New case?

NZB

NZB

NZB

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I've been using an antec 300 until now and it's starting to bother me when it comes to swapping parts, cleaning out etc as there is very little room inside. I'm thinking of getting one of these or something similar to replace the silver arrow cpu cooler and the next logical step would be to replace the case.

Budget is needs to be under £150 and i'd prefer the style of the case to be muted, plain but stylish if possible and nothing garish. I'm thinking the Corsair 650D so that gives an idea of style but looking for alternative suggestions as i've no clue when it comes to the insides, i've always just bought cheap and whacked the hardware in as long as reviews say they have decent airflow. If it matters my house is old and can get quite dusty.

Also needs to have room for 1 SSD and 4 2TB drives.
 
Ha, I'd never call anything by NZXT 'plain but stylish'.

So, £150. Hmm.

Do you need massive size? And do you need massive amounts of cooling?

Something like the Bitfenix Shinobi XL might be good for you.

Unstylish things would be Switch 810, CM Storm Trooper.

Not that I can find any reviews on them anywhere, the Anidees AI-6B looks absolutely spectacularly attractive, and seems to have 5 star customer reviews on the site.

For fantastic quality, you'd want something Silverstone or Lian Li. The Silverstone FT02 would be the out of budget option, the RV03, the more in budget option.

kd
 
Not really a fan of the way NZXT cases look tbh. That Anidees AI-6BS looks fantastic, i found some reviews for an AI-6 model on techpowerup and gur3d that i assume is either the previous version or they just labeled it that to cover both the windowed and non-windowed. Looks to have plenty of space inside too which i'm after.
 
Aye, looking at the others that's pretty obvious now. W for the windowed and B on both the windowed and non windowed black ones :p

Ordered this afternoon. First time i've spent any meaningful money on a case so thanks for the help KD, i hadn't even noticed the brand before you mentioned it. Cheapo ones like the Antec 300 and the Akasa (cant remember the model) before it have lasted a long time before replacing, i'd guess they'd have probably lasted me longer if i had smaller hands lol, so hopefully this is the last i'll need to buy for years to come.

Just need user reviews of the H90 to start coming in and i shouldn't be lacking for space inside anymore :)
 
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