar 13, 2007
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I'm considering building a new machine soon... most of my selections are fairly well sorted out, but the one item on which i'm completely lost is the case. Here are my concerns:
1) I've not yet decided for sure what gfx route i'm going to take, but it will be something upper-end (ie - long); 4870, GTX 2XX, something along those lines, so need room for that.
2) Not sure yet if i'm gonna do SLI/CF or not, but i'd like to keep the option open, so need a case that can accommodate it.
3) If i go SLI/CF, that's the most extreme this system will see. Not into OCing, WCing, or any substantial modding.
4) I'm rather burnt out on the lights/windows thing. This is the lowest priority, but i'm hoping for more of a subdued/sophisticated look... minimum amount of bling. Along these same lines, i'd prefer it not be too huge if i can help it.
5) Long as the machine's running good, i could care less about temperatures. So i'm not looking to do anything extreme, but would like to be confident that i've got a chassis with good enough cooling for any reasonable non-OC configuration (1-2 optical, 1-3 HDD, stock CPU, stock (2x ?) GPU... etc.
I know i'm asking for the moon here, but so far i've yet to find a case that meets more than about half of that list. Are there *ANY* cases that can handle a full blown SLI/CF without some degree of mod work? Seems every single case has at least a few complaints about not being able to fit dual gfx hardware without extra modification. If there are such cases, are there any that aren't either ginormous, or loaded with lights and windows and plastic-y bling?
1) I've not yet decided for sure what gfx route i'm going to take, but it will be something upper-end (ie - long); 4870, GTX 2XX, something along those lines, so need room for that.
2) Not sure yet if i'm gonna do SLI/CF or not, but i'd like to keep the option open, so need a case that can accommodate it.
3) If i go SLI/CF, that's the most extreme this system will see. Not into OCing, WCing, or any substantial modding.
4) I'm rather burnt out on the lights/windows thing. This is the lowest priority, but i'm hoping for more of a subdued/sophisticated look... minimum amount of bling. Along these same lines, i'd prefer it not be too huge if i can help it.
5) Long as the machine's running good, i could care less about temperatures. So i'm not looking to do anything extreme, but would like to be confident that i've got a chassis with good enough cooling for any reasonable non-OC configuration (1-2 optical, 1-3 HDD, stock CPU, stock (2x ?) GPU... etc.
I know i'm asking for the moon here, but so far i've yet to find a case that meets more than about half of that list. Are there *ANY* cases that can handle a full blown SLI/CF without some degree of mod work? Seems every single case has at least a few complaints about not being able to fit dual gfx hardware without extra modification. If there are such cases, are there any that aren't either ginormous, or loaded with lights and windows and plastic-y bling?
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