Will the Antec 300 be an alright case?

[El_Mayo]

Current Components:

Zotac GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3
Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58
Corsair XMS3 6GB
Western Digital Caviar Green Power 1.5TB 32MB Cache
Intel Core i7 920 "D0 Stepping" 2.66Ghz
Corsair TX 750W

will the antec 300 keep it relatively cool (with side fan installed)
or should i get the CM 690?

 

[mi1ez]

I'd be more worried about length than cooling. Will it be long enough for a 295? I don't know I'm afraid, but the cooling is fantastic for such a small case.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

The case is quite popular with gamers on a budget or those who have limited space for a pc. As mi1ez mention, the length of some of the modern video cards may be a problem.

 

[El_Mayo]

I'd be more worried about length than cooling. Will it be long enough for a 295? I don't know I'm afraid, but the cooling is fantastic for such a small case.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_295_us.html

Says 10.5 inches
the antec 300 is certified to hold the 8800 GTX.. which was also 10.5 inches

Would a fanned out (all 8 slots) CM 690 provide optimum cooling?

 

[mildiner86]

I CAN HELP!!!

I built this for my bro

antec 300
ati 4870 x 2
Asus p6t
core i7 6GB ddr 3
2 hard drives
1 dvd drive

used all the fan slots in the case. 2 on front one on top one on back one on side

the CPU was super cool and so were the componets.

the card just fitted in and the 4870 x 2 is 10.5inch too i had to put it in at an angle to get it past the hard drive bay area, but once past that fitted in fine and snug

just note that it will take up 2 hard drive bays so ull be able to have max of around 4 hard drives and not the normal 6 i think

 

[El_Mayo]

oh right
i'll be checkin CM 690 dimensions now

 

[El_Mayo]

CM 690:

Dimension (W / H / D) (W)21.3 X (H)48.2 x (D)52.45 cm

Antec 300:

Dimensions (W /D / H) (W)20.5 cm x (H)46.5 cm x 45.8 cm

I think it's gonna have to be the CM 690
with about 5 extra fans added

silent ones.. of course