New case recommendations?

cogrady84

cogrady84

cogrady84

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Hi guys,

Planning on grabbing a new case as an early christmas present... budget isnt too much of an issue, probably in the region of £150-£200

I'm currently using an Antec 900 v1, the issues I have with it are that it is too cramped inside, not much room for any real cable management and its a bit of a dust magnet.

No plans to go watercooling for some time yet i doubt, and I would prefer not to make any custom modifications to the case, as I lack to tools and prowess... i'll bodge something badly, trust me!

I'm looking for something sexy but also with a good design, not fussed about a window as my rig isn't visible really, lots of space, 2.5in ssd mount, and just generally a top notch case for cooling (BIG gamer, overclocker, specs below...), I was thinking silverstone? but i've been out of the case arena for such a long time, i'm not really sure what I should go for (was looking at the lanboy air, but it seems some of you guys aren't fans!), spec: (cooling and space badly needed!) i've noticed artifacting on my 460, pretty sure it's a cooling issue...

Antec 900 v1 Gaming Case
Enermax Galaxy 750W Modular PSU
Asus P6T SE Intel X58
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz
Noctua SE1366 NH-U12P SE1366 (Push-Pull)
OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel
1x Gigabyte GTX 460 Super OverClock Edition 1GB Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E
1x Intel X25-M Gen2 Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
1x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro 7.1 Soundcard - PCI-Express
Intel Gigabit PRO/ 1000CT PCIe Desktop Adapter
LiteOn 4x Internal BD-ROM Black Blu-Ray SATA
LiteOn 24x Internal DVDRW Black SATA
 
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In your case I'd get FULL TOWER: Corsair 800D is great, however increased in price by ~£30!

New NXTZ Phantom looks great. Antec 1200, Haf 922 ..
 
cogrady84 said:
Thanks i'll take a look, is this quite popular on these boards?
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Afaik they are, I could be wrong though. I'm planning on using one for my upcoming build and I researched that case quite a bit and every review I've read or watched on it basically gives it a 5/5
 
I'm a little biased as I have one the ft-02 is an excellent case or if you don't mind how it looks the Cooler Master HAF X also gets my vote.
 
Just ordered the FT02 red interior from a competitor, delivery on thursday... gonna get a fan controller and some white lighting

damn, excited now! thanks for the heads up on the ft02 guys, sexy sexy sexy :cool:
 
Just ordered some accessories aswell :) leaving the fan controller as the case seemingly already has one! and a noise dampener for the top fan as I heard someone was whining about it

OcUK 30cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - White £5.95 1 £5.95
OcUK 30cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - UV £5.95 1 £5.95
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £5.10 2 £10.20
Akasa AK-MX002 PSU and Fan Noise reduction Kit £4.34 1 £4.34
Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner £4.25 1 £4.25
OcUK Value 30cm Length of 18mm 3:1 UV Red Heat Shrink (93155) £1.50 1 £1.50
OcUK Value 30cm Length of 13mm 3:1 UV Red Heat Shrink (93051) £1.40 1 £1.40
 
cogrady84 said:
Just ordered the FT02 red interior from a competitor, delivery on thursday... gonna get a fan controller and some white lighting
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Dude this case looks the nuts, I wouldn't mind getting it myself. Could you please show us some pictures when you have it all set up and running, would be sweet to see :cool:
 
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