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Will all of this fit in a mid ATX case?

Tachion

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My setup is about 3 years old now and I want to move it to a smaller case. It's currently in a full ATX tower, but it is a little too big for my tastes and, since I haven't done any computer tinkering in a while, I kind of want to move it to a smaller case.

Specs are as follows:

Full ATX case w/ 5 case fans
Asus P4P800 motherboard
Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
1024MB DDR2 RAM
2 160GB SATA drives
1 200 GB IDE Drive
1 100 GB IDE Drive
Radeon 9800 Pro (128mb)
Lite-On DVD Drive
Lite-On DVD+/-RW Drive

Will all of this fit in a mid ATX case and still remain relatively cool?

When I initially built this rig, I had it in a mid ATX case but the motherboard ramped the CPU fan speed up so much that it literally sounded like a lawnmower, so I moved to the beast of a case I currently have. Since then, I added this fan/heatsink combo for the heck of it, so I'm guessing that this could all probably fit in a mid ATX case now. The hard drives seem like the only thing that could be a problem, but I could lose one of those if absolutely necessary. Also, if all of this could fit in a mid ATX case, is there a better CPU fan/heatsink combo that someone could recommend? I want to stick with relatively simple air cooling, if possible.

Thanks.
 
Looks like you should have no problem putting that in a mid-tower case. The "Arrgh, I didn't know the P180..." thread has my criteria for a basic case as well as a list of some that meet the criteria. And my Rosewill case thread has links. I generally like cases that mount the HDDs in the traditional orientation (IOW, front to rear rather than sidesaddle) for the least air blockage. But sidesaddle can work and should leave a bit more elbow room in the mobo space.
. IDK what your budget is or your "must have" features, so I can't make more specific recommendations, but a case like this: Maxtop Domino, (same case, more pix) , a maxi-mid would give you more elbow room for a high-spec system. The Enermax CS-10182 is similar. Or the Maxtop Dominos with 5" bays in the bottom - you'd want to buy a HDD cage like the Lian Li 4-drive unit or the Coolermaster 4-in-3 module for those.

.bh.
 
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