Need advice on picking a case

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Im building myself a new rig soon and have got most of it sorted now thanks to two very helpful people :). One of the things left to do is pick a case, and thought this should go in the case section instead of my post in general.

Im looking for a black case with plenty of room. The Coolermaster Stacker STC-t01 really caught my eye, but sadly there are no black ones to be found :(. The second case that has caught my eye has been the silverstone tj05. Its within my £100 limit i have set for the case, is black and has a nice layout and a right set of fans in it. The only problem is i think the position of the usb, firewire ports on the right hand side of the case is a bit awkard and i seen that the LCD panel can be awkard aswell if you dont look at it from the right angle.

I was hoping some people could give opinions on the Tj05, and maybe suggest a few other cases fitting the description. I am not too keen on the design on the Lain li atm so i dont know if i could go with one of them. All help is well appreciated :)

~cheers
 
So the akasa is around the same as that Lain li PC7?

Thanks for attracting my attention to the akasa eclipse, i think it suits my needs perfectly. The front is a bit weird, but it looks like an excellent case overall
 
Sorry for the bump but the akasa is out of stock on here, and the Black stacker is still nowhere to be found.

Is there anywhere on here i can ask to find out if they expect anymore stock in? Dont want to wait for something and end up it isnt coming back lol :P
 
Cheers, i just wasnt sure if i would get answers to "when you getting" questions if i pestered em on their sales email :P.

Well atleast the fact that it's sold out shows its a popular case :D

Cheers for the help chaps. <3
 
Ah yea, i read on your post on a different topic that a different company designed it and then they took their time to make improvements to it. Is there any extra's that i should get apart from the window modded side panel?
 
that fan control looks pretty sweet. Think ill have to go with those, n1 for recommending em yewen.

Its also quite cool the way you can change the L.E.D colour on the lcd panel. One question thought, do you think it would be easy to change the L.E.Ds of the knobs? I want to have an all red and black theme going for my new case :P
 
Sorry didnt update, havent been on properly. They said 6 weeks for both the "eclipse" and the new "mirage" case.

I think i might wait for the mirage as it looks dead sexy at the front imo :P and has place for 4 extra fans inside afaik from the little pictures i have seen :/. But im safe for waiting for a review of it first to see what its pro's and con's are. Month and half wait makes me want to cry :(
 
Sorry for bumping this but Yewen, do you think it would be worth it waiting out for the mirage case to come into stock? Been pondering over this for ages and wasnt too sure if it was worth waiting for as it does look sexy on the front and the inside too.
 
ah cheers mate. Ill just get an eclipse for now then, and if it turns out to be an upgrade i can sell the eclipse and get a mirage :D

Cheers for all the help yewen
 
been fiddling about with the case for a bit and still cant figure out how to remove the back panel to get to the screws at the other side of the DVD drive bays :(.

Have a few gripes about the case, one that it lacks any instructions and two the poor quality involved with the thumb screws. Half of them dont fit in properly and one in the HDD caddy has to be put in at an angle :mad: . Does anyone else get this? I hope so, because i would hate to get the 1/100 case lol. Other than that nothing good has come of today, so im holding off until tomorrow to build the rig before i lose the bap lol :P.
 
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