Cheap, but good case.

MasterPlan1 · 19 Jun 2009 at 22:48

So, I bought one of the Asus TA-861, and it's a bit ****, hard to work with etc. Can anyone recommend me a good case which isn't insanely expensive, needs to house 6 disks minimum. <£50

hawker1986 · 19 Jun 2009 at 22:58

Antec 300 will hold 6 HDDs and is <£50, also you can get some air over those HDDs with the front fans, should work so long as your graphics card isnt massively long.

Hawker

ian|Squared² · 19 Jun 2009 at 23:16

is the CM 335 5 disks?
you could always buy a caddy to fit a few disks into your 5.25" drive bays

Steve2000 · 19 Jun 2009 at 23:45

Antec 300 is your best bet. It's the cheapest that holds 6 drives. Not a bad case for the monies.

diverse180 · 20 Jun 2009 at 09:47

I have to agree and say the Antec 300 is a great little case, although the price seems to have increased a bit since I bought mine.

It comes complete with a 120mm rear exhaust and a 140mm top fan, but if you're going to be having six drives I'd definitley fit more fans (you have the option to fit two front, and one side 120mm fans).

diverse180 · 20 Jun 2009 at 09:59

Hmmm, I forget to mention that if you have a long graphics card you may not be able to have a drive next to it.

I have a GTX 260 OCX and there's no space for a drive to be fitted in the top bay opposite...but there are some spare 5.25 bays.

mjones1 · 21 Jun 2009 at 18:35

For an extra £5 you can get a Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator Case which is a much better case than the antec 300.

nft_99 · 21 Jun 2009 at 19:02

i have the cm-690 and there is space for 5 drives the others will have to go under the optical drives but you can get the coolermaster 4 in 3 hard drive cage.