Help me choose a case!

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casual_eze

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Hi All,

im starting to look at picking up pieces of my new build for once haswell is released and i need to look for a case to get the ball rolling. Im not after anything fancy looking, just functional, good build quality, has USB 3 ports on the front and something that will last.

I like the look of the carbide 400R (understated looks and good quality?) and was wondering is you all think its a decent case? I probably wont be using water cooling but will have 1xSSD (OS) plus possibly another SSD and maybe up to 2xnormal hard drives so it needs to accommodate those as a minimum. Possibly 2x5.25" optical drives.

As with most things, i am on a tight budget so lower the better but not at the expense of quality. If its truly superior i don't mind spending the extra.

Also, haswell wont have an impact on cases or anything since the new Z87 MBs should just be standard ATX right? i.e. is it wise to buy now rather than later?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
Also, just noticed there isnt a sub-forum on power supplies so recommendations on those would be appreciated (if this is the right place to ask!).
Same as above, i dont need anything crazy - probably 550W maybe 600W? I doubt i will go xfire/sli with the new build. It doesnt need to be modular either as i can hopefully hide extra cables with a decent case.
Build quality/reputation/budget will be the deciding factors.

Thanks in advance!
 
thanks for the recommendation and the define R4 looks amazing but why havent they included a hard drive led? Im fairly old skool like that and while i'd love to order it, thats a bit of a deal breaker because thats the first thing i look at when my pc goes unresponsive! Its not dual use by any chance (power LED flashes with HD access?).

The Midi R2 is a possibility but it has less USB ports and is slightly more expensive.

Such a straight forward choice seems like its not going to be straight forward at all.
/sigh
 
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