I bought an Antec DK-10 case from ebuyer 2 days ago and unfortunately it's going to have to go back as it's not fit for the purpose of housing the Dark Rock Pro Advanced cpu cooler, the side will go on but would have to be forced and it is then literally touching the top of the Dark Rock cooler. I think the DK-10 case by the looks of it is literall 2 inches too small! These are the dimensions of the DK-10 case, Width:198mm <----------- this is the space from the bottom to the top of the case on it's side right? Height:488mm Depth:497mm Would any of these be big enough to house the Dark Rock Advanced where by I can fit the side on with no problems. THERMALTAKE CASE ELEMENT S, VK60001N2Z Dimensions for this are, Width:230mm Height:505mm Depth:540mm THERMALTAKE CASE , XASERVI MX, VH9000SNS Dimensions are, Width:220mm Height:520mm Depth:520mm So in theory either should be big enough but I just need clarification Oh and it's my birthday today so all help would be doubly appreciated as I'm going to pick either one of them up today as need to get this new build installed in a new case due to the problem with the Dark Pro Advanced not fitting in the Dk-10
Pretty gutted 127 views and no one could (or would) answer and out of all the technical people on here I thought at least one of you could clarify for me! Cheers.
Issue is that it's not just case width. I know a few specific cases that will definitely fit the cooler, but that's only because I researched which cases I could just squeeze the ridiculously giant Thermalright Archon into before I bought it. Element S was a touch too thin for the Archon at last check (25mm~), but that means it should happily house the Dark Rock. Check out the listed distances under case descriptions. Be Quiet! Are kind enough to give the real height of the cooler, rather than some made-up value that is "Close Enough" like some companies.
Thanks .//TuNdRa, The Element S it is then, I'll go and get it today so I can finally finish my build, which after changing my mind and rma'ing some other components, will be, i7 2600k Palit 560ti 448 core version 8 Gigabytes of G-Skill DDR3 1600 Memory 2 x Samsung f3 1TB hard drives (taken from my old machine) Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard Asus Xonar DS sound card Dark Rock Pro Advanced cpu cooler Should do me for a good few months
I'd do a quick google around, though. I found the best thing for checking if a certain cooler worked in a certain case was Google images. Finding information on what the Archon actually fitted into was a pain in the arse. But pictures speak a thousand words, and there are loads of pictures. Edit; after some digging: It appears you'll have about 50mm of room between the door and the Dark Rock, so long as I remember my sizing correctly, Just make sure you've got some low profile memory, else you'll have a hell of a time fitting the dark rock.
