Sunday, January 24, 2010

What ATX case would work with these components for a computer I'm building?

I'm trying to get a case with sufficient cooling to prevent these components from overheating. As you might be able to tell this will be a gaming computer so I'd like it to look cool too. Any suggestions?





Motherboard: XFX NVIDIA庐 nForce庐 790i Ultra SLI





CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Processor 2.66GHz





GPU #1: XFX GeForce GTX 280 Video Card





GPU #2: XFX GeForce GTX 280 Video Card





RAM Slot 1: OCZ SLI 1024MB PC16000 DDR3 2000MHz Memory





RAM Slot 2: OCZ SLI 1024MB PC16000 DDR3 2000MHz Memory





RAM Slot 3: Not used





RAM Slot 4: Not used





Hard Drive #1: Western Digital 500GB SATA Internal Hard Drive





Hard Drive #2: Western Digital 500GB SATA Internal Hard DriveWhat ATX case would work with these components for a computer I'm building?
A large case that supports a lot of fans.


I got the Thermaltake ArmorPlus VA8000 case, and it caught me by surprise. I had never imagined any case could be so awesome and convenient.


It has a huge fan (about 250mm), and 2 120mm fans, plus you can add up to 4 more 120mm's. It's really easy to install things, a tool free installation almost exclusively.


The gear you have there takes up a lot of room, but the motherboard tray slides out the back of this case, so you can put everything on without any tight spaces and slide it back in.





But why on earth would you need GTX 280's in SLI??? =O


That almost costs as much as my entire pc!


Good luck and don't forget a power supply (you need at least 800w for that beast)What ATX case would work with these components for a computer I'm building?
Just about any full tower computer case will work, but MAKE SURE it's a full tower, no mid tower, not small tower, no desktop. FULL TOWER.





Also, if you're going to run dual GPU's, make sure you've got plenty of cooling, theres a company called Scythe USA that makes a 120mm fan that flows almost 131 cubic feet of air per minute (double what a normal 120mm fan does). Granted, it sounds like a jet engine taking off, but it'll help keep the computer cool.





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Heres the fan, best $10 you'll spend:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as鈥?/a>


Keeps my dual 8800GTX cards running nice and cool, even while gaming
Some mid-tower cases to consider:


Cooler Master 690


NZXT Tempest


Antec 900





Full tower cases:


Cooler Master Cosmos


Cooler Master Cosmos S


Antec Twelve hundred
get a mid-tower or bigger. that would be sufficient. with two video cards i'd get the next size up from mid-tower to cool better
any full atx case will do just get a high quality fan
mid-tower and make sure that you are putting in at least a 600W PSU with that rig...
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews/raidmaxs鈥?/a>





http://www.futurelooks.com/antec-twelve-鈥?/a>





http://www.atxcases.com/item.asp?categor鈥?/a>





http://www.directron.com/ics8200.html





The third link has quite a few options. And if you want a separate cooling system check out NewEgg.





http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.鈥?/a>





They also have some pretty nice fans and heatsinks.
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