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Cases that can fit overkill water cooling setups?

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Say I want to go balls to the wall in my next rig.

I want to include two triple rads or maybe a triple and a quad rad.

I might even want to go for the 140mm variety. I'm looking for something that will look beefy, overkill, and awesome to look at.

 

What cases should I be looking at that would be able to support such a thing without having to mount the radiators externally?

 

So far the only one I know might be able to handle it is the Corsair 900D. But there must be more options out there to pick from.

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sounds like 900D or Caselabs territory to me. (or if for whatever reason you are after something cheaper, there's the Phanteks Enthoo Primo Ultimate)

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I have a Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX with 2 quad rads.  Love every second of it but the 480 in the bottom was a tough squeeze, and a 360 was probably the better choice on bottom.

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Say I want to go balls to the wall in my next rig.

I want to include two triple rads or maybe a triple and a quad rad.

I might even want to go for the 140mm variety. I'm looking for something that will look beefy, overkill, and awesome to look at.

 

What cases should I be looking at that would be able to support such a thing without having to mount the radiators externally?

 

So far the only one I know might be able to handle it is the Corsair 900D. But there must be more options out there to pick from.

Corsair 900D

Caselabs Cases

Phanteks Enthoo Primo

Phanteks Enthoo Luxe

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Check out the Define S from fractal design, looks stunning without anything inside. Suits your need for 360mm rads and has support for 420mm if you wanted to push the boat out.

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-s-window

HAHA the define S is nothing compared to the caselabs STH10! (Referring to size)

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HAHA the define S is nothing compared to the caselabs STH10! (Referring to size)

Yes but at $109 it certainty seems more attractive from a pricing perspective compared to Caselabs' rather steep $600 for the Magnum STH10, but yes for features the STH10 does pip the define S to the post, but in my opinion the Define S is the more minimalistic case :)

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Thanks for all the awesome suggestions.

I honestly don't mind going a little "spendy" with this build.

It's going to be a special occasion and I want the rig I use for the next 3-5 years to be as awesome as it possibly can.

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Yes but at $109 it certainty seems more attractive from a pricing perspective compared to Caselabs' rather steep $600 for the Magnum STH10

Oh yes definitely can agree with that! OP did say he wanted to go Balls to the walls in other words :)

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I think you should go for a 900D or a Phanteks case, the just seem more appropriate, and less dum :3.

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Oh yes definitely can agree with that! OP did say he wanted to go Balls to the walls in other words :)

What can I say? I'm a bit more down to earth ;) Still i'll agree with you Case labs STH10 does look pretty decent as an all out "ignore what I have in the wallet" case.

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Wow. That is a thing of industrial beauty!

Indeed, and for the price, can't be beat. Whenever I finally get some money, totally switching to that from my air 540 and building a custom loop.

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