Cases 800D or FT02

As the title says, do i keep my 800D or buy an FT02 (I have always loved the build quality of silverstone cases, and my mate brought round my old TJ09 yesterday for me to sort out for him and the quality is excellent).

OR...sell my mobo, and get an Asus MAXIMUS IV GENE-Z and TJ08-E.

Cant make my mind up, either way i will have to flog my h100 as it wont fit nicely in the FT02 and i would either get a H80 or a Thermalright silver arrow for the TJ08-E

 

The 800D is not very good for aircooling. I would go for the FT02 or the TJ08-E + Gene Z

 

Tj08-e and a gene-z as there isn't really much need for a full tower anymore.

 

RV02

 

I'd say the 800D if you're planning to watercool, the FT02 if you need a full ATX board, and the Tj08-e if you decide to scale things down a bit.

That said; The Fortress is a wonderful case. If you've got room for it, and you can use the rotated format to your advantage. It's one of the few cases that can keep things like a 480 SLI setup cool using Air, rather than water.

Should you decide for a cheaper option that the FT02; Look at the Raven Rv02/RV02-E, the -E variant has the exact same internal as the FT02, and the only difference between the E version and the normal is the HDD cage. (Hot swappable bays, instead of just screwed in HDDs.)

 

I have the TJ08-E mate and it is a beautiful case. Be wary though that is is VERY small. I spent around 2-3hours cable tidying mine. (I'm a bit anal mind)