Posted September 6, 2023 High all, I've got a buddy with this pc that I am trying to help identify an upgrade path for. I can't seem to find anything on this pc. The things I know are it is a prebuilt from ibuypower sometime in 2017 is was apparently classified as the "Gamer Paladin" package (including an i7-7700k, asus gtx 1070, asus prime z270-k). The biggest thing I am trying to figure out is the max card length for a GPU card. Anything I look up on google or archived sites doesn't show anything for this package or this case. I tried looking up Rosewill or Thermaltake cases with similar color schemes but nothing. Any help would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, Mideval135 said: The biggest thing I am trying to figure out is the max card length for a GPU card. Why not just use a measuring tape and measure? I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems. I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. Project Hot Box CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tb, CORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR Oppbevaring CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans Why is the 5800x so hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said: Why not just use a measuring tape and measure? This. If your friend is in physical possession of the case he could determine the max GPU length more accurately than specs listed on a website could, since those things often have a millimeter or two of error or "wiggle room." Are those actually knobs on the front or just big buttons? Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy. If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear. Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASRock X570 PG Velocita | PowerColor Red Devil RX 6900 XT | 4x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mt/s CL16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 I'm fairly confident that this is an iBuyPower ARC 648 case. Unfortunately, there's very little information online about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said: Why not just use a measuring tape and measure? I do not think Millennials and younger know how to do this. "Do what makes the experience better" - in regards to PCs and Life itself. Onyx : AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d / MSI 6900xt Gaming X Trio / Gigabyte B650 AORUS Pro AX / G. Skill Flare X5 6000CL36 32GB / Samsung 980 1TB x3 / Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 850 / EK-AIO 360 Basic / Fractal Design North XL (black mesh) / AOC AGON 35" 3440x1440 100Hz / Mackie CR5BT / Corsair Virtuoso SE / Cherry MX Board 3.0 / Logitech G502 7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi Raven: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x3d - ASRock B550M Pro4 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - XFX Radeon RX6650XT - Samsung 980 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB - TP-Link AC600 USB Wifi - Gigabyte GP-P450B PSU - Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L - Samsung 27" 1080p Plex : AMD Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24" 1080p Steam Deck 512GB OLED OnePlus: OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green Other Tech: - 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified. - Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen - MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti - Ubiquiti Amplifi HD mesh wifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, BeefSupreme said: I'm fairly confident that this is an iBuyPower ARC 648 case. Unfortunately, there's very little information online about it. I think you're right. Did you find this old reddit thread? The pic is small but it certainly looks like the same thing or very close, except the reddit poster's had an optical drive. I also found a listing for an iBuyPower system with the same case on some sketchy rent-to-own site. Ah, and here it is sold at WalMart once upon a time: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=52593204 Most of the old iBuyPower prebuilts that come up if I search for "iBuyPower Paladin" are obviously using NZXT cases from the era, sometimes with slight modification. My guess is that the "ARC 648" is also an NZXT chassis with a custom front fascia and top cladding. Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy. If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear. Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASRock X570 PG Velocita | PowerColor Red Devil RX 6900 XT | 4x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mt/s CL16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, Middcore said: I think you're right. Did you find this old reddit thread? The pic is small but it certainly looks like the same thing or very close, except the reddit poster's had an optical drive. Yeah, this is where I sourced my info. Shoutout to Redditors oversharing seven years ago. 10 minutes ago, Middcore said: Most of the old iBuyPower prebuilts that come up if I search for "iBuyPower Paladin" are obviously using NZXT cases from the era, sometimes with slight modification. My guess is that the "ARC 648" is also an NZXT chassis with a custom front fascia and top cladding. Yeah, at this point he should probably just whip out the tape measure, lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2023 Author Thanks all for the assistance. I must have missed that reddit post @Middcore because that looks exactly alike. That's the same case my buddy has. As for measuring it, that was the first option, but what I really wanted to figure out was if there was a manual (for such info as longest GPU length, CPU cooler height, ect.)for the case and if the bays inside could be removed for more clearance. He only has the bottom slots occupied and the rest are just empty space. As is, it looks like he's only got about 20mm of extra card room. All this because of Starfield... Thanks again all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) i beleave the 4090 asus strics is the longest? might even be longer then some of thows 2 cards in one deal... nvm the AORUS GeForce RTX™ 4090 MASTER 24G is like slightly longer... Edited September 7, 2023 by thrasher_565 I have dyslexia plz be kind to me. dont like my post dont read it or respond thx also i edit post alot because you no why... Thrasher_565 hub links build logs Corsair Lian Li Bykski Barrow thermaltake nzxt aquacomputer 5v argb pin out guide + argb info 5v device to 12v mb header Odds and Sods Argb Rgb Links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said: i beleave the 4090 asus strics is the longest? might even be longer then some of thows 2 cards in one deal... The "two GPU chips on one card" monstrosities that were a thing for a while are moderately sized compared to modern flagships. The GTX 690 (two 680 chips on one card) was "only" 279mm (11 inches) long! Nowadays AIB's slap coolers longer than that on cards that aren't even at the top of the product stack. I'm looking at you, XFX! Although I think Asus might deserve blame for starting this trend by using a three-fan Strix cooler design that was the same length (although not the same thickness) on Nvidia cards from the 1080 ti down to the 1060 6GB and on AMD cards from the 5700 XT down to the 580 8GB. Apart from making it needlessly hard to fit middle-of-the-road cards in some budget cases, this also makes it harder to tell cards apart visually and therefore easier for scammers to scam people. /rant Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy. If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear. Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASRock X570 PG Velocita | PowerColor Red Devil RX 6900 XT | 4x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mt/s CL16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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