TL:DR: Which case is good for this build? Had my heart set on the Cooler Master HAF X, but the NZXT Phantom 820 is giving me some serious doubt over the HAF X. Also the corsair 800D Obsidian has been given some amazing recommendations as a long term case over multiple builds.
The long version:
As the title says, they're all brilliant but when it comes to custom PC's I'm a noob. Sad to say it, I've been on all the forums and gotten so much help from so many people it sort of makes me feel guilty (curse you overly helpful people).
A little bit about my experience with computer (gaming computers) my first build was back in 2006-2007 December-Janurary. Since then I have been gaming on laptops forking out around 1500 each time for a low-medium end gaming laptop (waste of money I know). So I have a max budget of $2500 atm I'm $800 below budget without a case.
Here's the link to my build, at first I was only focussing on aesthetics as air cooling is quit simple. The water cooling game however is a whole new ball park. Which case would be most friendly in terms of nod needing modding done to fit the radiator in (with a potentially second 240 due to potentially another GPU in the future.
Regards, Ahitmoth.
To save you opening other links, here's my build so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
GPU: MSI Radeon HD7950 3GB Overclocked
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
HDD: Corsair Force Series GT 60GB SSD AND Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 0F15629 500GB
MONITOR: Viewsonic VA2448M-LED 24in Widescreen LED Monitor
PSU: Silverstone Strider 750W Gold Evolution ST75F-G-E
CASE: TBD
COOLING:
XSPC RayStorm CPU Waterblock for Intel
XSPC RayStorm GPU Water Block
BitFenix Spectre Pro Black 120mm PWM Fan
XSPC RX360 Radiator
XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir and Pump Combo
PrimoChill PrimoFlex Pro LRT Tubing UV Red 1/2ID 3/4OD
+ others
Edited by ahimoth - 11/11/12 at 9:16pm
The long version:
As the title says, they're all brilliant but when it comes to custom PC's I'm a noob. Sad to say it, I've been on all the forums and gotten so much help from so many people it sort of makes me feel guilty (curse you overly helpful people).
A little bit about my experience with computer (gaming computers) my first build was back in 2006-2007 December-Janurary. Since then I have been gaming on laptops forking out around 1500 each time for a low-medium end gaming laptop (waste of money I know). So I have a max budget of $2500 atm I'm $800 below budget without a case.
Here's the link to my build, at first I was only focussing on aesthetics as air cooling is quit simple. The water cooling game however is a whole new ball park. Which case would be most friendly in terms of nod needing modding done to fit the radiator in (with a potentially second 240 due to potentially another GPU in the future.
Regards, Ahitmoth.
To save you opening other links, here's my build so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
GPU: MSI Radeon HD7950 3GB Overclocked
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
HDD: Corsair Force Series GT 60GB SSD AND Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 0F15629 500GB
MONITOR: Viewsonic VA2448M-LED 24in Widescreen LED Monitor
PSU: Silverstone Strider 750W Gold Evolution ST75F-G-E
CASE: TBD
COOLING:
XSPC RayStorm CPU Waterblock for Intel
XSPC RayStorm GPU Water Block
BitFenix Spectre Pro Black 120mm PWM Fan
XSPC RX360 Radiator
XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir and Pump Combo
PrimoChill PrimoFlex Pro LRT Tubing UV Red 1/2ID 3/4OD
+ others
Edited by ahimoth - 11/11/12 at 9:16pm
