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Could use some case opins.

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Ok, so I've been looking at cases for a few days now. And I've gotten it down to 3 that I like the look of enough to think about buying. I was thinking of getting one of that all in one water cooling setups to put on the cpu so the heat would go right out of the case... But it seems like it would be a pain with a matx case.

So if any of you can comment about mainly if you think a 120mm rad would be able to be crammed into the case that would be great. Any thoughts on overall cooling and large video cards would be nice as well. Thanks in advance :)

Well the 3 I'm looking at are:

X-QPACK2 the one I least like the look of. It's the cheapest though and gives me a spare psu. However it is shorter than the others, but seems have the full front to back free of things so it should accept a larger video card. And there looks to be plenty of room on the top and sides to mount a radiator.

Thermaltake VF1000BWS - I like the look of it and like the handle. However the use of only 60mm fans is a pain due to low airflow or high pitched loud noise. It's also a fairly long case so I should be able to use a larger video card (I've read a 8800GTX is a bit too big unless you move the hard drive cage over a lil bit) and think I could modify a plexi window to accept a 120mm rad or perhaps even a 2x120 on the top where the 5.25" mounting bays are.

SILVERSTONE SG01 - I like the use of 80mm fans as it sure beats the 60mm ones the TT case has. I'm not sure of the ability to fix a 120mm in this case or a larger video card. But it looks like anything longer than the mobo would hit the hdd enclosure. I should be able to mount a rad somewhere in it, but it would most likely be the hardest of the bunch to do so.
 
W6FO said:
If you are considering the XQPack2, why not the MicroFly?
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Well the standard microfly looks like the XQPack1 which I don't like at all. Though the BX6 looks nice, the price is too high when compared to the other two which I like the look of better. I have a 650w psu as is, so I don't need a new psu but a case to fit the one I have.
 
I'd have to vote for the SG01 then. I decided to go with the MicroFly however because it was considerably less. SG01 would have been my preferred choice though.
 
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