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BEST case?

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stuckinasquare3

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I realize this is extremely subjective because there are so many variables to look for. What's your favorite case? I own an Antec 900 and I love the cooling but I hate the accessibility. I have to get creative with cable management, I have to take a lot of things apart to change a hard drive. I feel like there have to be easier/more fun cases to play with!
 
Yeah, I love my Antec 900, but the cabling can be tricky. Good challenge though. Bit of modding, and it isn't so bad. The CM 690-II is probably one of the easiest cases I've ever worked with. And the 800D is sweeeeeet.
 
I have TT Armor and I am very satisfied with it. HDDs can easily be removed and also there are many places where you can hide cables for haveing a decent air flow. The only part I don't like is that I want more hard disk 3.5" bays.
 
I have a 900-Two myself, and while I do like it I agree that the accessability sucks.

I recently did a build for a friend with a Corsair 800D, and I think that was probably the nicest case I have done a build with myself.
 
I looked at a myriad of cases for my new build and settled for the Coolermaster HAF 932. I actually wanted the HAF X, but couldn't justify the extra $60 over the price of the 932.
Lots of room, great cable management options, good cooling, not bad looking, (if you like that style) and well built.
 
That 800D looks awesome. I like the hot swappable drives and cable management. I'm not really sure why there are so many 5.25 bays. What do you all put there? There are no front fans, maybe you can put some fans in there?
 
The 800D is a sweet case a friend of mine did a build with one. The Silverstone FT01 and FT02 are also very good. As far as cheaper cases I think the Cooler Master 690 II is a great deal.
 
Thermaltake Level 10, but thats like $800 😀

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133089

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I honestly don't care as long as it does the job...and my rosewill challenger has been doing it for about 6 months and it was only $25 😀
 
stuckinasquare3 said:
I realize this is extremely subjective because there are so many variables to look for. What's your favorite case? I own an Antec 900 and I love the cooling but I hate the accessibility. I have to get creative with cable management, I have to take a lot of things apart to change a hard drive. I feel like there have to be easier/more fun cases to play with!
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I had the Antec 300 and had the same opinion. Nice airflow, horrible accessibility. I think I counted once 12 screws had to come out just to get to the HDD cage to add/remove a drive... Yuck...

Right now, my favorite mid-tower is the Lian Li Lancool PC-K62 for only $99 (can find it now and again for ~$80 during specials). It has similar airflow characteristics (better actually) as the Antec, plus filters and all the easy-access items we like as well as a quick card disconnect system and tool-less HDD storage system that actually works while also being very secure. I've built two dozen different gaming rigs this year and this was by far my favorite case (so much so I bought two of em, for extras...). But there's a lot of very good cases out there also. This one did everything I wanted it to. Easy access, filters, good airflow, positional HDD options, and even room for the very long cards if necessary.

It has three 120mm exhaust (two top, one rear), one front intake and the PS has a bottom optional intake (PS mountable either way). Filters on the intakes.

11-112-239-Z01
 
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After my last Antec, the Solo, I got aggravated with the lack of space inside them. I don't have any real space constraints so I went looking for a deeper type of case that left room to work when large video cards were installed.

I ended up with a Chenbro and never looked back. I've built two machines with these now and have no regrets. You can easily swap out anything. As long as you don't need a lot of 5.25 bays this is a great case.
 
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