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Your most recent case choice is Thermaltake VL80001W2Z.
This appears to be it:
Thermaltake - U.S.A. - V3 Black Edition - VL80001W2Z
It has a mesh front side, a 1300 rpm exhaust fan, and many vents. I'd expect it to be noisier than average.
Thermaltake does not publish a maximum cooler height figure for this case, but they do say it is 7.5 inches wide. I'd assume that is an outside dimension. That is relatively narrow for an ATX case, so I would be very cautious about cooler height.
Or use a low profile cooler.
Or find another case.
Here's 3 coolers compatible with your motherboard and processor:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2) - PCPartPicker
5 inches tall (127 mm), short for a traditional tower style cooler. This should fit in most ATX cases. Pretty cheap.
Noctua NH-L9a 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler (NH-L9a) - PCPartPicker
low profile, 92 mm tall, 92 mm PWM fan, quiet. Fairly expensive; blows down onto motherboard.
Scythe BIG Shuriken 2 Rev. B 45.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (SCBSK-2100) - PCPartPicker
low profile; only 58 mm tall (2.3 inches); blows down onto motherboard; 120 mm slim PWM fan. Should be cheaper than the Noctua.
Other coolers will certainly work, but I'd be wary unless you know the maximum cooler height acceptable for any given case.
Last edited by ignatzatsonic; 10 Apr 2015 at 20:54.
I know its more has more benefit to use D-C but if i want to upgrade my RAM in the future i have several other slots avaliabe + 8GB RAM. When i took the one stick i also thought it would be more better if i took two sticks instead of one but then i came up the the upgrade thing.
If you're going to upgrade RAM in future you'll want to replace the whole lot anyway so it doesn't matter. Always use RAM in kits, never mix and match even if it's the same brand and the same model.
I cant find any cases that don't have that compatibly issue. Can someone give me an case option? That case must not have onboard USB 3.0 panels.
If you think you might someday need 16, you could use four sticks of 4 GB. I assume your board has 4 slots.
There's only a small chance you would ever need more than 16, at least for the foreseeable future. Between now and the time you'd need more than 16, you would be giving up the advantage of dual channel if you just buy one stick now. By the time you'd actually need 32, you're likely to have moved on to a new RAM specification anyway. DDR5 or whatever.
But it's not likely you would know whether you had one stick of 8 gb or 2 sticks of 4 gb in day to day operation. It's not a big deal if it saves you significant money.
Updated. To much high-speed RAM for cheap and its dual-channel now.
What do you require in a case?
Flashing lights? Glitz?
Side panel window?
Functionality and solid construction?
Certain ports on the front side?
Bottom mounted PSU?
Lower than average noise level?
Some minimum internal width that will accommodate some particular cooler?
A maximum height?
A certain absolute maximum price?
There's hundreds of cases out there and dozens of good ones. You've provided few guidelines.
I don't care. But the case must not have onboard USB 3.0 if it has it's not compatible with the mb. If possible lights.