As I've said before, I am reluctant to increase the size of my design any further. I'm only thinking about catering for these larger motherboards because there are very few cases that can accommodate them.
To fit a quad rad in the bottom would mean increasing the depth of the case considerably. I am definitely drawing the line at 700mm!
It is possible to fit two PSU's as it is. One in the top and one in the bottom, but you would only be able to fit triple rads. To fit two PSU's in the bottom would mean mounting them vertically, and this would mean increasing the height of the bottom chamber. This is something I'm not prepared to do because I need to keep the top and bottom chambers with equal dimensions. If the chambers were of different heights, you would not be able to swap the side panels should you wish to use the inverted motherboard configuration. This is the reason why I didn't want to increase the size of the top chamber to cater for 140mm rads.Of course, I could increase the size of both chambers, but this would mean that, with the addition of the two PCI slots, the height of the case would be about 700mm. I feel that this is just too big. The case would be 700x700mm! Compare this to say the TJ07 which is 560x560mm, and you can understand what I'm saying. You also need to think about the added cost in materials. Anyway, I still haven't decided if I'm going to add the two PCI slots. I may get some interest from those who want a case for these large boards, but then I may put put others off because the case is just too damn big!
EDIT: Just a thought. With a little clever cable management and relocating the HDD's to say the optical drive bays. You could mount two PSU's vertically at the front of the centre section. This would then enable you to have two quad rads, one in the top and one in the bottom.![]()
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