New case/motherboard

[BloodOmen]

Suggestions? need a new case because the legs/side fan(hardwired to the case so cant be replaced) and one of the grates is fucked (thanks son!) and my motherboard has had issues with networking lately + my mate reckons its possibly shorting my PC as he plugged a USB cable into it and it made a buzzy noise before BSOD.

what I was looking at

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-100-CS - £69.95 - Case (seems spacious enough/good air flow)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI - £76.99 - Motherboard (fits the ram I already have/1600mhz dd3/16gig)

 

[caLLous]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-268-LL&groupid=2362&catid=187

How much space do you need for stuff?

 

[BloodOmen]

About 10inches or so for the gfx card, that's the biggest bit really. CPU cooler is low profile so would fit in anything probably.

 

[caLLous]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-266-LL&groupid=2362&catid=187

Max card size 280mm. As you can tell, I do like Lian-Li cases. They look classy as hell, I find most other brands look tacky in comparison.

 

[BloodOmen]

Bit of an odd design, never tried Lian-Li cases myself. I assume the PSU goes under the HDD cages?

 

[caLLous]

Yep, and you can take that HDD cage out to fit in longer graphics cards.

This one (the A04B) is more conventional (I actually have this one).

 

[Athan]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-100-CS - £69.95 - Case (seems spacious enough/good air flow)

That's the case I've been eyeing up for a new build. After watching the Linus Tech Tips reviews of a few it looks like it is spacious enough, and with good cable management, plus available mounts to add more fans if needs be. It does also have plenty of space for longer graphics cards.

Oh and it's currently slightly cheaper at ebuyer: http://www.ebuyer.com/351501-corsair-carbide-300r-case-cc-9011014-ww
although that motherboard is £10 more expensive, so overclockers the better deal overall.

 

[Cadelin]

Two weeks ago I brought (£45.98):
http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-200r-compact-atx-case

It is a fantastic case so I assume the model up will be even better.

 

[BloodOmen]

Yea, I was looking at the 200R first but I prefer the side fan locations on the 300R.

 

[TdC]

Dude I have the 540R, which while not a miditower per-se, is of the same make. I can say they make some cracking cases. Only thing I am displeased about on mine is that the SSD "container" is positioned directly above the PSU even though there's a tonne of space to put it elsewhere. Other than that, Corsair 10/10 tbh.

 

[dlyan]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Graphite-Compact-Windowed-Computer/dp/B00EWHOIN2

i have 1 of these in rebel orange.takes my gtx 770 no probs at all.

 

[dysfunction]

Dude I have the 540R, which while not a miditower per-se, is of the same make. I can say they make some cracking cases. Only thing I am displeased about on mine is that the SSD "container" is positioned directly above the PSU even though there's a tonne of space to put it elsewhere. Other than that, Corsair 10/10 tbh.

Does this cause problems with the SSD?
I love the look of this case and I am seriously considering buying one.

 

[caLLous]

You can do anything with an SSD, stick it on a bit of velcro on the side of the hard drive cage if they don't provide a logical place for it.

 

[Raven]

I have a big fuck off Comos-S which pisses me off no end, its too damn big. Absolutely silent though.

 

[TdC]

Does this cause problems with the SSD?
I love the look of this case and I am seriously considering buying one.

I don't know! It's very likely fine otherwise Corsair would never have done it... it's just something I object to.

 

[BloodOmen]

Something silent would be nice, had bad past experiences with a pre-noise dampened cases tho got one awhile back and everything was overheating because the airflow was terrible on it... was silent as fuck though, you literally wouldnt know it was turned on were it not for the LED's on the fans.

 

[BloodOmen]

Gone with original choice in the end, just keep reading good things about the 300R, just need to make it child proof now.... son is now in the terrible 2's so he's hyper most of the time.