thank you viper. really appreciate the detailed response. i tried to watch those videos you mentioned and definitely learned a lot. Also, the 6gpu rig is awesome!
As I'm starting up, i'm seriously considering utilizing my current sff case.
I wonder, since i'm purchasing a long GPU (RX 570), is there any issue if I also install a powered raiser to this lone gpu just so I can use it on a small form cpu??
I have never built a rig myself so my knowledge is limited to what I've read and watched so can't really answer your questions. I would say though that you might want to really look into whether you want to use a 570 or not as I think theres some sort of issue if you want to tweak things to get the best performance out of them.
In this video around the 6:40 mark he talks about why he doesn't recommend using the 500 series cards. I was always wondering myself why these guys seem to stick to the 480s etc and I guess this is one reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPeucGGU7A4As for the case, lots of people just use that angled aluminum stuff and wood. Some of the videos show that and I think it ends up costing like $30. But really, unless you're doing a multi GPU rig, I don't see why you can't just use a standard case. You might want to see if you can watch one of the bitsbetrippin live streams. Or even try leaving either of those vid channels comments. I'm sure they'd be able to answer some of your questions.
