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Thankyou for that recommendation, I'll put the R6 on the backup list so I at least have 1 case for certain

Hello, trying to find a case for this motherboard which won't end up with me losing access to cable routing holes because of overlap. Its a wider than normal eatx board apparently. Originally looked at the 011dynamic but I think there would be too much overhang across the grommets and fans. Obsidian 1000D would fit but would be enormously empty. Started looking at the CoolerMaster c700m but unlike other cases I can't find a motherboard overlay diagram for it - I know that my motherboard is ~5mm wider (10.9in/27.686cm vs 10.7in/27.178cm) than their eatx size 'allowed' but at the same time I have no idea if a standard eatx in the c700m would be right up to the edge of the cable grommets, or already overlapping them slightly, or whatever. So that 5mm might mean nothing or could mean disaster. Dum dum dummmmm. Anyone got any ideas? 1000D is awesome but so much money to spend on fans with that case. Iv seen photos of the board happily living in the older 900D but with no usb3/c I forget which it lacks that's a bit redundant. EDIT**** The 500D SE is still my fav case, but again it would be 5mm too big by their own eatx limits, but I wonder would that 5mm make so much difference to routing cables..depends how wide the grommet holes are in the first place I guess Pic I found of the interior of the c700m is attached if it helps! Thanks!

Thank's for that, had no idea so I will carry on researching - seems like x8 x8 is a limit of the z390 boards Iv read manuals for so far but I'll carry on

Thank's pal!

Hey guys, firstly let me say I did do a quick check on the forums but couldn't find this exact question but apologies if others know better and can point me there: So, I'm getting 2 2080ti cards, obviously with some nice NVlink bridge in there. Just been checking out the manual for a couple of z390 boards (guess that means I need to get the 9900k) and I see that the new Asus Maximus Hero XI states that as soon as a second slot is used the x16 will drop to x8, so...unless I'm mistaken that means the cards will always be running in 8x 8x. I looked up a Gigabyte manual and it stated 'The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16slot.When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode' which I think translates to x8 x8 (????) Is this going to be an issue? Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated! thanks chaps.