Recommend case with ample space for SLI watercooling?

[axis]

MCP655
2 x XSPC Razor 9800 GTX+ blocks
D-Tek V2
PA 120.3
Boat load of Scythe KAZE-JYUNI 1200rpm fans
Big bucket of water for the rez (still working on that)
7/16 tygon

All of that and then some would fit in a HAF 932, right out of the box, and would only be $160US. The side 230mm fan can be replaced with 4 120s if you wanted. The looks of it are what most seem to have different opinions about but I don't think it's too bad. Kinda mechanical looking but it looks like a lot of thought about air/watercooling and cable management went into the design. The cut out in the MB tray that allows you to swap CPU HS or waterblocks withouth taking the MB out is a VERY NICE touch.

Axis

[drbhatti]

as far as the HAF is concerned - place for 120.3 i believe uptop, but the side is what interests me. space for 120 x4 - probably space for a rad? but if so, the case will need to be deep enough to accomodate rad + cards, which it probably isnt.

[bluphysted]

I like it... but, again, the bottom PCI-e slot is up tight to the PSU below it.

Grrr...

It doesn't look like that PSU could moved to the top (where the little panel with 2 WC tube holes resides).

I don't get it.

All this space, and every manufacturer insists on crowding the mobo.

Also, if I did something like the HAF you mentioned, I reckon I would lay it horizontally. Those full cover water GTX waterblocks are heavy!

[voigts]

There are plenty of cases on the market, but few of them, if any, actually do what I want. I initially approached my recent first crack at water cooling with the idea that I was going to build my own case, but I just want to get my computer back together again, for cryin out loud.

You are feeling the exact same thing as me, which is why I built my own case. It was a lot of work though, but the end result is something that I am very pleased with, and it fits exactly to my specs.

The only cases I've seen that I would even consider are some of the Lian Li cases and the Mountain Mods cases, but in my case, I am limited in size to what will fit inside of my desk. The agreement me and my wife have is that whatever I come up with, it has to look nice and fit inside of the desk.

[Bobly]

There's also the Lian Li PC-V2010 which I'm thinking of getting:


That one should in theory fit a 480 rad in the bottom, and regarding the GPU look if you drilled a whole in the midplate you could have your tubing coming out of the second GPU just go straight down into the second compartment.