Advice on a new case please guys.

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So, im getting a new mobo, cpu cooler and would like to upgrade my current case Antec 300 as I just think its a tad to small, plus i think Im going to try SLI when i get money saved for a couple of 670s.

My max budget would be around £150, i have 1 ssd and 1 500gb hdd and as mentioned would like space for sli, also the cooler im getting will be a Antec kuhler, either 620 or 920 so would the space to mount on the rear. Would like something with the rubber gromits for cable management.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
OK, well:

Silverstone Raven RV03 - Epic air flow - slightly odd layout, but that's why the cooling works so well.
HAF X - Great for airflow (trades blows with the RV03 above), good for watercooling, massive. Looks might put you off.
Corsair 600t - Looks very very nice. Not as good as some of the others in regards to air flow, but hardly poor either. Not great for watercooling.
NZXT Switch 810 - Innovative, and large. Good for air flow, great for watercooling. I think they've just released some new colours of these, so you don't neccessarily have to go with the gloss white if you don't like that. Pretty sure they have some dedicated fans built into the HDD bays which can be angled to specifically target GPU's - useful for SLI.
Xigmatek Elysium - Massive, not much more to say, reasonable air flow, great for watercooling.
Bitfenix Shinobi XL - Looks are arguably slightly better than the others. There have been rumours of it having air flow issues though in the front of the case if you put in some higher CFM fans in the front such as the NF-F12's. Again, not bad for watercooling, but not the greatest of the lot either.
Fractal Define Design XL/Antec P280 - These are more 'silent' cases, they've still got relative good airflow and should cope with the SLI'd 670s. Sleek, quiet cases are these.
CM Storm Trooper - to be honest, I'd get the HAF X over this, but if you wanted to save a bit of money, there's not a huge difference between them.

a lot of aesthetics come into it. You might love the looks of the CM HAF X. You might hate them, hence have a look at the above, and any of those choices wouldn't be a bad choice.

kd
 
King Damager said:
OK, well:

Silverstone Raven RV03 - Epic air flow - slightly odd layout, but that's why the cooling works so well.
HAF X - Great for airflow (trades blows with the RV03 above), good for watercooling, massive. Looks might put you off.
Corsair 600t - Looks very very nice. Not as good as some of the others in regards to air flow, but hardly poor either. Not great for watercooling.
NZXT Switch 810 - Innovative, and large. Good for air flow, great for watercooling. I think they've just released some new colours of these, so you don't neccessarily have to go with the gloss white if you don't like that. Pretty sure they have some dedicated fans built into the HDD bays which can be angled to specifically target GPU's - useful for SLI.
Xigmatek Elysium - Massive, not much more to say, reasonable air flow, great for watercooling.
Bitfenix Shinobi XL - Looks are arguably slightly better than the others. There have been rumours of it having air flow issues though in the front of the case if you put in some higher CFM fans in the front such as the NF-F12's. Again, not bad for watercooling, but not the greatest of the lot either.
Fractal Define Design XL/Antec P280 - These are more 'silent' cases, they've still got relative good airflow and should cope with the SLI'd 670s. Sleek, quiet cases are these.
CM Storm Trooper - to be honest, I'd get the HAF X over this, but if you wanted to save a bit of money, there's not a huge difference between them.

a lot of aesthetics come into it. You might love the looks of the CM HAF X. You might hate them, hence have a look at the above, and any of those choices wouldn't be a bad choice.

kd
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All nice cases, I love the look of the Elysium, I like it a lot. I think that could be the one.
 
Xigmatek Elysium!
If you liked the looks of Antec 300/900/1200 case looks then this is the one!
Also you may be able to curl up & sleep inside as well :)
 
King Damager said:
Bitfenix Shinobi XL - Looks are arguably slightly better than the others. There have been rumours of it having air flow issues though in the front of the case if you put in some higher CFM fans in the front such as the NF-F12's. Again, not bad for watercooling, but not the greatest of the lot either.


kd
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The stock 230mm fan provides very little in the way of airflow. But as youve mentioned, install two good CFM fans and the difference is night and day. I put in 2 x 120mm silverstone air penetrators and removed a few hdd trays. Sli gpu temps are now equal to what i was getting in my Lian Li A70F, (which has a mesh grill front). I reckon that with a 3rd front mounted AP fan i could drop another few c of my cpu temps as well.
 
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