Received my I5-2500K and Z68 Asrock Extreme4 MB on Friday (Was not suppose to arrive until Monday). So on Saturday I put together on the Kitchen table. Used a Corsair TX 650 PSU and 8 gigs of Ripjaw DDR3-1600, CL7, and Zalman 9900Max HSF. Powered up (using IGP), only change to BIOS was to allow XMP Profile 1. Ran Memtest for a couple of Hrs, No errors, Just wanted to confirm it was working before installing in a case. No HDD and bought Windows 7 3 user pack on Sunday. That 9900max was a PITA to get on. I’m going to look into modifying the installation too simply!!!! The temps in BIOS looked good, low 30’s, But this is not in a case, so I would expect mid 30’s. Need the operating system so that I can look at individual core temps @ idle and under load.
Now for the case – Prefer under $100. Like large top Fan over large side fan. (Not a gamer) so probably stick a 6850 in.
USB 3 front panel nice, not a Must, as it looks like most of the cases with a USB front takes a wire out the back and plugs into a back panel USB port. The ASRock MB comes with a front panel 5 ½ in panel adaptor.
Below is my preliminary choices – any pros/cons and/or other cases are welcome.
Primarily concerned with cooling.
$ 67 ( after $25 MIR) Thermaltake V9 BlacX Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133183
$ 75 Antec Six Hundred
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129073
$ 52 ( after $25 MIR) Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133181
$ 93 Thermaltake Armor A90 Gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133176
Now for the case – Prefer under $100. Like large top Fan over large side fan. (Not a gamer) so probably stick a 6850 in.
USB 3 front panel nice, not a Must, as it looks like most of the cases with a USB front takes a wire out the back and plugs into a back panel USB port. The ASRock MB comes with a front panel 5 ½ in panel adaptor.
Below is my preliminary choices – any pros/cons and/or other cases are welcome.
Primarily concerned with cooling.
$ 67 ( after $25 MIR) Thermaltake V9 BlacX Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133183
$ 75 Antec Six Hundred
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129073
$ 52 ( after $25 MIR) Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133181
$ 93 Thermaltake Armor A90 Gaming
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133176