Motherboard gets hot playing game... help?

[Shadowjump]

The case you said doesnt look bad, but like DigDog said, its an unknown company.

For the same kind of money, you can get for example a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-197-_-Product which is made by one of the most known companies.

 

[schmuckley]

You could:
A) lower your NB voltage.
B) decrease VRM switching frequency in BIOS (not good..but you could..)
C) Rig a fan to blow onto the NB and VRM heatsink.

I always keep a fan pointed @ or laying on the RAM/NB/VRM heatsinks

 

[Puffnstuff]

The case you said doesnt look bad, but like DigDog said, its an unknown company.

For the same kind of money, you can get for example a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-197-_-Product which is made by one of the most known companies.

I used a HAF 922 when I built my father's system and, while not as good as a HAF 932, it is better than a no name brand case. With that said the OP should avoid any case that has a door or cover on the front over the external drive bays. If you don't understand the terminology internal drive bays are the 3.5 hd bays and external are the 5.25 optical drive bays. Some of the cases mentioned also have fans that occupy the internal drive bays and require you to decide if you want hd's or fans in the space. Cooler master mounts their front fans in front of the internal drive bays so you don't have to worry about giving up drives for fans. The other thing to consider is the drive orientation in the internal bays. I prefer drives facing side to side making service easy. The old school drive bays faced front to rear and if you have to access them it is a pain forcing you to remove gpu's and other expansion cards to get to them. I also prefer my ps on the bottom of the case which helps to keep the center of gravity lower and keeps excess cables on the bottom instead of dangling all around. The op needs to think less about how cool it looks and more about the ergonomics of the design. Invest now in intelligent design so you don't have to spend later and have a case that will last you for years to come. Also make sure that whatever case you get has usb 3 front panel headers on it. Goodluck with your search and let us know how it all turns out for you.