- Mar 15, 2006
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Here's a quick question that I would've thought was a no-brainer but am not so sure about these days.
I've been using mid tower cases for years, particularly the CoolerMaster Centurion line - nice balance of features for a reasonable price. I'm building a new system soon and am going to upgrade the case to something slightly fancier, but I'm wondering if I need to shell out $$$ for a full tower. I really don't think that my hardware requires it, but I have maybe a centimeter to spare on my graphics card right now (an eVGA 8800 GTS, shortly going to be a Radeon 4870) and it's just a mess with cables going everywhere.
I will have:
- 1 WD VelociRaptor 300G
- 2 WD Caviar 600 GB
- 1 DVD Burner
- 1 Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870
- Intel Q9450 and 8G RAM on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Motherboard
- Corsair CMPSU-520HX 520W PSU
- TV card (PCI)
I'm doing 2 things to reduce clutter:
- Going to a modular PSU
- Getting rid of all IDE devices (currently an HD and a DVD burner I'm replacing) - no more ribbons
Is there any real advantage to going with a full tower - something like the Antec 1200 over the 900? It's tough to justify the extra cost for a big pile of extra space inside that I can't imagine I'll fill when the CoolerMaster centurions I've been using are -just- too tight.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
S
I've been using mid tower cases for years, particularly the CoolerMaster Centurion line - nice balance of features for a reasonable price. I'm building a new system soon and am going to upgrade the case to something slightly fancier, but I'm wondering if I need to shell out $$$ for a full tower. I really don't think that my hardware requires it, but I have maybe a centimeter to spare on my graphics card right now (an eVGA 8800 GTS, shortly going to be a Radeon 4870) and it's just a mess with cables going everywhere.
I will have:
- 1 WD VelociRaptor 300G
- 2 WD Caviar 600 GB
- 1 DVD Burner
- 1 Sapphire ATI Radeon 4870
- Intel Q9450 and 8G RAM on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P Motherboard
- Corsair CMPSU-520HX 520W PSU
- TV card (PCI)
I'm doing 2 things to reduce clutter:
- Going to a modular PSU
- Getting rid of all IDE devices (currently an HD and a DVD burner I'm replacing) - no more ribbons
Is there any real advantage to going with a full tower - something like the Antec 1200 over the 900? It's tough to justify the extra cost for a big pile of extra space inside that I can't imagine I'll fill when the CoolerMaster centurions I've been using are -just- too tight.
Any recommendations?
Thanks!
S