Will all of my components fit in my case?

[James Casteel]

With some fantastic help from the members of this forum, I have finally decided on the hardware for my build! There is one last hitch, however; I am unsure as to whether or no all of the components will fit in the case that I have picked out. I am going to be going with the sapphire 7970 which I hear is a really large GPU. SO, without further adieu, here is my build. Will it fit?

As in all cases I am open to build suggestions/improvements.

Case: CM Storm Enforcer - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and Windowed Side Panel

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Core i3, i5, i7 and platforms - TX650

Motherboard: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4

Hard Drive: Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive


Ram: Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB (2x4 GB Modules) 1600 MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (PC3 12800) 240-Pin SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX

DVD Drive: Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)

Heat Sink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

 

[ksham]

Yes.

 

[scragnoff]

Hi James!

Check out Tom's Hardware's review for the CM Storm Enforcer. It can accomodate video cards with lengths of up to 11.1".

Checking out the video card at Newegg, it has dimensions of 11.02" x 4.72" x 1.57", with the length at 11.02".

So, yes, it will fit.

 

[James Casteel]

Hi James!

Check out Tom's Hardware's review for the CM Storm Enforcer. It can accomodate video cards with lengths of up to 11.1".

Checking out the video card at Newegg, it has dimensions of 11.02" x 4.72" x 1.57", with the length at 11.02".

So, yes, it will fit.

Thank you so much for your answer! I know it was already answered before, but getting the actual numbers right in front of me is very comforting. Thanks a whole lot!

 

[ksham]

I will disagree with whoever wrote that article. I verified with a few sources and the case does not support a 11.1" VGA with the HDD cage.

With the HDD cage, you fit up to 270mm (10.6") VGA card. Without the HDD cage (you can remove the middle cage and just use the bottom cage), you can fit up to a 390mm (15") VGA card. Of course, it depends on how many drives you have. There are three places to mount your storage drives, but you can only remove one of them.

 

[James Casteel]

I will disagree with whoever wrote that article. I verified with a few sources and the case does not support a 11.1" VGA with the HDD cage.

With the HDD cage, you fit up to 270mm (10.6") VGA card. Without the HDD cage (you can remove the middle cage and just use the bottom cage), you can fit up to a 390mm (15") VGA card. Of course, it depends on how many drives you have. There are three places to mount your storage drives, but you can only remove one of them.

So.. what will I have to do in order for it to fit? Remove one or more of the Hard Drive cages?

 

[ksham]

Just the top HDD cage. You still have the bottom HDD cage.

 

[James Casteel]

Just the top HDD cage. You still have the bottom HDD cage.

How many Hdds does one cage fit? Will it still have room for my ssd and hdd?

 

[ksham]

The top one fits 4. The bottom one fits 2. So yes. But there is also a SSD cage, so you can put your SSD in there and your HDD in the HDD cage. So if you use that configuration, then you get a total of 2 SSD and 2 HDD space without the top HDD cage.

 

[James Casteel]

The top one fits 4. The bottom one fits 2. So yes. But there is also a SSD cage, so you can put your SSD in there and your HDD in the HDD cage. So if you use that configuration, then you get a total of 2 SSD and 2 HDD space without the top HDD cage.

Sounds good to me. I plan on using external HDDs anyhow so I definately wont need more than two ssd slots and two hdd drive slots.