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baskinghobo   05-16-2009 at 03:43:20 AM

This is my computer build -

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130185
CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072
Videocard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814131140
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231209
Hard Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320
Optical Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] msung%20SH
(PSU is going to come with my case)

Don't bother changing my build because i have done alot of research and i am going to stick with this build.

So my question is with these listed components what size should my computer case be e.g. Mid-Tower, Full Tower etc

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Bronze Home Brew badge Proximon   05-16-2009 at 04:12:35 AM

The mid-tower and full-tower designations are meaningless these days. You need an ATX case with at least one 120mm fan in the lower front that is unobstructed, to pull in air, and another 120mm fan in the upper back to remove air. This would be the minimum cooling.

Beyond that, you need adequate clearance between the front edge of the motherboard and the drive cages, and adequate depth to accommodate large CPU coolers.

There are only a few cases sold with decent power supplies. Most of them are junk. Since you like to do your own research, follow the links from my guide, in the section on PSUs.

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baskinghobo   05-16-2009 at 04:29:09 AM

Proximon wrote :

The mid-tower and full-tower designations are meaningless these days. You need an ATX case with at least one 120mm fan in the lower front that is unobstructed, to pull in air, and another 120mm fan in the upper back to remove air. This would be the minimum cooling.

Beyond that, you need adequate clearance between the front edge of the motherboard and the drive cages, and adequate depth to accommodate large CPU coolers.

There are only a few cases sold with decent power supplies. Most of them are junk. Since you like to do your own research, follow the links from my guide, in the section on PSUs.



Do you mean a Micro ATX case?

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baskinghobo   05-16-2009 at 04:46:14 AM

Ok, when i said Mid-Tower i meant a ATX Mid-Tower case. We'll my fault for not explaining it better. Anyway thankyou for your help. Very close to building my PC now :)

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