Good, easy, quiet case?

[khearts]

Hi,

Looking for a good quiet case, loads of room of hdd's, want a good few tb's of hdd.
Easy to put in stuff. Quiet and cool, room for water cooling.
Looking for cheap as possible, psu not needed.

Thanks

 

[UTmaniac]

Perhaps the Coolermaster Stacker 831s? They certainly ought to have enough storage space for your storage needs, as to whether they can house a full water cooling kit, no idea (but they are one of the biggest cases around).

Looks wise, a black aluminium case with large side grills can be found at a very competitve price in various colours (white, silver, radiation green etc.) at approximately 60% of the RRP.

 

[Inazuma]

Just out of curiosity, why would you need a few TB's of data?

 

[khearts]

I have a lot of movies/series, a tb of anime, a lot of mma/combat sports vids because its my job. And I record tv onto my pc. Games, music... The usual, hehe

How about the Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos? Less hdd space, but it has the silent padding, unless i can get that seperate?

 

[darude]

I was after a quiet case 2 weeks back and I went for the Antec P182. My pointers:

1) Good cable management
2) Noise dampering side panels
3) 3-speed switch fans (low is nice and quiet)
4) Nice easily removable dust filters

It's not silent but it is certainly a lot quiet compared to my old case.
If i remember correctly, it can hold 6 HDDs. However, you need to screw in all your components (no screwless design) and there's no removable motherboard tray. But overall, I'm very happy.

 

[Frame352]

No room for internal watercooling in the P182 though.

@khearts, yep you can buy the padding seperately. No idea if it makes all that much difference to be honest LINK

 

[schumi84]

Could go for the CM690, *think* you can fit 6 drives in it and is very good for cable management and also has a toolless design.