New Case for Build Upgrade

[Dumptaker]

Hey All, 

 

Brand new to this Community! Linus is awesome and I wanted to see if y'all could help.

 

Upgrading my current build in timely installments - planning on switching out the following for this installment

-my loud as hell GTX 560 for a GTX 970 

-old HDD for SSDs

-my current case.

 

I'm using an old raidmax scorpio 868 and I have a these few cases in mind...

 

Fractal Design s........cause is very open and the SSD's go behind motherboard

fractal design r5........cause its apparently silent

Corsair Graphite 760T...cause I like the front look, but I don't like the huge "felxi" glass and the high price tag

 

I am a video editor that plays Starcraft II somewhat regularly. I prefer something quieter since my rig is so loud under load (I think its the GTX 560). Also, my apt can get a little hot in the summer (living in Los Angeles).

 

Budget for this installment is hopefully under $600.

 

 

CURRENT BUILD FOR REFERENCE

Case - raidmax scorpio 868

GPU - GTX 560

CPU - AMD FX8350

Mobo - Gigabyte 970ud3

Cooling - anetcs 4 80mm fans in front, 2 80mm in back, 1 80mm side fan. (Blue leds)

HDD - 2 HDD mounted in front. 

RAM - 16 gb.

 

 

 

 

[rahulr1]

Can't go wrong with fractal cases for silence. Can't really advocate a silent case if you're switching to a quiter more modern card though. I would also suggest you wait 3 days for the Gtx 1070 release to see if there are any competitive prices. It's a he'll of a lot faster than the 970.

[Dumptaker]

@rahulr1 sweet! Thanks. Okay, I'll wait on that. BTW, I hear you, I'm sure once I switch out the card it'll be way less noisy, so going "silent" might be overkill.