There is plainly not enough room for the extra cards, and any of the Bigwater setups. The positioning of the pump and the reservoir will interfere with your expansion cards. On the DFI SLI-DR the video card is about ½ inch above the top of the reservoir — and that is with a 7800gt! Tthe bigger cards like the 7900gtx will not have that much room at all (and just forget about SLI). Another of my pet peeves with a case this size it is so much easier to deal with if the motherboard tray is removable, which instantly gives a case points.
This case would also be better if it was a little lighter. All aluminium is the way to go now, especially if you’re going to haul it around to multiple LAN parties. After everything was installed I was pushing 45 pounds (and just over 50 pounds with the Bigwater installed). Aluminum construction would have shed 10 pounds off this gorilla! The front door also needs a way to latch it closed, as it will swing during transport, possibly breaking or bending the hinges.
This case is nice and all, but you will not be able to run an SLI setup, large soundcard (like the X-fi with watercooling installed as advertised), or any of the other things that modders are going to have in their systems. Overall this case is very efficient, if you don’t need lots of space for your components.
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