Case help please.

marc512 · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:48

Iv asked for tonnes of help in buying cases, after knowing what my income will be for college bursary & part time job, iv slightly increased my budget on a case by £50 and thats caused a hell of a lot of problems...

First i wanted coolermaster 922 then 932 then lancool k62 then silverstone rv02 then rv01 then Lian Li PC-60FW.
Now my budget is has went up to £160 i open to a tonne of choices.
Im not interested in water cooling, im making a core i5 build with a new graphics card (gt300 ). The board im getting is ATX. I might sli in the future but that will be years yet when i really need sli.

Any advice? I like the idea on the silverstones with the motherboard 90degrees, but the front of the rv02 is jsut...FUGLY, to many drives for me, only 4 drives max. If i cant decide i might go for the rv02 because its large and it will last me a while for future builds.

beefybarn · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:24

Thermaltake Spedo is now in your price range and a great case it is.

marc512 · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:42

Thermaltake Spedo looks a good case

ill add that to the ones i already have in mind! i love the way you can reposition hard drive cages into 5.25" drive bays! i could proby add 2 fans at the bottom and remove a cage for more airflow to the components

it looks a great case

EsaT · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:09

marc512 said:
The board im getting is ATX.

But high end graphics cards are long enough to practically require E-ATX case for having actual working space left in between card and what ever case has in front of it.

I like the idea on the silverstones with the motherboard 90degrees

Raven RV01 is too cramped, complex and obstructed for cooling to work well.
Going from the PC-B70 to the Raven, I GAINED(!!!) about 7 to 10* Celcius on my CPU temps using the same TRUE 120 + 2x Noctua push/pull setup.
http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1034567466&postcount=1
So you can exclude that model.