Poll: Which case? or suggest another one.

[optimistic]

Things that are important to me in a computer case are cooling, price, & ease of use/convinences.

The choices are..
1. Cooler Master Centurion (Aluminum bezel/steel case) for $50 at Microcenter
Pros:
- Better looking front bezel.
- Front audio and firewire ports
- Price

2. Kingwin KT-424 WM Aluminum case for $85 at allstarshop
Pros:
- Rails! ++in ease of use (for me)
- Better out-of-the-box cooling
- Dual front intake with removable filter
- Aluminum body (though not important because comp will be sitting put- inside cabinet)

Please vote in poll. If you have another case to suggest, please still vote out of the two in poll.

 

[optimistic]

And (what I think) the cons are of the two.


Cooler Master
- No rails (swapping drives without pulling the case from the cabinet would be nice)
- Will have to cut fan grills to cut down on noise/ improve cooling


Kingwin
- No front audio ports to plug in headset
- Weight and appearance advantages won't be noticed as much because computer will sit inside computer desk cabinet all day.

 

[RalfHutter]

I'd go with the cCoolermaster except it seems (along with almost all other Coolermaster cases) to be out of production.

I'd suggest either the Antec SLK3700AMB or the Antec SLK3700BQE. Both have better airflow than either of your other choices, are built better and are easier to work on.

My 2¢.

 

[Slogun]

I prefer Lian-Li cases myself for overall ease of use.
(and I don't like rails, I'd rather thumb-screw out the drive cage)

 

[seepy83]

just a quick note about the kingwin case not having front audio ports...i know you can buy an audio cable that has a male end to plug into the back of your case(headphone jack) and a female end that can be in the front at an easily accessible place. i've never bought one myself, but i've seen a few PC's that use them. I guess it kinda makes a more cluttered case...but if the audio jacks are holding you back from getting the kingwin, you can consider it as an option.

 

[Camofrog]

I use a older Kingwin Case. I think they are called " Super Flower' now but anyway i would prefer the kingwin

Mine has audio (mic & speaker) 2 USB and 1 Firewire port the the front

Its a large Aluminum case (black) still a little cluttered with my crap tho.