Hello,
I just suffered a PSU failure and since installing/routing a PSU is quite a bit of effort I figured this would be a good occasion to grab a new case.
On my current case I'm having significant problems routing my cables neatly.
The problems I'm having are:
1) I'm terrible at this "staying neat" business.
2) Not enough spacing between my hard drives and motherboard. Due to the tight spacing it's very awkward to route SATA cables directly or through the back.
3) The HD bay is not orthogonal in relation to the motherboard which I think causes alot of problems for me. Even when all the cables are routed through the back the cables still take significant (horizontal) overhead before they reach the back.The open spaces that allow you to route cables to the back are very difficult to use with multiple hard drive sata cables, the 24 psu pin, the 2 psu 8 pins and etc.
4) Since the hard drives requires both a sata and psu cable - I have this giant mess/clump between all my individual hard drives and my motherboard's sata bay.
My current case is the Azza Solano 1000.
http://youtu.be/_jk6ZrVoNao?t=3m57s & http://i.imgur.com/tKpzmLn.png
I'm looking for a full size ATX case
I would like a case that is easy to work with. I'm particularly looking for these features:
1) Emphasis on easy and intuitive cable management. (I think having an orthogonal HD bay might be handy)
2) Hassle free installation of additional hard drive in the HD bay.
3) Easy to install/modify after market cooling backplate
4) Separate PSU chamber
5) USB 3.0 on the front panel
Preferable:
1) As Tool-less as possible. (I want to be able to get in the case quickly)
2) Sata Back Plane on HD bay.
3) If the case has a manual case fan control I would like it in the front (if the case has a control)
My Hardware:
1 SSD
2 RPM Hard Drives
1 DVD drive
1 Corsair H60 pump cooler
1 GTX 590
P67 Sabertooth Motherboard
Looking through some threads.
The Corsair Obsidian 800D really caught my eye but of course I thought I'd ask for some suggestions before pulling the trigger.
Thanks for your help!
I just suffered a PSU failure and since installing/routing a PSU is quite a bit of effort I figured this would be a good occasion to grab a new case.
On my current case I'm having significant problems routing my cables neatly.
The problems I'm having are:
1) I'm terrible at this "staying neat" business.
2) Not enough spacing between my hard drives and motherboard. Due to the tight spacing it's very awkward to route SATA cables directly or through the back.
3) The HD bay is not orthogonal in relation to the motherboard which I think causes alot of problems for me. Even when all the cables are routed through the back the cables still take significant (horizontal) overhead before they reach the back.The open spaces that allow you to route cables to the back are very difficult to use with multiple hard drive sata cables, the 24 psu pin, the 2 psu 8 pins and etc.
4) Since the hard drives requires both a sata and psu cable - I have this giant mess/clump between all my individual hard drives and my motherboard's sata bay.
My current case is the Azza Solano 1000.
http://youtu.be/_jk6ZrVoNao?t=3m57s & http://i.imgur.com/tKpzmLn.png
I'm looking for a full size ATX case
I would like a case that is easy to work with. I'm particularly looking for these features:
1) Emphasis on easy and intuitive cable management. (I think having an orthogonal HD bay might be handy)
2) Hassle free installation of additional hard drive in the HD bay.
3) Easy to install/modify after market cooling backplate
4) Separate PSU chamber
5) USB 3.0 on the front panel
Preferable:
1) As Tool-less as possible. (I want to be able to get in the case quickly)
2) Sata Back Plane on HD bay.
3) If the case has a manual case fan control I would like it in the front (if the case has a control)
My Hardware:
1 SSD
2 RPM Hard Drives
1 DVD drive
1 Corsair H60 pump cooler
1 GTX 590
P67 Sabertooth Motherboard
Looking through some threads.
The Corsair Obsidian 800D really caught my eye but of course I thought I'd ask for some suggestions before pulling the trigger.
Thanks for your help!