Should I get expensive case?

[Ahmadovich]

May I install this build in 1 fan Case ? or it have to be with more than 1 ?
i5 4440
Sapphire R9 270 Dual-x Boost
Ga-Z87x-d3h
RipjawsX 8GB (1x8) 1866
Seasonic ECO 500W
note : PSU isn't Modular

 

[Deders]

You should at least have an exhaust fan, preferably out the back. If you find your graphics card is reaching 95c you will get better performance by keeping it cooler.

If you aren't overclocking your i5 you should be ok but still worth monitoring just in case.

Personally I wouldn't want it going above 80c if at all possible.

 

[Charlie98]

That's an ATX board so it's going to have to go into a pretty big case... and unless you really cheap out on the case I would think a decent one would come with at least an intake and exhaust fan.

You don't necessarily need and 'expensive' case, just one with the features you want.

What is the budget you have for your case? You have some nice hardware there...

 

[Essence_of_War]

You don't need an expensive case to get excellent cooling and good build quality:

Carbide 300R for $40, AR.

The Carbide 300R is a solid choice at around $80. It's almost too-good-to-be-true at $40.

 

[piasabird]

There are thousands of ATX cases.

 

[cantholdanymore]

You need a good looking case
When I built my PC the case was the item that took me more time to decide on. After all that's what you'll be looking at every day.

 

[Jacky60]

I would buy the most expensive you can afford. At least you will have bragging rights.

 

[JEDIYoda]

It is your computer! get whatever you want!! Now that wasn`t hard was it!!

 

[moonbogg]

Thermaltake has some nice looking mid sized cases. Budget is important, but if you are like me, looks are pretty important too. I like a good looking rig.

 

[Z15CAM]

Happy owner of a FRACTAL Design ARC Midi R2 for $70 On Sale in CDA - $10 cheaper in the USA through NCIX.

This case easily handles 2 x's 280x60x140 Rads and 9 x's 140 Fans (Hidden Top & Front) with minor mods - SUPER QUIET & great OC'g under water. This Case presently holds the OC'g record for an Intel i7 Processor and a Ref R9 290X in the Unigine and Valley & Heaven Scores with a single AMD GPU GFX Card in AnandTech Forums.

Read my specs below and it runs 24/7 - REALLY!!!!!!!!@!:
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i7 2700k/ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Gen3/Corsair H110 AIO running @ 1.032v/1600Mhz to 1.384v at 4800Mhz 24/7 between 32 to 67C, 16GB of Samsung MV-3V4G3D-US DDR3 at 1.34v/1866Mhz 9-9-9-24 1T with 4GB's assigned to a RAMDisk drive to handle Win7 64 slough to negate writes to the SSD, Samsung 840 Pro 256, 2 x's WD5001AALS HDD's in Raid-0, 1 x's WD1002FAEX 1TB, ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVDRW, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 PCIe, 2nd Intel NIC for Dual Networking, XFX 850W Pro Black Black Edition, XSPC RAZOR GA-R9 290X at 1250/1500, Koolance 401x2 RP with 280x60x140 Rad, Nactua 140 Fans, Fractal Design ARC Midi R2, QX2510 Samsung PLS 2560x1440 display at 120Hz.

TOTAL Investment on this Platform including 13% HST Tax Plus Shipping is approx $3,200 spent over a period of a year.
You would save over $500 if you ordered all the parts from one distributor with one shipment and if you're Native with a Status Card you will save another $1000.00 ;o)

 

[BonzaiDuck]

You need a good looking case
When I built my PC the case was the item that took me more time to decide on. After all that's what you'll be looking at every day.

Well, I've been there and done that. My "big adventure" build of 2007 made a '95 Compaq ProLiant look beautiful on 3" braked double-casters, mirrored case window and provisions for dual bottom and dual front 140mm fans with dual 120mm San Ace exhausts. And there are some cases with enhanced cooling features at the top end of the price-scale. And I "put the brakes on" when I started contemplating the prospect of having the entire case chrome-plated. It would be beautiful, but not so sure some prospective buyer would want a case that big.

Despite the mythology that aluminum significantly enhances cooling, aluminum is more for looks. I have one system in a CM Stacker Midtower.

But I also bought some CM HAF midtower models with the 200mm side-panel and top-panel fan option in addition to the 200mm front-panel intake. Those were less than half what I paid for the Stacker, although the Stacker can be easily modded to accommodate at least one 200mm intake fan.

People say the HAFs are ugly, or "they have too much plastic," but for your budget SECC steel case, it comes with the tool-less features and the cooling potential -- I believe -- is often not completely tapped by owners for the extra chump change and effort it would take.

We now see not only mATX motherboards but ITX, and we can't say what the future brings -- the HAF 915 and "stackable" complements may or may not be that future.

So it gets down to this. You can spend $250 or more on a really fine case. From past experience, you can recycle it into the most recent computer building project. But if I can get top-end cooling and accommodations from something like the HAF 922, I'd rather spend my money on the difference between a GTX 770 and a GTX 780 graphics card.

That's especially true if you have a household of three users and as many as five desktops to service, maintain, and occasionally - upgrade or replace.

 

[Tweakin]

...This Case presently holds the OC'g record for an Intel i7 Processor and a Ref R9 290X in the Unigine and Valley & Heaven Scores with a single AMD GPU GFX Card in AnandTech Forums...

Do you really think the case has anything to do with the record........

 

[aigomorla]

Do you really think the case has anything to do with the record........

slapping an intel sticker on the side doesnt increase your overclock by 20%!?!?!

NOOOOOOOOOO~ tell me it aint so!

^ sarcasm... plz dont take offense to any of it.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

slapping an intel sticker on the side doesnt increase your overclock by 20%!?!?!

NOOOOOOOOOO~ tell me it aint so!

^ sarcasm... plz dont take offense to any of it.

I think Z15CAM has some grey hair around his temples; so he's probably chuckling about it. He knows enough about his system and he'd been employed in the tech industry for some years.

It's a matter of perspective. If you ever extensively modded an old IBM-beige case from the '90s, it would be a partial experience of building a case. One guy hung all his parts in a picture frame with tastefully applied LED or neon lighting. then he stuck the frame and panel on his wall. Maybe there were pictures shown here in the forums.

The only problem I have with extensive modding projects is they have to be reused for several sequential systems or you didn't get the "R-O-I" in the application of your "human capital." So, like my HAFs, if I can find a $100 case that requires minimal dremeling, tapping holes for screws and so on to achieve my cooling objectives, I'll prefer it to an aluminum "object-d'art." And you're not as eager to apply your dremel or tapping tool to the $300 art masterpiece.

 

[Ahmadovich]

thanks for Replies
I will get CM N300 or CM K380
Which one is better in your opinion ?

 

[Agent11]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146075

I have a water cooled six core shoe horned into this inexpensive black monolith of reasonable proportions.