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How about a "good" experience with a case for an eATX Mobo?

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Ack19105

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Many posts on AT bemoaning cases that are supposed to accommodate mobos with an eATX form factor, but really don't, or that force one to make undesirable compromises.

I'm getting a couple of the new Opteron 6174 12-core CPU's and will put them on an ASUS KGPE-D16 mobo, which is eATX, along with an nVidia GTX 580 video, and at least 3 large hard drives (this is a serious work machine). I've assembled many ATX desktop machines, but this is my first server-level machine, and my first eATX board.

Someone please recommend a case that can handle these components.

What should I do for CPU cooling?
 
i had a great experience with a case i got from Comp Geeks about 10 years ago.

it had a Pentium Pro motherboard, and it was low-profile. it could take an EATX motherboard but still wasn't over-big.

BUT ... in a house-cleaning session i stupidly threw it out.

a year or 2 later, i bought an EATX motherboard ... and then i found out that EATX cases can cost $200 easy.

this case is at least cheap, for an EATX case -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811182566
 
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