At ~$100, the Antec sx830&1030 are tough to beat, with good deals sometimes avail from onvia.com. They are NOT fulltowers, more like big midtowers, workstation-class cases. the fongkai fk320 is also excellent, and about the same size, with a more traditional look. At ~$70, the Enlight 7237 and the Superpower cases are among the best. Fan selection is the key to quiet computers, the same is true for cdroms and harddrives, to a lesser extent, because only the fans run all the time. The Antecs have a big advantage, noise vs cooling, as 4 80mm 20dba fans move more air and seem to make less total noise than 1 80mm 40dba fan.