Quest for the Quieter Case!

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As you may figure, my setup generates a fair amount of heat. This, along with a case with only one 80mm fan for intake and an exhaust that's blocked by the H60 rad, results in a lot of noise. Hence I'm after a new case.

I've been looking at:

Antec P183 v3
Fractal Design Define R3
Cooler Master Silencio 550
Corsair 600T

I'm a fan of the Antec for its modularity, something it shares with the 600T. Being able to take drive bays out to improve airflow looks very nice. The 600T may seem like an odd one out on the list, but according to Anand's review, the dual 200mm fans gives it so much breath that GPUs and CPUs don't need to spin their own coolers as much.

Thoughts? A guy I spoke to in another forum seemed to think I'm foolish for thinking a new case will solve my problems and suggested I replace the cooling on my graphics cards instead, which I'm not willing to do. I don't want a noiseless setup, I just want one that's a whole lot less noisier than it is now.

EDIT: Oh, and I have a Centurion 5 at the moment. So it can't get much louder. :)
 
Fractal XL for the list, nice case and lots of options for cooling compared to what you are using by the sounds of it.
 
Fractal XL or R3, in either case (pardon the pun) add some quiet fans to the stock setup though.
In the R3, adding a bottom intake fan really helps with GPU temperature/noise and it's something most people overlook in favour of top/front fans.
The XL's cooling isn't quite as good but there is a lot more room inside, with the optional 120mm spot at the front filled it will still be much better in terms of noise than your current case and should still be cooler.
 
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