Perks to having a cube case?

[ambam]

I'm building a new gaming PC with two-way SLI GTX 1080's and I've already purchased the thermaltake core x9 cube case.

Are there any advantages to having a cube case where the motherboard sits horizontally? Someone one another forum said that it's easier for heat to escape the case.

Oh, and very large graphics cards with heavy aftermarket heatsinks and coolers don't physically bend the PCIe slot that they're plugged into on the motherboard because they sit on the mobo and don't hang off it.

 

[LilTwist]

Better heat ventilation, big GPU's on an ITX mobo, and 250mm room for beefy coolers like the Noctua NH-D15S. With that case you could have a NH-D15S, a fan in the front, and a fan in the back blowing air straight from the front to the back of the case like a cyclone.

 

[k1114]

There's fans moving air overpowering any convection currents so as far as heat goes, it depends on the case airflow and not horizontal/vertical. About the only positive of horizontal and not exactly cube, as there are vertical mobo cube cases, is that the weight of the components isn't going to bend things like vertical. But for the most part, that isn't even an issue on vertical.