I need an alternative to the Phanteks Enthoo Elite. What do you recommend?

[Batmeat]

The title says it all. I'd put up a poll, but I don't know where to go with it because I haven't built a water cooled rig for about 10 yrs.

I looked up the Phanteks Enthoo Elite and was ready to pull the trigger until I saw the price. HOLY CRAP! It's near $900.00

I'd be fine to pay up to $250.00 for a good case. My build is going to be either an I9 9900k or I7 9700k (maybe Ryzen 2800x if it gets released), GTX 2080 (pending reviews) or GTX 1080 Ti on a micro atx or itx board to save room. Going to custom water cool loop to the video card and cpu. The rig will act as a gaming power house and media server. Looking at a silent high flow pump. My goal is for an overclocked silent PC with minimal vibration. I'd appreciate any recommendations on cases since I've been out of the loop (pun intended) for so long.

here are a few I found with google. Not a real fan of a cube case like the Thermaltake one in that link.

 

[aigomorla]

thermaltake tower 900

About one of the most LCS friendly cases i have worked with period, if LCS is your thing.
Its not a desk case tho, all your ports are up top, so its meant as a floor case.

Can easily handle 2x560 rads, dual loops, and heavy video cards because the cards hang down, so torque is displaced on the entire PCI-E slot.

It has Tempered Glass on 3 sides, so its eye catcher.

 

[Batmeat]

Interestingly, that's the pump resevoir combo I'm going to get, the D5 Photon 270 Version 2. Nice case btw.

Just measured the dimensions of that case. It’s huge!

 

[Batmeat]

Little more digging and I've decided on the Thermaltake View 71. Anyone have this case per chance?

 

[aigomorla]

unless the pc needed to be ontop of a desk, i would probably pick a tower over a view,.

The tower will make things not only easier for your LCS, but allow a much greater upgrade route without case change.