Serious lack of decent cases at the moment?

richieboy

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So ive been looking for a decent case for my new rig for a while.

I currently have the original CM Stacker and its cool, but i find it abit ugly now and not what i want anymore. Im after a case of the same size, but more sleek and more aluminium, with a door (as my "black" bezelled drives are really a horrible faded black/grey colour and rather than stealth them i would prefer a door), the PSU to be mounted in the bottom of the case rather than the top, USB ports on the bottom at the front, and decent cooling with plenty of options for 120mm fans.

The new CM Stacker you say? No thanks - its overpriced and does'nt look too great to me.

So, at the moment i have been looking at the Lian-Li v2100B (in black of course) as it meets all of the above criteria. Only problem is i cant find many reviews for it, and some of the comments i have found are people saying that cooling isnt too great on it.

Have i got any other options? Do you guys/gals know of any other cases that fit my above criteria? I dont mind about size - but imo i like bigger cases with plenty of space for anything i want to do...

Help :)
 
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The Coolermaster wavemaster in black is a gorgeous case. It doesn't have the PSU at the bottom though. I have a mate who has the limited edition blue one and the workmanship on it is outstanding.

I agree with you though, there is a serious lack of 'sexy' cases around at the moment.
 
Bonjour_Rodney said:
The Coolermaster wavemaster in black is a gorgeous case.
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Have been looking at this but it doesnt have any 120mm fan mounts, and, my main reason is its too small for me :p

Im not sure why, but i have always gone for huge server type cases over small ones.

Oh and i have also have the Antec P180 - i found it a little too plasticky, generally not the sort of quality i was after. Was also a little too small for me - but did have the PSU mounted in the bottom in a seperate compartment which was nice.

So far im still on the v2100b then!
 
The Lian Li v series is the best series of cases out at the moment.

Look at reviews of the V1*** and then just apply them to the V2***.

You wont beat them if you like the looks of them, brilliant build, can be very quiet, decent cooling and did I mention brilliant build...
 
Yewen said:
You wont beat them if you like the looks of them, brilliant build, can be very quiet, decent cooling and did I mention brilliant build...
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You certainly did sir. I have actually got you on MSN and have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while - so next time i am signed onto it i will!

:)
 
richieboy said:
You certainly did sir. I have actually got you on MSN and have been meaning to talk to you about this for a while - so next time i am signed onto it i will!

:)
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Just a warning richieboy, if you speak to Yewen, you will be walking away with either an ATC's case or wanting a Lian Li :p Lol :)
 
Yewen said:
Im not that bad people!

I also like Silverstones a bit, give me my credit please!

Yeh im always up for a discussion on cases :)
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Aww, you know it was meant in the kindest way :)

If you ask me though, Yewen is right, get a V-series case, suits your needs down to the ground.
 
im just building a new comp with the lian li v1000 plus black case. The case is amazing. Here the spec im building

DELL Ultrasharp 2405FPW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
Sony DWQ30AB 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
Sony CRX320E 52x32x52x16 CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black)
Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Cooler
Logitech Cordless G7 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+
DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2
Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU
Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower
2 x XFX GeForce 7800GTX Extreme XXX Edition 256MB 490/1300
 
richeboy, I just read a review on the Silverstone TJ03 and it seems to be a very nice case. You should check it out.
 
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