Recommend a Mid-Tower casing that can do SLI

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As above. Any recommendation. Budget around $200 max.

Was looking to continue to use Fractal Design but seems like their ARC series is not available here. :o

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Inwin 303. Affordable with TG, and good fan placement at the bottom.
 

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Sorry folks, i think no choice need to go full Tower as i'm afraid the 2nd card would still be too close to the PSU.
Is Lian-Li the lightest casing because it's made of aluminium ?
 

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Sorry folks, i think no choice need to go full Tower as i'm afraid the 2nd card would still be too close to the PSU.
Is Lian-Li the lightest casing because it's made of aluminium ?

Aren't Lian-Li cases usually above $200?
Wouldn't the first GPU still be close to the second GPU anyway due to the motherboard? Unless you are going to buy an E-ATX motherboard. Then a Full tower will suit it perfectly.
 

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Aren't Lian-Li cases usually above $200?
Wouldn't the first GPU still be close to the second GPU anyway due to the motherboard? Unless you are going to buy an E-ATX motherboard. Then a Full tower will suit it perfectly.

GPU to GPU is close is ok, but the 2nd GPU is blocked by the PSU which i cant even slot in :s13:

ya Lian Li is out of reach.. the search continues :o
 

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Might not be possible to do SLI with the fans at the bottom.

Btw TS, PSU placement for In Win 303 is behind the front facing fans.
 

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thanks guys for the input.. a lot of really nice cases here!

Due to the board i am using and the PCI-E slot they restrict for having a 28pcie-lane CPU, my GPU will hit the PSU because it is damn fat, thus i guess i have to settle for a full tower end of the day despite liking so many designs here :(
 

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Go and check out the Inwin 303 ba. I actually wanna build a custom wc setup for that, but i didn't want a steel case. Leaning towards Alu instead, so hence Lian Li was my choice.

Inwin 303 i planned to put dual 360mm rad. Which can be done on the bottom of the case. Cause there are people whom put a 360mm rad 35mm thick with fans and yet able to do SLI. So long as the GPU do not go over 2 slots.
 

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Think TS wants to downsize rig and its space footprint while achieving SLI for triple monitors I believe?
Though some components might be too big to shrink. =:p
 

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thanks guys for the input.. a lot of really nice cases here!

Due to the board i am using and the PCI-E slot they restrict for having a 28pcie-lane CPU, my GPU will hit the PSU because it is damn fat, thus i guess i have to settle for a full tower end of the day despite liking so many designs here :(

There are 6 pci-e slot on your mobo. First grey one goes to your first card. How about the 2nd card? On the 4th or 5th slot???
 

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Think TS wants to downsize rig and its space footprint while achieving SLI for triple monitors I believe?
Though some components might be too big to shrink. =:p

If he really thinking to shrink i would recommend the Lian Li PC-o10 instead. SFX PSU and smaller foot print lol. But that really depends on him loh.
 

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Don't skip on casing. Sometime i wonder why people can spend so much on cpu, gpu, memory, SSD and mobo but go cheap on casing.
 

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There are 6 pci-e slot on your mobo. First grey one goes to your first card. How about the 2nd card? On the 4th or 5th slot???

Cos of CPU constraint, die die the 2nd card must be on the 4th slot.

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If he really thinking to shrink i would recommend the Lian Li PC-o10 instead. SFX PSU and smaller foot print lol. But that really depends on him loh.

i dont want to shrink the Casing LOL... ...
 
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