Which case for an O.C desktop?

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shocksalot

Bronze Level Poster
Cant decide which case to get for an O.C build, thermals are the biggest concern here.

heres my build:

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£72)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD OVERCLOCK THERMAL PASTE
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Case budget of £130

Important note: the machine will have to be left running at 100% CPU usage for prolonged periods of time for Rendering out Maya scenes.

Im tempted to go for the Coolmaster sniper.

Let me know any thoughts/advice/experience you have.
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
the sniper, raven and haf x are good for that. you should check your ambient room temps too as if its warm quite tricky or hard to achieve the good low temps you would expect. you should get the artic thermal paste as it will lower some extra temps on the cpu :)
 
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liamnic2

Super Star
The HAF-X. Its massive on the inside with dust filters everywhere and it has big fans. And you can remove the unused hard drive bays which can increase airflow by a good amount. + With the space inside you can put your ALC on the top of the case instead of replacing the back fan or you can replace the back fan and intall an extra 200mm fan.

You can have 4x200mm fans and 1x120mm fan, you cant get anybetter airflow
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
I would go for the Raven 03 or Raven 02
Or maybe go for the Corsair 650D.
Whatever you do don't go for the haf-x, its ugly.
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
lol the raven has really good cooling the way its designed. if not go for the sniper or if you can, grab the corsair 600t. not sure why pcs dont stock them no more as they are real good cases.
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
Fear said:
How dare you.........:p
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No offence but it is in the top 10 of ugliest pc cases in history. Its ranked 3rd.

:tt2:

Btw if yuou don't want to go for the Raven go for the corsair 650D, another option is saving a bit of cash and going for haf 912 or 922 or cm 690 II
 
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Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
bg92 said:
No offence but it is in the top 10 of ugliest pc cases in history. Its ranked 3rd.

:tt2:
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Proof where is your proof i demand proof...............unless you can provide me with evidence to use against you i will take no notice of any hurtful remarks to my lady :p
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
Fear said:
Proof where is your proof i demand proof...............unless you can provide me with evidence to use against you i will take no notice of any hurtful remarks to my lady :p
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I'll show you proof but not now.







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