TJ09 or WC?

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john8msu

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I am planning on building a new system soon. The parts of interest are going to be an e6600 (overclocked) and an 8800GTX. I have a little over $300 in my budget for a case and cooling. What do you all suggest?

1) TJ09 Case. Quality HSF for the CPU and stock cooling for 8800GTX.

2) A much cheaper case and water cool both the CPU and GPU.
 
Save a bit more and do both. I just got my hands on a TJ09 and took a good look at it today and it's spectacular but I do see an immediate flaw. The front fan has mesh over it to keep mice, bugs and curious children out of it as the side duct goes straight through from left to right. That mesh kills the airflow for the front 120 and removing the fan mount is interesting at best.

The good news is that a bit of work to get that mesh out really opens the air flow up, a lot. Not only that but a bit of modification to the roof fan mounts will allow the fans to come close enough together to mount the rad up top so it's a no-brainer for a future upgrade.

My advice is go TJ09 now and upgrade to water after you can afford it.
 
I don't think the Masstige is anywhere near the build quality of the TJ09. The fit is awesome, the case is mostly 2.0mm aluminum and the side panels are 1.0mm aluminum, The dives are damped with full length foam strips, the fascia is 5.0mm thick aluminum. It has a removable mobo tray with plastic slides in the rails...this is an aluminum case that weighs as much as a 1080B Antec which is steel.
 
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