Case to fit 8800GTX + 6 SATA Drives

kingfetty · Post by **kingfetty** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:45 am

Title says it all,

Need a case that will fit the GTX and 6 sata drives, stay cool enough to overclock.

musicinmybrain · Post by **musicinmybrain** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:19 am

The Antec P180B is the usual recommendation for a quiet, easy-to-cool large mid-tower. It has the six internal HDD bays you need, and Newegg has it crazy cheap this weekend ($80 after rebates).

kingfetty · Post by **kingfetty** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:20 am

It doesn't fit the GTX card though.

musicinmybrain · Post by **musicinmybrain** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:30 am

Hmm, I didn't realize that. Yeah, apparently it fits great but you can't put a drive in the slot in the upper hard drive bay opposing it. The upper bay holds 2 of the 6 possible drives.

Couldn't you get around that by removing the upper drive cage so the 8800GTX fit, then using some kind of adapter kit (random cheap example) and mounting a couple of the drives in 5.25" bays? You'd still have two bays left for optical drives.

ame · Post by **ame** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:34 am

try mounting 4 on the bottom and one or two on the 5.25 bays (maybe using silentdrive...)
or you could go with the 900

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:14 pm

Coolermaster Stacker. That is not per say recomended case, but with appriate fan selection you can make it quiet. Fitting large number of HDD's and GTX will not be a problem.

kingfetty · Post by **kingfetty** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:46 pm

thejamppa wrote:Coolermaster Stacker. That is not per say recomended case, but with appriate fan selection you can make it quiet. Fitting large number of HDD's and GTX will not be a problem.

Way Pricey!

Can anyone offer advice, thoughts on the following:

SILVERSTONE TEMJIN SST-TJ06S
XCLIO A380PLUS
GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570
XCLIO Windtunnel

miahallen · Post by **miahallen** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:48 pm

kingfetty wrote:
thejamppa wrote:Coolermaster Stacker. That is not per say recomended case, but with appriate fan selection you can make it quiet. Fitting large number of HDD's and GTX will not be a problem.

Way Pricey!

Can anyone offer advice, thoughts on the following:

SILVERSTONE TEMJIN SST-TJ06S
XCLIO A380PLUS
GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570
XCLIO Windtunnel

I think most people think when you ask this kind of question here, they assume you want quiet components...but based on the options you listed, it makes me think your not too concerned with noise. So in that case, I would go with the Silverstone. But really, it's all about personal preference, I would choose the Silverstone based purely on the lower "bling" factor. But if you like that sort of thing, I guess you'd probably prefer one of the others.

I have the P180b, and I have room for 7 HDDs & I have a 8800GTX installed. I have room to install a second GTX for SLI if I wanted to.

kingfetty · Post by **kingfetty** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:21 pm

How did you get your GTX in the p180?

miahallen · Post by **miahallen** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:35 pm

kingfetty wrote:How did you get your GTX in the p180?

Check my post here.
And you can see where I made room for up to three extra HDDs here (look at the fourth post from the top).

kingfetty · Post by **kingfetty** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:59 pm

I like your thinking, I might go that way.

NyteOwl · Post by **NyteOwl** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:38 pm

Another option would be to look at cases like the Antec Titan

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=91561

Or some of the cases from California PC Products

http://www.calpc.com/catalog/contents.html

The latter's products aren't fancy but do lend themselves to easy customizing.

Solmiester · Post by **Solmiester** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:36 am

kingfetty wrote:
thejamppa wrote:Coolermaster Stacker. That is not per say recomended case, but with appriate fan selection you can make it quiet. Fitting large number of HDD's and GTX will not be a problem.

Way Pricey!

Can anyone offer advice, thoughts on the following:

SILVERSTONE TEMJIN SST-TJ06S
XCLIO A380PLUS
GIGABYTE 3D Aurora 570
XCLIO Windtunnel

May I recommend the TJ-06.......