Antec 300 VS Fractal Design R3

Right so i was planning on getting

-Radon AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.20GHz @ 3.60GHz Overclocked Bundle
-Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
-OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
-Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

Already have optical drive before someone says i forgot it

Which case should i get, Antec 300 or the Fractal Design Define R3.

Also any input on the other parts would be appreciated.

the fractal is pretty much silent and has good cable managment

the antec doesnt have cable managment but is cheap and is very popular

two very different cases, but personally i'd go with the fractal

Fractal any day. No contest in my opinion.

If you're willing to spend close to £90 on a case I don't see why you would consider the Antec 300, it is much more a good budget option IMO than an ideal case. So I would also vote for the Fractal, if there isn't something else that you like more.

Reldar said:

Fractal any day. No contest in my opinion.

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Agree, they are not in the same league.

Fractal by a country mile, it's in a different league really.

yup the r3 is much better

I also looked at both of these and went for the R3 as it's quieter, has better cable management and looks better. As far as I can see the only reason you'd pick 300 is that it cheap but still fairly decently built.

The fractal R3 certainly isn't silent, though quieter than my old Sonata 2 it's still noticable.