Computer cases that will accommodate a Noctua NH-D14 SE2011.

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Had a couple of old cases laying around and bought this cooler as well as some new components and was going to slap them all together. I was a little foolish and didn't double-check the height and sheer massive size of the NH-D14 heatsinks. Needless to say, those cases won't close with this heatsink, they just don't have enough depth.

There probably isn't a ton of variation in the height added by the motherboard/cpu socket, but for reference, I opted for the MSI X99S Gaming 7 board.

So what I was wondering is if anyone could give me some suggestions for cases that will fit this cooling solution. I don't need anything fancy, it just needs to have at least 4 hdd slots, at least 2 slots for dvd drives.
 
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Well, I have a NH-D15 in a Fractal Arc XL (on a Gigabtye Z97X-UD5H ..at least it was still attached to it last time I checked 😉). But even there, if you've got some of this silly-height RAM e.g. Corsair Vengence, and the second fan is raised to allow for it, then it won't fit. I had to send back some Vengence, and replaced it with Kingston Hyper X Fury.

FWIW, I think the Arc XL is a very nice case. But I'm old and conservative.
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CM 690 III, according to D14's spec, its height is 160mm, 690 III can take up to 171, has plenty of options for fan placements, 3 external 5.25" slots and 7 3.5:/2.5" slots with space elsewhere in the case for 3 more 2.5"

EDIT: it seems the case has been out of stock on Newegg for a while though..
 
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Darn. Thanks for the suggestion! Hoping to get a case as soon as possible. Worse comes to worst, I can spend a bit more on something fancy, but any eye-candy is gonna go to waste for the most part since my tower is gonna sit behind my monitors in the corner of the room.
 
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Well, I have a NH-D15 in a Fractal Arc XL (on a Gigabtye Z97X-UD5H ..at least it was still attached to it last time I checked 😉). But even there, if you've got some of this silly-height RAM e.g. Corsair Vengence, and the second fan is raised to allow for it, then it won't fit. I had to send back some Vengence, and replaced it with Kingston Hyper X Fury.

FWIW, I think the Arc XL is a very nice case. But I'm old and conservative.
 
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Awesome! Thanks for the responses. I will check those out now.
 
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