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Ah, yes the motherboard thing.
I just noticed the Gigabyte motherboard has a PCI-E 4x slot that isn't specified to conform to 2.0, where as the Asrock does.
Also the Asrock is cheaper, (Did you mean to say Asus in your last post? Because the mobo you have selected is an Asrock mobo.)
The Rosewill Blackbone has enough fans for overclocking.
One thing I learned about cases though, it's not necessarily the number of fans that makes for good air flow/overclocking though.
It's having negative air pressure, and a direct flow from bottom to top.
You want air to come in through the bottom of the front of the case, and exhaust out the top of the back, because cold air is lower to the floor, and heat rises, this maximizes the cold air you take in, and the heat that your case will push out.
Also, to obtain negative air pressure something that some case manufacturers do, (Lian Li has done this) is to have a larger fan with more CFM as an exhaust fan, and a smaller fan as an intake fan.
Like a 120mm for exhaust and a 80-100mm for intake.
This results in more negative air pressure in your case, as more air is attempting to leave your case, than what is getting in.
The Rosewill Blackbone comes with two 120mm fans and they are oriented for proper airflow in terms of intake low front, exhaust high back, but one of the things I don't like about the blackbone is the large holes on the side panel. (Air pressure could be maintained better if those holes weren't there)
You can however mount fans on the side panel, as this is what it allows for.
Anyway, you should overclock quite easily as the i3 530 is not natively a hot chip, and if you seat the HSF properly, you shouldn't have heat problems at all.
The Rosewill Blackbone is good for overclocking as is, but if you feel the need you could add some 10$ fans later, and it would still be cheaper than your Antec 300 for $66 (o).(O)
(Shipping included there)
I just noticed the Gigabyte motherboard has a PCI-E 4x slot that isn't specified to conform to 2.0, where as the Asrock does.
Also the Asrock is cheaper, (Did you mean to say Asus in your last post? Because the mobo you have selected is an Asrock mobo.)
The Rosewill Blackbone has enough fans for overclocking.
One thing I learned about cases though, it's not necessarily the number of fans that makes for good air flow/overclocking though.
It's having negative air pressure, and a direct flow from bottom to top.
You want air to come in through the bottom of the front of the case, and exhaust out the top of the back, because cold air is lower to the floor, and heat rises, this maximizes the cold air you take in, and the heat that your case will push out.
Also, to obtain negative air pressure something that some case manufacturers do, (Lian Li has done this) is to have a larger fan with more CFM as an exhaust fan, and a smaller fan as an intake fan.
Like a 120mm for exhaust and a 80-100mm for intake.
This results in more negative air pressure in your case, as more air is attempting to leave your case, than what is getting in.
The Rosewill Blackbone comes with two 120mm fans and they are oriented for proper airflow in terms of intake low front, exhaust high back, but one of the things I don't like about the blackbone is the large holes on the side panel. (Air pressure could be maintained better if those holes weren't there)
You can however mount fans on the side panel, as this is what it allows for.
Anyway, you should overclock quite easily as the i3 530 is not natively a hot chip, and if you seat the HSF properly, you shouldn't have heat problems at all.
The Rosewill Blackbone is good for overclocking as is, but if you feel the need you could add some 10$ fans later, and it would still be cheaper than your Antec 300 for $66 (o).(O)
(Shipping included there)