Best Case Visually?

LiamJ · 22 Jan 2011 at 17:48

XClio cases aren't exactly what I would call pretty...

I also don't understand why people think that the Coolermaster Cosmos is a good looking case?

crisbduck · 22 Jan 2011 at 18:00

Lian li v351 <3 and their mini itx one
Fractals too

Curunen · 22 Jan 2011 at 19:06

LiamJ said:
XClio cases aren't exactly what I would call pretty...

I also don't understand why people think that the Coolermaster Cosmos is a good looking case?

The spaceship one? That is ugly.

Oh, lian li v1000z looks good too.

C64 · 24 Jan 2011 at 10:18

windy soldam are still pretty nice looking forgot about those.

EniGmA1981 · 24 Jan 2011 at 13:11

^^ I quite like that

Suprised nobody's mentioned the Antec Lanboy Air LOL

Skellig · 24 Jan 2011 at 14:20

Has that Windy Soldam got a gold coloured inside???

Hehe. Looks nice though. Sucks about the USB placement.

Curunen · 24 Jan 2011 at 16:41

Oh, forgot about the Windy cases. Very beautiful indeed.

Drum2 · 24 Jan 2011 at 16:55

Silverstone FT02 also.
Looks good (simple), innovative design, quiet. Ticks all the boxes for me

hawker1986 · 24 Jan 2011 at 17:02

Drum2 said:
Silverstone FT02 also.
Looks good (simple), innovative design, quiet. Ticks all the boxes for me

+1 as usual im all for the FT02

Hawker

Combat Fighter · 24 Jan 2011 at 17:58

Corsair 800D for me. It's also very practical for watercooling.

LiamJ · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:26

The Corsair 800D has that minimalistic design on the front, but I just think it looks a bit too plain. However I wouldn't say no if I had the chance to buy one!

Marvin · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:29

FT02 and the white RV02. I also like the NZXT Khaos, the Lian Li V-series (the rounded ones though), and the Lian Li X-series.

That's larger cases.

Smaller cases, I like the Lian Li Q-series (not the Q11 though), V-series (though not the V354), the Silverstone SG05, SG07 and the Lan Gear Da Box 100.

If I had to choose one though, it'd have to be the black, windowed FT02 - because I bought one, after having a few cases from the rest of the list. (V1000, V2000, V351).

Predicament · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:07

I like the lian li's but they're too damn expensive!

bhavv · 29 Jan 2011 at 22:35

P182 is really nice, but the P183 that replaced it is ugly.

I <3 my P182

Apem · 30 Jan 2011 at 02:49

Love the P182 shame they stopped making it as i prefer it to the P183 aswell.

EniGmA1981 · 30 Jan 2011 at 06:55

I got a P182 sat under my desk that I can't bring myself to get rid of lol

Even though I love my HAF, I just can't part with it

probably should as I could use a few extra quid in the bank lol

Might pop up on the MM before long I think

Nemesis379 · 30 Jan 2011 at 10:07

Fractal Arc.. is just B-EA-UTI-FULLLL

LiamJ · 30 Jan 2011 at 12:19

Antec P182 looks good on the outside, but I don't like the inside. Looks too cramped, and the drive bays don't look very good at all.

fireisdangerous · 30 Jan 2011 at 12:59

bitfenix colossus! coolest case i have ever owned, does look like anything else on the market either!

bhavv · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:33

LiamJ said:
Antec P182 looks good on the outside, but I don't like the inside. Looks too cramped, and the drive bays don't look very good at all.

The size is just right. I've got a Rampage III Extreme fitted in mine which is slightly larger than a normal ATX, and the largest size board that will fit, 4 Hard drives in the lower drive bays, one SSD with space for a second in the 3.5" slot, and on DVD RW drive with enough space for more.

It might not look good on the inside, but it doesnt have a windowed case.

The top drive bay slot is never going to get used for drives. You will only be using it for the clip on fan with shorter graphics cards, or removing it for longer ones.

But you can easilly fit in 4 Hard drives and 2 SSDs in the lower cage and 3.5" slot, plus more in the 5.25" drive bays.

It cant fit larger than standard PSUs though, so its a good thing I found a cheap Tagan 1100 watt for it which is small, efficient and very reliable for its power output. My current case, PSU, Mobo and CPU should still last for a very long time, I'll just upgrade the graphics cards because I like doing so, and upgrade the SSD when there are far better but cheaper per Gb ones out.

New cases have more space / better interior, but for the time when it was released, the P182 was brilliant, and definitely built to last because it is still comfortable to use today.