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looking for a specific case layout

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cody0851

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Essentially, I'm looking for a Corsair 300r, with the front ports at the bottom instead of up top.

Specifically -looking for these minimum specs

black
toolless
ATX
USB/headphone ports at the bottom front of case
front bays:
at least 3 5.25
optional 1 3.5
front 120mm fan
rear 120mm fan
bottom mounted psu
hd bays for regular hd, and ssd
cable management holes
hole for removing cpu and backplate


Does this case exist? I've been looking for a couple days. Thought I would ask here. Any help is much appreciated!
 
Apart from the requirement of bottom located front ports, that list is very easy to fulfill. Filtering newegg for ATX mid tower, three or more 5.25", black and bottom PSU location, I get around 150 results. Out of those, none have front ports on the bottom. Ten have front ports in the middle, all of them cheap ones easily inferior to Corsair 300R:

Raidmax Sting Ray
Rosewill Line
Rosewill Line Glow
Thermaltake Commander MS-I
Cooler Master Silencio 450
NZXT Gamma
Thermaltake V3
Raidmax Super Hurricane
Raidmax Blade
Cooler Master Gladiator (this one is probably the lowest)

Could you explain why it is important to have front ports at the bottom? I have a Fractal Design R3 next to me on the table, and it has the front ports on the top and facing up, yet I've never thought of that as a problem.
 
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Raidmax Sting Ray front isn't too terrible. clips instead of holes.
Rosewill Line no main m/b hole
Rosewill Line Glow same
Thermaltake Commander MS-I I like it, but why can't the front be flat?
Cooler Master Silencio 450 That's pretty good! Wonder if my Xigmatek Gaia will be too tall.. hmm. Watching and reading reviews now.
NZXT Gamma Terrible front:/
Thermaltake V3 no m/b cable holes
Raidmax Super Hurricane no m/b holes
Raidmax Blade bad front.
Cooler Master Gladiator bad m/b hole placement

Wow thank you! Had to write notes to remember. I used newegg, and I missed some of these. I prefer bottom ports b/c the tower sits on my desk, and I use the usb ports all day to charge a couple things. I have the cords still in twist ties, just long enough to be within reach. Clutter, dangling cords, and moving those cords to get into drive bays would irk me.
 
Maybe you should consider just using a powered USB hub attached to a rear port. Personally I would much, much rather have Corsair 300R and a USB hub than any of the above abominations.
 
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Cooler Master Silencio. Just watched a review.. sure, there are m/b holes, but only 1/8th of an inch gap for the wires. Ouch! The usb3.0 has to connect to the back of the case, too.. or buy a 13$ adapter.

lehtv- or get a card reader that sits in the bottom 5.25 bay. I've narrowed down to these 3.

Corsair 300R 90$
Corsair 200r 50$
NZXT Source 210 A steal for 22$ AR.

Any thoughts on these?
 
300R is currently too expensive for what it is, it used to be $70. Now the non window version is $90 shipped, window version $100 shipped...

Get the Corsair 400R instead. Only $70 after promo and rebate, very nice deal.

200R is too expensive at $60 shipped when 400R is only $10 more.

Source 210 is a good choice on a tight budget which doesn't seem to apply here.
 
Just realized the NZXT 210 isn't tool-less. It's out.

So, it's between the 200r and 400r. I like the compactness of the 200r, but the 400r wins out overall. For 70$, it's a no brainer.

Thanks lehtv, everyone!
 
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