Antec P180 - What to replace with?

Yeah, in the end I went with a TJ07 for the main PC. Also recently purchased a Silverstone Raven RV02 which is an excellent aircooling case.
 
The TJ07 is a great case, ive seen some lovely watercooled systems built in theese, also find the design of the raven to be very interesting, nice change from the usual designs.:cool:
 
Yeah, the TJ07 is better suited for watercooling than aircooling. The RV02 on the other hand is affordable and due to the design cools SLi and Crossfire setups very well. The main case fans are intakes and located at the bottom, forcing cool air into the intakes of the graphics card and the cards themselves extract the air directly up and out of the case. Works very well, obviously with this type of design there are issues with cables and so on, but nothing too bad.
 
Yep, running sli in my A70F here, temps on the cards arent too bad, 48 and 50c idle, 74-76c in game, cables could do with a bit of tidying though.

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As i now have three hdd's in the top bay the front 140mm fan is blocked a little, gonna move a few drives down a bit and bodge mount another 120mm fan into the 3 remaining 5.25 bays, have some Lian Li mesh filter bezels to replace the standard ones, should help get a bit more air into the case.
 
I was in the same boat and have just upgraded from a p180 to the p193 as it has what i wanted, beter airflow but the same features at the p180 in terms of quiet and features. having 2 top 140mm fans makes the difference. I did have to mod the door to fit it (I sawwed off part of the bezel round the fan as it was hitting the h50) but wtill worth it, great temps now etc. It's not as quiet as the p180 as i beileve the doors are dual layer versus tri, but with everything on a fan controller I have everything turned right down when idle and can go up on load. Will do a post with pics when i get time.
 
the Fractal Design R3 is worth looking at, i have used one for my new build (in build logs if you fancy a look) and it is a very nice case to work with for the price!
 
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