Hardware recommendation required: Case, motherboard

[tmfwy]

Hi all

I need some help on recommendations for a case

1. CASING
This should be aluminium and able to accomodate regular components like PSU / CD-Rom drive.
Height of the desktop should be as slim or rather, as low as possible
Mid tower or desktop configuration
Able to fit ATX form factor ( i'm trying to resist the urge to go SFF or matx )

2. Motherboard ( Intel / AMD )
i need a motherboard that is able to accomodate at least 4 PCIe slots ( not counting the slot beside the main graphics card slot ), as most gfx cards nowadays occupy 2 slots ).
Any recommendations ( prefer Asus. Reliability is key though i do not mind other brands )
I am not looking for an expensive workstation board. beacause i do not intend to use buffered ram

3. MATX mobo / SFF / mini-ITX Motherboard, regular or workstation
Is there ANY that allows
a. 2 PCIe slots ( not incl GFX Card PCIe slot )
b. 4 PCIe slots ( not incl GFX Card PCIe slot )

 

[royfrosty]

For mATX case there is a few nice one out there has brush metal surfaces.

-Corsair Core 2000
-Corsair Obsidian 350D /w window
-Fractal Design Arc Midi /w window
-Fractal Design Mini <---- Front has a sexy gloss look but not metal

For MIDI ATX chassis

-Fractal design R4 Titanium /w window
-Corsair Graphite Series 600T
-Corsair Carbide Series 300R


If i were to choose 1 from each to match your needs, matx would be Corsair Obsidian 350D, for ATX Fractal Design R4 titanium.

 

[Mr.Eric]

4 PCI-e slots?

Don't expect it to be cheap.