Motherboard is the Asus Rampage III Gene http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_III_GENE/#gallery, so PCIe16x is at the first slot... Partial truth - PCIe16x for the first AND third slots. Indeed, though ASUS 'recommends' in the manual to populate the first PCIe16x slot first for optimal performa...

For the CPU cooler, it is the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo, so Im assuming it should fit? On my HTPCMi build (see sig), i used a Scythe Mugen 3 that its 158mm on height, the 212Evo is 159mm height, my guess is it should fit. What is the actual length of the space between the bracket and the hard driv...

Welcome to SPCR =) Here is your call, SOLO II strong point are its hdd suspension mechanism if you are using 2 mechanical hdds, its very solid much more than r4 specially the top n bottom, what i dont like over the r4 is the cable management on the solo II is almost none existent, there is very lit...

So I just switched into the SOLO II...blah,blah Excellent quiet case for the money. If you usually buy quality that is... You forgot to post pics of your new build! Pics will be here next week when I get my CPU cooler back. I promise! Then all that remains is new PSU and GPU cooler, and it will be ...