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Maybe someone will be able to help me decide which case will fit my needs best. I currently have an Antec 900 that I first bought for a Core 2 Duo build and it has worked well. When I bought the case I never thought I would run SLI or add as many hard drives as I have which brings us to my problem: I need more space.
What i have now:
Antec 900 with an Asus X58 board and an Intel i7 930 running SLI GTX 470s (really unlocked 465s). I have two caviar blacks for data drives and 3 SSD drives for OS and other purposes. Doing anything in the case is a nightmare because of how cramped it is - sata connectors for hard drives are almost touching the graphics cards.
What im looking for:
A bigger case with room for large video cards in SLI and possibly two more caviar blacks (i store a large number of vmware workstation virtual machines). Generally speaking everything is air cooled but im am planning on picking up either the Corsair H80 or H100. I love the look of the Corsair Obsidian cases but im not sure if the 650D would have enough extra room compared to my antec 900 or if i would need to step up to the 800D to truly feel comfortable. Then toss in that after reading reviews the FT02 appears to have better air cooling and thats where im at right now it leaves me truly undecided and not wanting to drop $300 on something that wont do what I need.
I do plan on overclocking the processor once I solve my space issues and buying aftermarket/additional case fans would not be a problem if that was necessary. Any advice would be appreciated and if anyone happened to have a side by side picture or personal experience coming from an antec 900 that would be amazing...as a side note I even went as far as cutting out cardboard to the listed dimensions of the cases and standing them next to my 900
What i have now:
Antec 900 with an Asus X58 board and an Intel i7 930 running SLI GTX 470s (really unlocked 465s). I have two caviar blacks for data drives and 3 SSD drives for OS and other purposes. Doing anything in the case is a nightmare because of how cramped it is - sata connectors for hard drives are almost touching the graphics cards.
What im looking for:
A bigger case with room for large video cards in SLI and possibly two more caviar blacks (i store a large number of vmware workstation virtual machines). Generally speaking everything is air cooled but im am planning on picking up either the Corsair H80 or H100. I love the look of the Corsair Obsidian cases but im not sure if the 650D would have enough extra room compared to my antec 900 or if i would need to step up to the 800D to truly feel comfortable. Then toss in that after reading reviews the FT02 appears to have better air cooling and thats where im at right now it leaves me truly undecided and not wanting to drop $300 on something that wont do what I need.
I do plan on overclocking the processor once I solve my space issues and buying aftermarket/additional case fans would not be a problem if that was necessary. Any advice would be appreciated and if anyone happened to have a side by side picture or personal experience coming from an antec 900 that would be amazing...as a side note I even went as far as cutting out cardboard to the listed dimensions of the cases and standing them next to my 900
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