Serious lack of decent cases at the moment?

richieboy · 15 Jan 2006 at 12:11

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

richieboy · 15 Jan 2006 at 12:24

Bonjour_Rodney said:
The Coolermaster wavemaster in black is a gorgeous case.

Have been looking at this but it doesnt have any 120mm fan mounts, and, my main reason is its too small for me

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!

richieboy · 15 Jan 2006 at 13:05

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...

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 · 16 Jan 2006 at 13:52

cathain said:
Gigabyte 3D Aurora, you'll either love the look of or hate it?

Honestly - i think im in the hate category. Its not pleasent imo.

richieboy · 17 Jan 2006 at 16:10

Mav said:
Hi richboy did u check u`re last post out about the lian li tower ??

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17513038

Yes i did. This purpose of this post was'nt asking for details on the Lian Li, i wanted to get peoples suggestions and opinions on other cases.

And alas, i am not "richboy" - i am more of a "poorboy" (mostly due to OcUK

).

richieboy · 18 Jan 2006 at 19:53

Right then - i have ordered myself the V2100B and a few other bits, lets hope its here for Friday (my day off - woopee!) and i shall post a new thread with plenty of images and my thoughts etc.

When buying this case i found a severe lack of reviews etc. My friend has just bought some crazy 8 mega pixel camera - so ill be able to post decent images too!

richieboy · 19 Jan 2006 at 17:17

Nixeh said:
Why not build your own, thats what im doing. Got my dremel through the door today. Im looking forward to starting building it within a couple of days.

Nah, im in no way that good with my hands - im much better with my debit card