Is the case I chose in my built good for SLI ?

[rglaredo]

About to hit order but im having doubts on the case ...for 129 dlls is there any other case good for SLI with good airflow and usb 3.0 on the front ..?


Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000

Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR90GB 2.5" 90GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)


All comes out to 701 and some cents with rebates ..

thermal paste, corsair h60 cooler and os will pick up at best buy ...is cheaper for me there ...any thing else im missing ?

 

[rglaredo]

Ohh btw I have two evga 550ti's 2gb for sli but planing to upgrade later this fall for one big card ..

 

[kajabla]

The 500R is definitely good. This all looks good, actually. If you haven't bought the 550 Ti's, don't do it. Just grab a big card now or soon. You don't need to buy thermal paste; every cooler will come with it. Get a Hyper 212 EVO.

 

[rglaredo]

I got them free ..jsut waiting for fall since i know they will rop in price a bit and im only playing swtor and soon diablo 3

 

[kajabla]

Sounds good. Free hardware gets a free pass.

 

[Gamer_Pollution]

If you can go up to about $150, you can chose between a HAF 932 Advanced, the Thor V2 and the Storm Trooper. All three have had good reviews, though i personally like the Storm Trooper due to the built in fan controller and the hard drive cage.

 

[rglaredo]

yea my initial case was the thor black case or the half 932 and i did look at the trooper but i think it has no usb 3 ,,,also looked that at the overseer but the rebate and low shipping changed from this morning ..now cost 19 to ship ..should have grabbed it in the morning i think ..but the corsair also looks cool ..jsut not sure if that holds 2 cards in sli and still get good air flow ..

 

[rglaredo]

ohh wait no is the sniper that has no usb i think ..trooper does have but is 149 ..just trying to save some cashh ...lol ..

 

[Gamer_Pollution]

ohh wait no is the sniper that has no usb i think ..trooper does have but is 149 ..just trying to save some cashh ...lol ..

i was thinking the same before, when it was $190, but now that it is at $140 its a steal. the case performs slightly worse then the HAF X, but only by about 3 degrees-ish, which isnt that bad actually, considering the price. this is, IMO, one of the best full tower cases on the market right now.

 

[Tavo_Nova]

go for gtx580 or 680 whichever you can get your hands on, it's better than 2 550ti in sli (only because you can overclock it and you can add one in the next few months or so)

 

[Gamer_Pollution]

go for gtx580 or 680 whichever you can get your hands on, it's better than 2 550ti in sli (only because you can overclock it and you can add one in the next few months or so)

he said that he already has them, and that he will upgrade to a newer, more powerful single card.

 

[rglaredo]

i was thinking the same before, when it was $190, but now that it is at $140 its a steal. the case performs slightly worse then the HAF X, but only by about 3 degrees-ish, which isnt that bad actually, considering the price. this is, IMO, one of the best full tower cases on the market right now.

thats a good point ..

 

[Gamer_Pollution]

thats a good point ..

I'm pretty picky about my computer parts and i hate paying a lot of cash for something that isnt very important, like a case, but I, and other people, were willing to pay $190+tax for this case. That says something.

 

[rglaredo]

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