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Old January 31st, 2008, 10:18 PM
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Full Tower or Mid tower?....I need help!!

I am currently in the process of building myself a new computer. However as this is my first time doing it, I am slightly unsure of my needs in terms of Tower size. This is my set-up minus the tower:

BFG GeForce 8800 Ultra
eVGA NVIDIA nForce 780i
Western Digital Raptor 150GB
Western Digital 750 GB
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Thermaltake TMG i2 CPU cooler
Ultra X3 1000w Power Supply
ReaperX OCZ 2x2GB Ram
Plextor Optical Drive
Windows Vista Home Premium
Samsung 22" Monitor
Logitech diNovo Edge
Xtreme N Wireless PCI Adapter


I plan to eventually triple SLI the Ultra's and add a blue-ray burner/player when the price drops. Also eventually upgrade to 8GBs of ram and add another 750GB hard drive.
So my question is with this set-up and future expansion, what would you suggest in the terms of a Tower? Full size, or mid size? Ive narrowed my choices down to the Thermaltake armor+ full tower or the Thermaltake armor jr. mid tower, however I am open to suggestions.
Also would it be a good idea to go with an LCS? And would a 1000w power supply even fit in the Armor jr?

Thanks alot

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No one uses full-size towers anymore unless they are building a multi-terabyte server.
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Old January 31st, 2008, 11:13 PM
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Is there enough room for Triple Ultra's in a midsize case?

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No one uses full-size towers anymore unless they are building a multi-terabyte server.
What are you talking about? I want a full tower (Watercooling ) But really Cooler Master stackers, full tower lian li's are very popular.

But ya for a standard PC... Midtowers really have quite a bit of room. If you have an Armor Jr. then get the stuff see how it goes, you already have it, you can always upgrade later.
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Is there enough room for Triple Ultra's in a midsize case?


As long as it is deep enough, yes. Full/mid towers pretty much only differ in height. The mobo that goes in is the same size. (granted, some full-towers support extended ATX, but I doubt you'll be building a gaming rig on one of those). All that's in the extra height is usually drive bays and more space for cooling.

Just make sure the mid-tower you get is deep enough (front bezel to rear of case) to accomodate full-size cards, and the mobo you get doesn't have components sticking up high behind the expansion slots.
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I have a full tower. It's great because everything is very spaced out, not cramped at all. I've build in Mid tower's before, and what I found is there's little to no room between a full size GFX card and the HDD bay. Lately I've been all about microATX for things like servers and media centers, but thats a different topic.
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