New build, Mid-tower or Full-tower

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jsimon

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Hello everyone, I am going to college next year and I am building a computer to take with me. This is the 5th or so computer i've built, but the first one that is going to use a lot of power and produce an enourmous amount of heat.

So I was wondering which kind of tower Mid or Full would be best choice, I would of course prefer mid because it takes up less space, but T own both a mid and a full tower and like them both. (might be a little more cramped in a dorm room)

Here are the specs:

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813141005

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036

Video Card: SLI x2 (maybe 3 in the future) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150252

I also might get the XXX edition, but I believe it creates more heat and noise

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148278
I also have 2 other hard drives both 250gig that are from old computers that I will be putting in as well, they are regular 7200 RPM drives

PSU: Haven't decieded on which one yet, will depend on case... but it will be at least 750 WATT

So I am assuming this rig is going to generate a ton of heat and was wondering if anyone could make some suggestions about which case and fans...etc

Thanks,
Jason

EDIT: also hooking up a sound card and maybe killer network card
 
Most any decent cooling mid or full tower would work fine assuming you have at least 2-3 120mm fans in it and you have aftermarket coolers. Not like your rig is going to be an ungodly heat machine or anything, pretty standard gaming system now.

The Antec 900 is very nice for cooling, I would check out that, the 1200 as well.
 
Well the only reason I thought it was going to produce a lot of heat is because underneath a desk, one of my computers can basically be a heater for my room and that computer doesn't compare to this one.
 
can't use 3 8800 gt's in tri sli, only 8800gtx, 8800 ultra, and the 9800gtx posess the the ability to tri sli, and the antec 900 or the thermaltake armour mx+ i think is a mid tower
 
yea i realized that when i just checked the pci express slots, 2 of them are 2.0 and the other is 1.0

So the Antec 900 is looking pretty good for me, now what about upgrading heatsinks, etc...
 
What heatsinks do you want to upgrade?

For video card, I would go with the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 or the Zalman VF900 (the S1 is the dominant cooler here, but it's also really big).

As for CPU cooler, look for the Arctic Cooling Freezer pro 7 if you don't want to pay a lot. The Tuniq Tower is great if you have a larger budget and the Ultra-120 Extreme is the best of the best.
 
I still have about 500$ left in my budget for the computer, so those heatsinks should work fine... and while i'm in this thread does anyone have suggestions for the computer parts?

I was thinking about getting a Q6600 or Q6700 instead of the E8500..

Suggestions would be great.
 
I would look at a quad-core over a dual-core if you are looking to possibly use SLi in the future. Especially when figuring in overclocking, even if you never went SLi, you would have plenty of clock speed to have no problems gaming. At least at the moment, games are gpu bound.
 
I like full towers because they are really roomy and with the ever-increasing size of graphics cards its good to have a little extra space for the future.
 
The only problem i have with a full tower for my new build is that i am going to be living in a dorm room next year and i want as much room as possible... and I already have a 24" monitor thats going to take up some room.
 
jsimon said:
The only problem i have with a full tower for my new build is that i am going to be living in a dorm room next year and i want as much room as possible... and I already have a 24" monitor thats going to take up some room.
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I lived in a dorm when attending university. The space gained by going mid-tower over full-tower is so insignificant in regards to your situation that I find it laughable. In all honesty, you would likely be giving up exactly zero realistic, actual usable space by going with a full-tower. If you have things set up pinpoint to a T and find the full-tower to be a detriment relative to your unique arrangements, you need to get the hell out of your dorm room for awhile.

Have fun at college. :)
 
I'd say the Tuniq Tower and the Ultra Extreme are pretty much equal... But, me being biased, I'd go for the Tuniq Tower. Also, I can vouch for the Antec 900 being great...

If you want, I can post up some pictures of the Tuniq Tower in the Antec 900?
 
Kornowski said:
I'd say the Tuniq Tower and the Ultra Extreme are pretty much equal... But, me being biased, I'd go for the Tuniq Tower. Also, I can vouch for the Antec 900 being great...

If you want, I can post up some pictures of the Tuniq Tower in the Antec 900?
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Sorry, Tuniq Tower doesn't stack up :P.
 
Ok i'm gonna get the Antec 900 Nvidia edition (gotta love the green) .... now will the majority of heatsinks fit in any case because some of them look rather large.
 
Steelshivan said:
I lived in a dorm when attending university. The space gained by going mid-tower over full-tower is so insignificant in regards to your situation that I find it laughable. In all honesty, you would likely be giving up exactly zero realistic, actual usable space by going with a full-tower. If you have things set up pinpoint to a T and find the full-tower to be a detriment relative to your unique arrangements, you need to get the hell out of your dorm room for awhile.

Have fun at college. :)
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Haha this is true. From my experiences in college a full tower vs a mid-tower is really non existent. Finding a place for your tower will be a chore as well, at least it was for some of my friends when they were moving in, some just put it under their desk and kicked it around because they had no foot room :P
 
Yea the dorm rooms where I am going are bigger than most i've seen, but regardless i'd like to keep it as small as possible.
 
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