best case for 45ish quid?

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As the title says I dont wnat to spend too much on case but I need a new case for my new pc, my old is ok but i dont like the small ammount of space, i'm searchign for a case that has a gap of 10 cm at elast between hdd's and mobo when they're placed and about 5 cm between psu and top of mobo, atm im mu current case my hdd's are hanging over my nobo and psu is just a few cm's away from cpu hs , so for hdd's i dotn liek the small ammount of space i have for cabling (cables are mess) and for psu area im unsure if its good having hot hardware near cpu... and near sb chip's only coolign (heatpipe brings heat to ribbs above cpu ,to take adavntage of intells stock cooelr airflow), so im afraid whenm i install my new cooler, if the sb chip will burn out, its alrdy too hot to touch (sb chip cool thing) (ps im talking bout the p5n32 sli from asus), anyway i just want a nice case with a lot of space, good cooling and one that has a nice front with a mic and headphone plug and a nice not fully, but partly windowed side, also prefferably one with place for 80 mm fans as I have 5 atm (prefer 2x 80 mm above 1x 120 mm), oh and I dont care aboiut noise/silence.
Its for a high end pc that will be overclocked heavily...
 
Ok 1st of all thanks for responces, i've been to pc shops yesterday and yes I agree, for 45 cant get much so uppign the limit to approx. 80 quid , just ive always bought value cases as cooling and looks are ok on some of them but space is the problem.

Raikiri: that case has a nice sapce indeed between psu and nobo but i cant have somit liek that for hdd-mobo, last time it made a mess out of my case cos I have 3 hdds and i have a psu that isnt modular so...

In shop i saw some huge coolermaster case (forgot type tho :( ) with huge mobo space and nice side window and it had all the stuff i requested, exept for the fans then but that can be fixed with a convertor, about noise I said I dont care, I tried a delta fan once to see how it is, its acceptable for me the noise (tho cant do much more, the delta is the real approximate limit) but I just need performance and i think 2x80mm can do the same as one 120, i will offcourse not really look into that when buying a case but would prefer just keep my current fans...
 
Stacker (1st onbe)
And stacker 810 are my prefferences. (not the 830, exept that its ugly it cools like a 40 quid case)
They both look good, are cool and big.
Akasa eclipse looks too ugly for me i think (i just dont like it).
And dont liek the layout of lian-li cases so that left the 2 stackers.
So i tihnk ill be buyign a stacker, anyone know what other alternatives there are, atm my budget gone up to 100 quid form sales of old parts...
 
Ive seen the chieftec with my own eyes in shop its too slim (want it a bit wider) and unsure boiut if theres a pelxiglass side window,( oh btw anyone know how to mod the earphone plug onto a case that doesnt have one? I mean yes connect a plug to the 2 pins but where to get it and wich pin for wich cable...
Mainly want this for a 2nd pc as im getitng tired of unplugigng my 5.1 each time for headphones cos it night...)


To make all about the case i want : its for a gaming pc, a future conroe with a undecided motheboard (i have enough money but dont know what motehrboard to get) , a 6800gs (wanted a better card at first, asked wich gfx card to get for 200ish quid in another thread) , but thought its not worth spending that much on a graphics card, and that its better to spend it on a conroe supporting mobo and a core duo 6300...
A pc that will have at laast 3 hdd or more (at the mo 3, but theyre all full so near december ill probably buy a fourth or buy 2 smaller and raid them, depends on what will be cheaper...)
Aside that i dont think i have any more heat producing stuff...
I woudl like 2x usb and microphone and heaphone plugs @ front
Side window is a prefference, and space between hdd's and mobo and between mobo and psu is something i want too. ( so a EATX case )
And it has to look ok, i mean my side will look good, I have a lot of case modding stuff from old pc but front has to look stylish...

Thanks for all the responces so far, seen some cases i've never seen before

And to repeat it my limit is 100ish quid or 150ish euro's since I saved a lot of money by buying a 6800gs instead of a 7900gt...
 
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