If money is no object, what is the *best* case?

[Kadarin]

I have a 2 year old (or so) CoolerMaster ATX case, and while I can't remember the model number, it's ATX, all aluminum, has the fan in the top, the removable MB tray, room for at least 6 or 7 HDDs, and good overall airflow. My question is whether, in your opinion, case technology has advanced at all in the last couple of years, and if so, which direction is the way to go? The factors that are important to me are:

Overall a nice clean look.
Good airflow.
Removable MB tray.
Room for lots of HDDs, without the case being physically enormous.
Those screws that can be removed and tightened without screwdrivers (not just for the outside, but for expansion cards and any other internals as well.

Not important:

Case windows.
LEDs.

No water cooling.

What do you all think?

 

[Corporate Thug]

if the cae you currently have provides good cooling and suits your needs for the bays, why bother changing it?

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: shady06
if the cae you currently have provides good cooling and suits your needs for the bays, why bother changing it?

It would be a matter of getting another one for the new machine. My question is whether there's a compelling reason to upgrade to something other than a duplicate of what I already have.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: shady06
if the cae you currently have provides good cooling and suits your needs for the bays, why bother changing it?

It would be a matter of getting another one for the new machine. My question is whether there's a compelling reason to upgrade to something other than a duplicate of what I already have.

if you're not interested in getting a pre-modded case, there's no real reason to upgrade if your current case is working for you. the only major "breakthroughs" in the past two years have been the increased complexity and availiblity in the pre-mod market.

the only thing you might be getting from an upgrade is more room for harddrives or 5.25" drives.

 

[EnderNine]

Well.. I dont think they make 100 percent tool-free cases

The Silverstone SST-TJ03 is an amazing case and fits your description of a case very accurately.. but the internals all require some sort of tool to remove/insert..

 

[fireontheway]

if money is no object, click me

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: fireontheway
if money is no object, click me

Heh.. I thought that was *great*, until I saw the estimated cost.. So I guess money would be an object at that point!

EnderNine: With my CoolerMaster case, I don't need a screwdriver to remove the screws mounting the PCI and AGP card brackets to the back wall of the case. That's what I meant by "internals".. the HDDs and the MB screws still require phillips head screwdrivers.

 

[Zepper]

I think you'd be hard pressed to beat a Kingwin 424 series - no matter how much you're willing to spend.
. Key Power sells a toolless case (Knight series) down to and including the mobo mounts. Newegg used to carry it under the Bow Technology brand, but now the Bow Systems' web site is gone - well, I'm wrong, the site is back Linkage .
. Enermax sold the same case with an interesting, shiny "Titanium" finish and a small side window, but I don't see it on the Enermax site any more. A couple places on PW still have it for about twice the $s of the standard models.
. The YeongYang (yycase.com) small cube server case is interesting, if you have room for it. Several good mods based on it are around the web for your viewing pleasure. Bow Tech carries the same case too.
.bh.

 

[fireontheway]

yeah, its a nice case but the price is just goes way over (Zalman TNN)...