So, I decided to make a thread with my questions regarding the M8 so I don't have to use up Case Labs time when I could just get them answered by owners.
If anyone could help me with some of these questions that would be awesome so that I can decide all the accessories I want so I can order my M8. Oh and bear with me as I am new to building. This will be my first self built comp.
Before I get to the questions I will explain in a little detail what I want to put in it and what I want to do. I'm building this computer to run at game at 60+ FPS in Nvidia 3D Vision Surround. I'm making a sandy bridge build with either 2 GTX 590s OR 3 GTX 580s (haven't decided). I would like to make 2 separate loops. One for just the i7 2600k and the other loop for the cards. I want to be able to OC the i7 to at least 5 Ghz. I'm not doing anything too crazy or out of the ordinary besides Tri/quad SLI (if you would even call that out of the ordinary. Just a PSU, Mobo, CPU, GPUs, Optical Drive, 1 SSD, RAM, etc. Just the regular stuff. On to some questions.
How does a flex-bay mount differ from a standard?
What is a motherboard backplate?
I would like to get the tall top cover and mount 1 or possibly 2 radiators onto it. Does the Tall Top Cover come with Rad mounts? What size for the M8? How do they mount? If I wanted to put a fan on each side of a rad for push/pull would that interfere with mounting the rad?
I want to get all ventilated panels. Do they come with fan mounts where it is ventilated or side rad mounts or are those also sold separately?
Does the M8 come standard with any rad mounts? Location?
Lastly, are there any upgrades/accessories that you would recommend I get? I guess, just pretend I'm looking to buy the M8 stock with no upgrades. If you were doing what I am what would you get?
I know it's a lot to ask, but I want to make sure to make this case perfect for my build since it's a pretty expensive case and getting the upgrades with it get a discount so I don't want to find out I want/need something later.
Thanks so much to Case Labs and all the Case Labs Case owners here at OCN!!
Caysey
If anyone could help me with some of these questions that would be awesome so that I can decide all the accessories I want so I can order my M8. Oh and bear with me as I am new to building. This will be my first self built comp.Before I get to the questions I will explain in a little detail what I want to put in it and what I want to do. I'm building this computer to run at game at 60+ FPS in Nvidia 3D Vision Surround. I'm making a sandy bridge build with either 2 GTX 590s OR 3 GTX 580s (haven't decided). I would like to make 2 separate loops. One for just the i7 2600k and the other loop for the cards. I want to be able to OC the i7 to at least 5 Ghz. I'm not doing anything too crazy or out of the ordinary besides Tri/quad SLI (if you would even call that out of the ordinary. Just a PSU, Mobo, CPU, GPUs, Optical Drive, 1 SSD, RAM, etc. Just the regular stuff. On to some questions.
How does a flex-bay mount differ from a standard?
What is a motherboard backplate?
I would like to get the tall top cover and mount 1 or possibly 2 radiators onto it. Does the Tall Top Cover come with Rad mounts? What size for the M8? How do they mount? If I wanted to put a fan on each side of a rad for push/pull would that interfere with mounting the rad?
I want to get all ventilated panels. Do they come with fan mounts where it is ventilated or side rad mounts or are those also sold separately?
Does the M8 come standard with any rad mounts? Location?
Lastly, are there any upgrades/accessories that you would recommend I get? I guess, just pretend I'm looking to buy the M8 stock with no upgrades. If you were doing what I am what would you get?
I know it's a lot to ask, but I want to make sure to make this case perfect for my build since it's a pretty expensive case and getting the upgrades with it get a discount so I don't want to find out I want/need something later.

Thanks so much to Case Labs and all the Case Labs Case owners here at OCN!!
Caysey










