Help deciding on the case to house my "dream" rig

[SirFelixCat]

This is the final decision I have before I pull the trigger on my rig.

CM Stacker 830

CM Cosmos 1000


I'm not concerned w/ the difference in price. The cooling on the Cosmos is a little worrisome though, since it will be housing a Q6600, 8800GT, 7900GT, 4 HDD's (1 raptor), etc etc.

My buddy has a 830 stacker and loves it. I'm leaning that way, but still not 100% confident this is THE case.

Any feedback/reviews/suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated. Ordering Saturday.

TIA fellas!

 

[MarcVenice]

Like the looks of the 830 much better. I'd personaly buy a p182 though, haha, love the p182, and it'll do just fine with whatever you throw into it. But if it's a toss up between those 2 CM's, then the stacker for sure ...

 

[Deinonych]

I would vote for the 830. Although I prefer the P180/182 like MarcVenice, the 830 is a great-looking case with tons of expandability and cooling options.

 

[Zepper]

Make sure you check out the Silverstone TJ09/TJ10 . I'd probably go with the original Stacker (STC-T01) over those other Cooler Masters - many ways to rig cooling to your satisfaction with a little imagination. Besides you save money to put into other components. It's still one of the best "extreme system" cases out there - holds up to two PSUs OOB.
. The new HDD cages (STB-3T4-E3-GP) that CM has for the Stackers (see their Global English pages - not found on the North America site) are very nice but I don't know if you'll find it in the older models' current production or not. I haven't seen them for sale anywhere yet either.

.bh.

 

[jmmtn4aj]

If it was me, I'd get the 833. I have a P182 already and I love variety

 

[tranja]

The Antec 900 has 2 120mm fans blowing right on the hard drives, and a 200mm and 120mm fan sucking hot air out the top of the case. My e6850 is running at 24 degrees after being on all day, but I'm not a gamer. Not much room to hide cables though.