Miffy, post: 66152, member: 3428 Wrote:I tend to disagree... This guy's wanting to put a $330 graphics card in a mid tower, I would go full tower just to be safe, and leave room for improvements later. Some of these parts are good, but could use upgrading. I'm not done with mine, that's why I built a full tower. I'm only getting started.

Unfortunately, this debate is similar to AMD vs. Intel with no obvious winner. However, I doubt OP will be attempting to crossfire more than two video cards in his computer or installing an extensive liquid cooling system for extreme overclocking, so I see a full-tower as completely unnecessary. The Antec is popular because it has the potential to survive upgrades just as well as full-tower cases (those within a reasonable price range, not the $150+ ones) for much cheaper. Also, I fail to see how the graphic card-case combination creates a problem, as the 302 is designed to house some pretty large video cards. So I can't say I'm in support of a full-tower unless OP wants a little more room for organizing cables, a temperature improvement of maybe 3-4 degrees due to the extra space, or is planning on creating a supercomputer in the future. Also, for the $1000 budget, I would like to know which compromises you would make with the build I came up with. The more perspectives hakap gets, the better.