Trouble finding perfect case

deadseasquirrel

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I'm partial to Antec, but it's not a requirement. I don't really care how many drive bays there are and whatnot. I'm mainly interested in satisfying these requirements:

1. No PSU included.
2. 120mm fan mounts. Don't need fans included.
3. Front Firewire, USB, and at least Audio headphone jack.
4. A removeable mobo tray
5. No front door

Other addons would be nice (such as rubber grommets for quiet drives, clear side window, HDD fan mount, etc) but aren't required.

Some of the cases I've looked at are:

Sonata-- comes with a PSU that I don't need, has a front door, and doesn't have a removeable mobo tray.
3700AMB/BQE-- No front Firewire or Audio, no mobo tray, comes with PSU, no air filter (yeah, I know I didn't mention that above), has front door
Super Lanboy-- has front door, no Firewire or air filter, no mobo tray
P160-- ok, so this one fits all the requirements. From what I've read about the mobo tray, though, it doesn't seem very user-friendly. I was hoping that it would be like other trays in that you could simply unplug like 1 thing and be able to leave everything else plugged in.

As I said, I'm partial to Antec, but I am open to others.
 

Zepper

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Kingwin 424 series! Ooops I did it again...
.bh.

Time for a :beer: !

Creeping up on 4k...
 

Degrador

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Lian Li have the perfect cases for what you're after, just as long as price doesn't matter too much ;).
 

Nebor

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Acousticase C6607 has everything you want, including your extras, and acoustic padding & air filter (no window though, yuck.) The only thing it lacks is the removeable motherboard tray. It comes with no fans and no power supply. I've had mine for about 4 months now, it's pretty quiet. Only retailer I know of is QuietPCUSA, for $200.
 

deadseasquirrel

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Originally posted by: Nebor
Acousticase C6607 has everything you want, including your extras, and acoustic padding & air filter (no window though, yuck.) The only thing it lacks is the removeable motherboard tray. It comes with no fans and no power supply. I've had mine for about 4 months now, it's pretty quiet. Only retailer I know of is QuietPCUSA, for $200.

Ooooh, that acousticase looks niiiiice. So does the lian li pc-v1000. Both are around $200. Neither have a removeable mobo tray though. I don't have one now, but I'm thinking that it would be a nice feature to have. Otherwise, they look perfect. The higher cost seems to be due to the fact that these cases go the extra length to ensure quietness. That's not really a concern with me at all-- 2 small kids, tv always on, big house, etc.

The Lanboy and Kingwin don't quite fit the requirements... but then again, hell, nothing seems to. So the question is do I get something cheaper thats close since even these expensive ones aren't perfect?

I have some time, so I'll keep looking. I might just have to give up on a few things on the must-have list.