Psycho_McCrazy
Galvanizer
Over the past two decades or so, I have always used standing tower PC cases (as has been the general trend, horizontal desk-tops went out of vogue with 486s or so...) varying from the local no-brand stuff, thru Cooler Master Centurion 530, Antec 300 to my favorite and current Full-ATX tower, the Cooler Master HAF932. I've had it for a well over a decade now, and it has performed admirably, housing four successive builds for me.
My current build in this tower is a 2700x on an x570 Unify and I do plan to upgrade this build in the future to the compatible 5000 series Ryzens, probably a high core count SKU. At that time, I also wish to use a Big Beefy CPU Cooler. However tempting and cool looking water-cooling may be, I feel it not for me.
Also, my ageing GTX 970 (which I got my hands on in 2019, used, and at an extremely great price) is due for an upgrade to a powerful modern GPU to drive my 2160p60 OLED or 1440p144 display in modern titles. While this will happen when the prices become more palatable, but it will, probably before this calendar year runs out. Am holding off playing a lot of modern demanding titles pending this GPU upgrade.
With the above planned heavy CPU cooler and Big-FGPU, and my long term worry about cantilever loads hanging off the Motherboard, I have been thinking that moving to a CPU case where the motherboard is horizontal may be a suitable proposition.
While I am aware of two cases that support full ATX motherboards in horizontal orientation: Cooler Master HAF XB and Thermaltake Level 20 XT (always out of stock though), are these the correct / suitable choice? Are any better options available?
Or should I just hacksaw the interiors of my older Centurion case and fabricate / build up a custom Horizontal case for myself?
My current build in this tower is a 2700x on an x570 Unify and I do plan to upgrade this build in the future to the compatible 5000 series Ryzens, probably a high core count SKU. At that time, I also wish to use a Big Beefy CPU Cooler. However tempting and cool looking water-cooling may be, I feel it not for me.
Also, my ageing GTX 970 (which I got my hands on in 2019, used, and at an extremely great price) is due for an upgrade to a powerful modern GPU to drive my 2160p60 OLED or 1440p144 display in modern titles. While this will happen when the prices become more palatable, but it will, probably before this calendar year runs out. Am holding off playing a lot of modern demanding titles pending this GPU upgrade.
With the above planned heavy CPU cooler and Big-FGPU, and my long term worry about cantilever loads hanging off the Motherboard, I have been thinking that moving to a CPU case where the motherboard is horizontal may be a suitable proposition.
While I am aware of two cases that support full ATX motherboards in horizontal orientation: Cooler Master HAF XB and Thermaltake Level 20 XT (always out of stock though), are these the correct / suitable choice? Are any better options available?
Or should I just hacksaw the interiors of my older Centurion case and fabricate / build up a custom Horizontal case for myself?