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By MaximumPC, published 20-08-2011
We're on a roll this week! As work wraps up on the November issue (yes, already; mag deadlines are a bear!), we're finding time for the finer things in life, like Episode 177 of the No BS Podcast. And this: a new installment of Forum Feature! H E X E N is documenting his first-ever mod, a retrofit of Corsair's H100 cooler into an Antec Nine Hundred chassis. SXRguyinMA is showing off his Maximum Security mod of the Thermaltake Level 10 GT. Stormdrake asks whether CrossFire/SLI is worthwhile. aborik wants to put two RAID 0s across the same four drives. Learn why this might not be a good idea. lo_tek does not care for the Windows 8 GUI. All this can be yours, my child. Just register or log in! Have a wonderful weekend!

By MaximumPC, published 13-06-2011
When you're outfitting a new computer, it can be tempting to just buy the cheapest no-name case you can find, slap your new parts into it, and call it a day. While that might have been a valid choice in ye olde beige days—heck, early Dream Machine builds didn't even list the case—it's not one we'd recommend today. Enthusiast components today put out a lot of heat, and if that heat isn't dealt with, your rig's lifespan and performance will suffer.That doesn't mean you have to spend an arm and a leg on your chassis, though you certainly can. This month, we round up eight cases, from the budget to the extreme, to see how they measure up to the task of holding your precious modern components.How We Perform Thermal TestingTo ensure useful thermal test results, we have to use components that...