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Well guys over my winter break for school, I plan on building a watercooling setup for my computer. My case now is an ugly chieftec case which i have grown tired of and would like to replace it to fit my H2O and still have a nice clean look inside. Ive thought about an external box for the H2O but i just feel all internal is better and is what i want, which is most important. Id like to keep everything in the case that it comes with, ie harddrive cages ( i have 3 harddrives), 2 cdroms, going to get an audigy front plate. Im want to place the radiator up on the top panel also. And if it can be under 250 US Dollars.
What i have looked at:
First Choice:
Lian-Li PC-75; my first choice was the PC-75 by lian-li after seeing fallguys amazing setup i thought to myself "Oh hell ya this case has room, and a lot of it." And its still my number one choice, until i thought about a few other things (youll see in my other descriptions). I also would like to add another PSU just for my videocard, my current overclock has gone down a few mhz after the addition of the beastly 6800 GT. But the PC-75 just doesnt have that much room, im sure if i modded it it could, but id like to keep the harddrive cages for the convience and because i just want too.
Pros:
Lots of room
Looks good
Seen many other setups which gives me great ideas
Cons:
Doesnt have enough enternal room for a 2nd psu
Coolermaster Stacker:
Well i looked at this case after i saw a thread about it and it sure looks promising. I could fit 2 psus, its designed for that and even comes with a cable to connect them to the motherboard without me having to cut the wires to hell and back. Has many drive bays, but one thing i noticed is i dont think i could fit the Thermochill 120.3 up on the top panel and would have to put it in the front, loosing many of the bays. Be left with i think it was 2 plus the bay for the front bay thing coolermaster ships with the case.
Pros:
Very large
Well constructed
Houses 2 psus
A lot of drive bays
Cons:
Cant mount a thermochill 120.3 up top
What other cases can you suggest? Ive looked at mountainmods but they are too much for my budget. Ive also looked at the chenbeg (sp?) and they are just too ugly for my taste. I would like to stay away from the Chieftec/Antec like cases with the front door, those are just "played out" to me. Is there a lian-li that houses 2 psus? And still looks good. I need at least 4 drive bays left over (2 cdroms, audigy, bay res) maybe i could get away with 3 and get a cylinder res, but id rather not. Sorry for so many questions but its the only way i could describe it fully.
What i have looked at:
First Choice:
Lian-Li PC-75; my first choice was the PC-75 by lian-li after seeing fallguys amazing setup i thought to myself "Oh hell ya this case has room, and a lot of it." And its still my number one choice, until i thought about a few other things (youll see in my other descriptions). I also would like to add another PSU just for my videocard, my current overclock has gone down a few mhz after the addition of the beastly 6800 GT. But the PC-75 just doesnt have that much room, im sure if i modded it it could, but id like to keep the harddrive cages for the convience and because i just want too.
Pros:
Lots of room
Looks good
Seen many other setups which gives me great ideas
Cons:
Doesnt have enough enternal room for a 2nd psu
Coolermaster Stacker:
Well i looked at this case after i saw a thread about it and it sure looks promising. I could fit 2 psus, its designed for that and even comes with a cable to connect them to the motherboard without me having to cut the wires to hell and back. Has many drive bays, but one thing i noticed is i dont think i could fit the Thermochill 120.3 up on the top panel and would have to put it in the front, loosing many of the bays. Be left with i think it was 2 plus the bay for the front bay thing coolermaster ships with the case.
Pros:
Very large
Well constructed
Houses 2 psus
A lot of drive bays
Cons:
Cant mount a thermochill 120.3 up top
What other cases can you suggest? Ive looked at mountainmods but they are too much for my budget. Ive also looked at the chenbeg (sp?) and they are just too ugly for my taste. I would like to stay away from the Chieftec/Antec like cases with the front door, those are just "played out" to me. Is there a lian-li that houses 2 psus? And still looks good. I need at least 4 drive bays left over (2 cdroms, audigy, bay res) maybe i could get away with 3 and get a cylinder res, but id rather not. Sorry for so many questions but its the only way i could describe it fully.