Just a real quick note to say this combo DOES work. It's very tight, but there is an OK gap between the heat pipe and the top of the case, although it does mean you have to remove the drive bay mount as it goes where the heat pipe wants to be. Plus the PCI cables have to be wrapped pretty tight...
Starting to go around in circles and would love to hear of any options if anybody knows of one!
For a new system my priorities are:
Size
Silence
Speed
Engineering (used to own Lian-Li's and more recently a Corsair convert)
In a new office setting I cannot accommodate a larger machine (and...