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First mATX build

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roofio86

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Hi there,

Im thinking about going the mATX route with my new build and was wondering if anyone here has had experience with the following cases?


Aplus Blockbuster Storm
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132066

Aerocool Cube Case - M40
http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/329285/aer...lest-cube-case-on-the-planet--all-black-.html


My current build was originally going to be housed in the CM690 mid tower but after seeing some brilliant lanbox it got me tempted!

Is it possible to create a very good cooling system within a cube case as I would want to OC both my Q6600 and 8800GT, using a P5K-VM most likely?

The new NXZT Rogue looks very plush but I'm guessing it will be pretty pricey when it comes out. Are there any good "budget" cube cases out there?

Sorry about all the questions! Been trying to find it all out all day but haven't really got too far :(
 
Most people are using the SG03 when it comes to OCing a Q6600 around here it seems. There are better cases but at a much higher cost.
 
Hi Roofio

At the moment i have a Thermaltake lanbox

http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/291150/-thermaltake-case-lanbox-vf1000bws-black-window-handle---n0-psu-.html

It;s not really expensive and it works great easy to build you can tear down the entire inside for easy building i had no problems at all and i have Sapphire X1950XTX in it and it fits easily.
The rest of my specs are

mobo - asus p5b-vm
cpu - conroe E6600 2.4ghz @ 2,8ghz
cpu cooler - Thermaltake blueorbII
Ram - OCZ Platinium rev2 4x1GB @ 4-4-4-10
fsb:mem - 1:1
psu: zalman zm500p 500w

And i was wondering how to get al that in there and it whas easy and the airflow is good you have two 60 mm directly behind the cpu blowing air out and it has a 90mm intake in the front but there is one thing all of the fans have a 4 pin connector so you cant just push them directly in the motherboard but that's the only down side i replaced them with silences fans there is an editonial extra fan slot on the back directly above the vga card for aditional cooling. I had know problems with this case and it's still running fine just to let you know that this is good case to.

My temps are:
cpu idle/load 25/41 load is based on two hours of orthos
gpu idle/load 49/60 load is based on playing two hours of playing battlefield 2142 all visuals on max @ 1680x1050 on samsung 20"wide
hdd don't gets above 35°C
Greetings Jack:p
 
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