Looking for a great Air Vent Case

Gandeh · 21 Jul 2011 at 23:25

So I'm looking at buying a new case and I'm currently between these two:

HAF X or HAF 922

Links to both:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-203-CM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-176-CM

There's no budget but I'm looking to pay under £200. I'm willing to consider other cases as long as this is kept in mind.

I want great fan cooling and I want to minimise the dust that gets inside the case. This is the main drive behind going for one of these two models is that they are great at keeping dust out.

I'd love to hear which you guys think is best or if there is a good third option.

Thanks for all the help.

Evoss · 22 Jul 2011 at 02:37

CM HAF X

Mollari · 22 Jul 2011 at 10:58

CM HAF X.

You wont regret it.

Venares · 22 Jul 2011 at 11:19

Raven 2 or Fortess 2 then IMO.
Super awsome air cooling and fantastic dust filters.
My FT02 never had a speck of dust in it.

Gandeh · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:44

But how would you compare the Raven 2 and Fortress 2 to the HAF X?

EniGmA1981 · 22 Jul 2011 at 15:15

I'm a HAF man, so I'd vote for the HAF X every time - My HAF932 is awesome for cooling, but with no filters it's too much of a dust magnet for my liking - need to fettle with my fan arrangement and see if negative pressure really DOES stop the dust settling so much

Venares · 22 Jul 2011 at 15:22

Gandeh said:
But how would you compare the Raven 2 and Fortress 2 to the HAF X?

Cooling is easily as good as or better than the HAF and with the filters plus positive pressure dust just isnt a problem.
TBH, best case I've ever owned, only sold it on as I wanted to downsize to mATX.

ChrisD. · 22 Jul 2011 at 16:13

Another vote for the FT02 here. Looks a lot better IMO, though that's subjective of course.

Reldar · 22 Jul 2011 at 16:54

FT02. Best case I've owned.

Kyo · 22 Jul 2011 at 20:07

Silverstone Raven RV03

New updated version of the Raven. Similar concept to the Raven 2 but different design and "arguably" improvement to already High Performance case.

Gandeh · 26 Jul 2011 at 14:39

I wasn't swayed by the FT02 case. But I like the raven a lot. So now I'm between the Raven and HAF X! Help eeek.

Kyo · 27 Jul 2011 at 07:59

Gandeh said:
I wasn't swayed by the FT02 case. But I like the raven a lot. So now I'm between the Raven and HAF X! Help eeek.

Tell me about it, I have been stewing over the Raven RV2-e and RV03 for over a month now and i still can't make up my mind :confused:

I need to get my case soon

Orange · 27 Jul 2011 at 11:51

From one that uses the raven 3, get that one

Mollari · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:32

Gandeh said:
I wasn't swayed by the FT02 case. But I like the raven a lot. So now I'm between the Raven and HAF X! Help eeek.

Theres a lot of reviews for example in youtube.

Heres a good review about haf x and Im sure theres plenty of Raven reviews too.

-fedexer- · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:36

I can assure you going for the HAF X you seriously won't regret it, I used that case in my build and it's so spacious and the cooling is superb, especially when you opt to buy more fans for the case to cool the graphics cards etc

Though be warned, it's a monster of a case, quite weighty.