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Looking for Case < 17.5"Dx17"Hx9" W with a 4850/4870 card - doable?

arfows

Junior Member
Gents,
Looking for recs for a case with the specs as in the title. Looking for a miracle case here. I am short on space under my desk and unfortunately these are the limits I have. I was wondering if all of the new cards are 10.5" long...if so I may be out of luck. Also plan to OC the proc a bit...looking for a miracle case here that can accomodate my setup.

Desired specs:
Case size - <17.5" D x 17"H x 9" Wide -- can go up to 19" D if i absolutely have to, but have to stick to <9" on the width

Video card will be a HD 485 or 4870 -- will only be using 1 card.

Plan to OC the Proc

Would like at least 2 if not 4 front USB ports.

Need no more than 3 HD slots

120mm fan slots preferred

Budget < ~ $125

Thanks in advance!


 
Rosewill R5600 series or R6A series - more 6A styles under Compucase on the Egg. Tagan may have a case similar to the CM 590.

.bh.

 

Thanks for the input thus far, think I've narrowed it down a bit:

Here are the three cases I am currently considering (unless someone else has a better one in mind):

Thermaltake Armor+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811133062

Coolermaster Mystique RC632S-KKN1GP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119129

Lian Li PC-K7B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811112154

HEC 6AR6BS2F
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...e&bop=And&Pagesize=100

Thoughts? Ideas? Plan on mid-level OC'ing and a 4850, but need it to be quiet as well. Thanks!
 
That Armor case is fugly and really big, plus if one door wasn't bad enough...

The Mystique looks okay, but I'm not sure how big of a card it can fit. It looks like it will almost fit a 10.5" card.

I have that Lian Li case (look for my review a few days ago in this forum). Very decent and will fit a GTX 260 (which is what I installed in mine).

The HEC case is a classic! However, it is kind of short for long video cards and may not fit any card longer than 9.75".
 
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