Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
This fits a 360 front and top but does not fit the optical drive criteria. Most modern cases won't fit that criteria.

Took me a while to finally ween myself off my blue ray player and ditch optical bays. You can can always go the external route as that's what most people who still need one do.

Cooling wise I think you will like the 5800x. Easy to tame temps and maximize clocks. Price wise ehh I've already explained my personal opinion on that and its solely based on the rest of the product stack and those products pricing.

My cooling requirement breakdown is this

5600x 240mm aio
5800x 280/360mm aio
5900x custom loop 360mm min
5950x custom loop 360+

This is of course if you want to get the max potential out of the cpu's and just my personal opinion having used them.
i already have a custom 360 rad loop just for cpu cooling, running in my sig system.
it is hard to let go or discard my bluray writer/burner. I had to settle for the 5800x after reading about thermal problems on the 5950x and 5900x. I will be playing cold war and apex legends on the rig. i woun?t be streaming and no content creation.
Thanks once more for you advice. I will still be on the look out for a case.