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    Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    Hi! I'm building a Quad Crossfire rig with a Full tower case. I need some example of cases (from top tier brands) which would be able to reasonably handle 4x AMD HD 79xx or AMD R29x cards. The cooling must be provided by the fans included with and pre-installed in the case. Some suggestions for physically thinner AMD HD 79xx or AMD R29x cards so that there will be more of a gap between them for better airflow would also be great. The priority here is physical integrity and reliability not absolute clock speeds.

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    basically any of the high end cases will work fine, although most are designed more around watercooling than maximum airflow. Stock coolers will be better than aftermarket ones as they tend to exhaust out the back.
    Realisticly you're probably looking at TJ11/900D. Why not just do tri sli & WC it? Unless you're running 3 4K screens I can't imagine you'll get noticeably different performance, and its going to sound like a rocket ship (you might think you don't care, but you will once you get it up and running).

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    Don't go Quad, go tri crossfire or if you're crazy wait for the Titan Z

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    If you are going for something as crazy as quad crossfire then why not import a caselabs case? I know people are doing it and they look fab when populated with lots of hardware

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    What is your purpose behind this? If you are planning on using it for gaming, you might want to rethink quad crossfire entirely, the scaling can be pretty awful. This is the most recent article I've seen where it was tested:

    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon...iew-32932.html

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    If you are planning on using it for Bitcoin mining a single 290X gets somewhere between 600 to 700 mhash/s so 4 of these would give you, at best, 2.8 ghash/s at a cost of around £1400 plus the cost of a PSU to run them all and the power consumption of running 4 power hungry GPUs 24/7. You would get better results buying dedicated ASIC Bitcoin Mining hardware for less than the price of a single 290X that will give you up to 200 ghash/s whilst drawing less power from the wall.

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    Re: Quad Crossfire build needs Case & GPU suggestions

    I can heartily recommend the Corsair 600T. The cooling in this beast is really good. There are 200mm fans in the front and the top of the case and they push huge amounts of air at very low volume, my internal temperatures are barely above ambient and there is a larger-than-normal cable management area to work with.
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