PC Upgrade / Inverted atx??!

[Honest Work]

Budget (including currency): Around $500 AUSSIE 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming; FPS + AAA

SPECS:   Ram: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2x16GB) RGB C40 5200MHz DDR5 DRAM - White

                Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite AX LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard (GA-B760-AORUS-ELITE-AX)

                AIO: DeepCool LS520 240mm Premium ARGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler (R-LS520-BKAMNT-G-1)

                PSU: Corsair 850W RM850x 80+ Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

                Case: Antec DF800 Flux Mid Tower ATX Gaming Case (DF800-FLUX)

                SSD: Crucial P3 1TB CT1000P3SSD8 PCIe Gen3 M.2 2280 NVMe

                CPU: Intel Core i7 13700F 16 Core LGA 1700 5.20GHz CPU Processor

                GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WindForce OC 12G Graphics Card

Problem: My case's rgb is broken (when i tried to fix it broke the 2 pin cable), and as my pc is on the left side of my desk, as to not knock it over whilst playin vr, so i ask; 1. What case should I get? (Inverted ATX) i was looking at Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO ATX but it is quite expensive and has no case fans 2. Should I get a white pc case? (my keyboard and mat are white) 3. What is a relatively inexpenise high storage drive to keep videos and downloads in? 4. Should i upgrade anything? AIO? Cheers!

 

 

[ChrisLoudon]

39 minutes ago, Honest Work said:

i was looking at Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO ATX

EVO is very expensive but great for inverted and has a lovely upright GPU mount.

 

Its maybe a tad big for air cooled stuff or even a single AIO (components might look a little lost in such a big case) but if you can fill it, should look pretty sweet.

 

If you are thinking of getting into water cooling then its a great case for that.

 

Mine is inverted due to case being positioned to my left.

 

 

 

[Honest Work]

17 hours ago, ChrisLoudon said:

EVO is very expensive but great for inverted and has a lovely upright GPU mount.

 

Its maybe a tad big for air cooled stuff or even a single AIO (components might look a little lost in such a big case) but if you can fill it, should look pretty sweet.

 

If you are thinking of getting into water cooling then its a great case for that.

 

Mine is inverted due to case being positioned to my left.

 

 

 

that's a sweet case, Kinda scared to get into water cooling as don't know how expensive it gets, but would be sick to have it. any reconmendations as to a more affordable inverted case?

[ChrisLoudon]

5 hours ago, Honest Work said:

don't know how expensive it gets

Its gets VERY expensive. Just the water cooling bits alone can cost the same as the PC components. Ruinously expensive, but great fun.

 

5 hours ago, Honest Work said:

any reconmendations as to a more affordable inverted case?

Just did a quick Google and the options are all pretty expensive.

 

Kinda strange that pretty much ALL PCs appear to favour a single orientation and to 'flip' it, it costs an arm-and-a-leg

 

https://www.easypc.io/pc-cases/inverted/

 

The O11 Evo is only £140 here in the UK which is actually pretty good although you need to purchase the various GPU mounts and riser cable separately which can add another 100 quid.

 

Same goes for the TT Core P3. For a show case, £120, I'd say that's a pretty good deal assuming you don't need to pay for any extras.

 

BeQuiet have a few options as well but they seem to be kicking around the £200 mark.