Budget of £100, can you help me find a case?

hyperst · 27 Sep 2009 at 20:53

hi, i have a budget of £100 for a new case , trouble is now after reading so many reviews i cant find what i want, am i expecting too much

aluminum would be nice
all black inside and out would be nice (dont think any aluminum ones are)
if the psu goes at the bottom would like it to have vents in it
plenty of room for big graphics cards of the next type, new nvidia or atis
plenty of fans if possible, or at least options of adding extras
oh and good cable management is a must
maybe better with out window as every one i see looks like it shows too much if you know what i mean, dont wanna see hdd`s and such

is this too much of a ask with a £100 budget?

hyperst · 27 Sep 2009 at 21:23

DavieJG said:
if you want aluminium then we're talking lian-li.

check this out: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-157-LL&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=187

PC-60FW, i think it ticks all your boxes.

have been looking at the lian li`s unfotunatly this dosnt have any vents for the psu, only two fans , and that window isnt very appealing to me, liitle too much on show oh and dosnt really have any cable managment, oh its so hard finding the right case :confused:

hyperst · 27 Sep 2009 at 21:27

widnesjohn said:
yeah it is hard to find the perfect case on a budget i hate plastic on my case anywere lol except the window

ive been looking at the pc7f with the view on doing a few mods to it to allow the psu to breath abit and posible adding in a couple of 120mm fans in the roof and a small window, but after going on to the site i realised there is a pc7fn model that address`s a few of the pc7f let downs, but cant find it on sale anywhere

hyperst · 28 Sep 2009 at 01:43

well decided on the lian li pc50 armoursuit, after a couple of mods to fans and put a window in i think i`ll be happy

hyperst · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:34

yeah i did see the k62 and it was appealing but the aluminum of the pc50 swayed me lol, and i will add a mindow at some point, ive had a big case before and to be honest i allways thought everything looked a bit lost in it, how do you find the cable managment in your pc50 is it as good as it looks, oh and got it for £118 inc delivery which for the extra £30 over the k62 thought it was worth it

hyperst · 30 Sep 2009 at 15:22

daz.wallace said:
This is the case I decided on, the place I got it from are out of stock atm but I am in no rush. The reason I ordered that one is exactly the reason you stated, it addresses the pc7f's let downs

i couldnt find any stock of pc7fn , so ordered the pc50 armoursuit

faugusztin said:
hyperst, i have a nice suggestion for you, the question is the availability

http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&category=2&prod=32

It's 695 SEK in some swedish shops, that is 68€ or 62 GBP. The only real question are the long graphics cards, they seems to colide with the "uber" HDD rack :
http://www.fractal-design.com/img_prod/inner_system.jpg

sidenote: /me waiting for that case for my fileserver

there nice but too late as i have the pc50 armoursiut now

dont think the fans are upto much though in the armoursuit, they dont seem to push much air about unfortunatly, will be swapping them out soon though