Thanks, Arthur and dro!

Okay ... onto testing option 2 today. I have the Rampage Extreme board that I started with over a year ago. Always liked the color combos on the board, and since I've recently rescued it via RMA, I need a place for it to live.


My Red & Black Rampage Ex combo (before it was the cool thing to do with the influx of the Classified builds):







In the BP (hey, glad that's not censored anymore!)







An ATX board definitely fills the space better than the Micro. BUT - what were they thinking????







That looks like a fair amount of space between the top of the board and the top of the case - think again --- less than an inch! Definitely not a good idea for this board.







And what about this plate ... can it be removed completely and still have the midplate supported properly?







Then there's the area behind the motherboard tray - a case as big as a couch should have room for cable management, right?







The thickness you have to work with is about as much as half a standard 4-pin molex connector:






I'm not feelin' the love for this case right now. Why do we need 9.5" in the bottom section, and only 1" between the mb and top of the case? Guess it works well for multiple HDs. But, on to option 3 tomorrow ...





OT *Warning* At least my husband had a more productive day. He planted a bunch of new trees -