Hello,
I have been looking at a lot of cases. I have just not been able to find one for a decent price that had a lots of room for some extreme water cooling or dual mother boards. The closest I could find was Mountain Mods, but the price was to much for the configuration I wanted. So I went to a Fab Shop I use for for work to see what roughly what it would cost me to have them fabricate a case similar to one of Mountain Mods. To my surprise it was was going to be close to $250 less for a 18GA Stainless Steel case similar to a Mountain Mods if I did all the needed cad drawings, which isn't a problem for me.
Right now I'm having a hard time deciding the positioning and configuration for the motherboard tray. So I figured i would get input form everyone here. So here are the rough configuration I'm considering.
Single board Vertical Layout:
Pros: Lots of room for Radiators and other cooling components.
Cons: No Second motherboard, so if i ever run 2 computers at once I would need a another case.
Single board horizantal:
Pros: Lots of room for Radiators and other cooling components. As well as able to work on things with out having to fight gravity some times when you use a vertical layout.
Cons: No Second motherboard, so if i ever run 2 computers at once I would need a another case, could be difficult to work on if I stack more then 1 case (which it's designed to do).
Dual board Vertical Layout:
Pro: Dual motherboard. No need for second case.
Cons: Much less room for cooling components.
Dual board L Layout:
Pro: Dual motherboard. No need for second case.
Cons: Less room for cooling components.
I have been looking at a lot of cases. I have just not been able to find one for a decent price that had a lots of room for some extreme water cooling or dual mother boards. The closest I could find was Mountain Mods, but the price was to much for the configuration I wanted. So I went to a Fab Shop I use for for work to see what roughly what it would cost me to have them fabricate a case similar to one of Mountain Mods. To my surprise it was was going to be close to $250 less for a 18GA Stainless Steel case similar to a Mountain Mods if I did all the needed cad drawings, which isn't a problem for me.
Right now I'm having a hard time deciding the positioning and configuration for the motherboard tray. So I figured i would get input form everyone here. So here are the rough configuration I'm considering.
Single board Vertical Layout:
Pros: Lots of room for Radiators and other cooling components.
Cons: No Second motherboard, so if i ever run 2 computers at once I would need a another case.
Single board horizantal:
Pros: Lots of room for Radiators and other cooling components. As well as able to work on things with out having to fight gravity some times when you use a vertical layout.
Cons: No Second motherboard, so if i ever run 2 computers at once I would need a another case, could be difficult to work on if I stack more then 1 case (which it's designed to do).
Dual board Vertical Layout:
Pro: Dual motherboard. No need for second case.
Cons: Much less room for cooling components.
Dual board L Layout:
Pro: Dual motherboard. No need for second case.
Cons: Less room for cooling components.
