Help with New Case Choice

[Cr0nJ0b]

So, I'm in the process of building my latest PC...I'm moving away from Intel and 32Bit and looking forward to 64Bit computing.

What I need help with here is the case choice. There are thousands of cases on the market, but I justneed one.

I have a PSU, so I don't care about that. What I do care about is...in order

Cooling -- I need lots of airflow for the 8 drives that I will have.
Noise -- It's my main system, so I'd like it to be as quiet as possible
Drive Bays -- To hold all of those drives
Accessability -- I like the Antec clip rails and such, and a removable Mobo tray would be nice...
style -- I don't want or need a Mod rig. I could care less about lights and windows...it juse sits under my desk.

The final system will have:
AMD64 3500+ 90nm
PCI-Express Video
4 RAID-0 SATA drives
3 IDE PATA drives
Gbit LAN
1GB DDR RAM
etc...

thanks for the help.

 

[imported_waldo]

There are some great cases out there.

THe first few that come to mind are
1. The Coolermaster Stacker (Huge, but great Cooling)
2. The Silverstone 06 (new case, looks great, and great cooling, don't know if it will fit 8 drives though)
3. Antec SLK3700BQE (quiet case, black finish is pretty sleek, and it has 2 120's in it.
4. The Coolermaster WaveMaster case....looks nice, and is well designed to fit under the desk!

 

[imported_waldo]

Oh and I forgot Lian Li, but I don't know their cases as well, so someone else will have to comment on that.

 

[AntecCSR]

Actually the SLK3000B is probably a better fit (if you use the ext 3.5" and 1 ext 5.25" for your HD's) than the SLK3700BQE

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=93000

Total of 11 drive bays. 5 internal 3.5"

AntecCSR

 

[ts3433]

The SLK3000B has the same amount of drive bays as the SLK3700 series, but doesn't come with a PSU (which you don't need), so try that.

A big case like a CM Stacker would also work well.