Trying to find a roomy ATX case with removable bays...

[plastick]

Hey I cant seem to find a good computer case that has lots of room and also has removable drive bays. I need it to fit stuff like 8800GTX and 4 hard drives as well as other DVD and Audio drive(Live Drive!) as well, and still have enough room for air flow and my hands.

Can someone suggest a case?

Thanks

MOD EDIT: Moved to Cases. - Zap

 

[Roguestar]

Probably get more replies and see better suggestions in this sub-forum: http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...tid=37&flcache=4357363

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: plastick

Hey I cant seem to find a good computer case that has lots of room and also has removable drive bays. I need it to fit stuff like 8800GTX and 4 hard drives as well as other DVD and Audio drive(Live Drive!) as well, and still have enough room for air flow and my hands.

Can someone suggest a case?

The Cooler Master Cosmos S is exactly what you're looking for.
> Cheaper at Provantage

 

[Sentrosi2121]

As soon as I saw the title of this thread I was going to suggest the Cosmos. Absolutely the BEST case for what you're looking for. I absolutely love it. So much room inside plus the removeable drive bays make this a :thumbsup: case I'll be having around for a very loooong time.

 

[Slugbait]

Cosmos is an great case, MaxPC used it for their uber rig this year. The Cosmos S is probably better, certainly much more expensive.

I have a VA8000 Armor, which got a Kick-Ass award from MaxPC a couple of years ago. Plenty of headroom for my Tuniq Tower 120 (the case is wide, as well as deep). It has two removable drive trays: one in the lower-front (hooked up to the 120mm intake fan) and another in the top-rear (in front of an 80mm exhaust fan). The only real gripe I have is it wasn't designed for cable management...however, it was specifically designed for maximum cooling, including liquid systems. Anyway, it has far more room than what I needed (I only have three hard drives and one optical drive). You can pick up the newer 8003 for $142 shipped AR at the 'egg, this version has a side fan.

 

[Zepper]

Don't know what you mean by removable drive bays but check out the Rosewill R5600 series (my fave of the 3 versions is the 5605 right now). Has 11" of vid card room and pretty easy to work in as I have fat fingers too. Drives are easy to get to. See my review here:
http://www.techimo.com/reviews...roduct.php?product=431 . It is on the 5604 but I cover the differences between the three. Beyond that, you didn't give us enough to go on. Any size, price limitations? Color? The Cosmos is sort of pricey. If you don't mind LARGE, you can still find some Rocketfish out there, but they are getting scarcer by the day. See my thread on it in the C&C section:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=y&keyword1=rocketfish
And the new Lian Li/Lancool PC-K7 is nice too and on a deal right now at the Egg. It has some of the same negatives as the Rocketfish, but nothing that can't be worked around.

Lots of good cases out there, just give us some info to work with. And as was mentioned above, this thread really belongs in the C&C section.

.bh.

 

[nealh]

Look at the TJ07..big and excellent quality