Shinobi XL alternative

Muel

Muel

Muel

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I've almost made my mind up on this case, but I've heard it's a pain to get 60mm rads in.

The Elysium is too big, it'd hang off my desk.

The Switch 810 is just too ugly. I know a lot of people love it but I just hate the thing!

The Fractal Design Define XL is a bit too bland and boring to look at for me.



I will probably go for a Shinobi XL, but I'm just wondering if there's anything I've missed really.

Suggestions? Has to have a depth under 570mm though. I don't want it hanging off the desk. :P

I want it to be big, imposing and allow for watercooling in the future but also be good for air cooling now. I hate "gamer" cases and want something more understated.
 
Lots to read, cheers guys. :)

I've heard the airflow in the front is restricted, I.E: when you take the front panel off there is a big difference to the amount of air that comes in, but it seems that it's generally considered "enough".

800D is way out of my budget, 650D isn't big enough.

After seeing that the issue of running thick rads can be worked around with some basic modding, think I'm going to go for it. I might even watercool it anyway, so it's not really much of an issue for me right now.

I saw TTL's review, he makes some very valid points about it being a couple of flaws that could easily have been sorted, but none of them are deal breakers for me, just mild annoyances that can easily be sorted.

Pretty sure I'll be getting one come pay day. Been right through all the lists of cases between £0-175 and it's the only one that really seems to suit me. Everything else is either too ugly or won't fit on my desk by the looks of it.

Cheers everyone. :)
 
I'm guessing the Shinobi XL can't be quite as toasty as my current Antec 300? (965BE 140w @ 3.7ghz and 2x5830 to feed air to).

I looked at the A70F but it's not a looker IMO and would need serious modding to watercool it in future.

Love how neat your XL build is Setter, think I'll definitely go for one now. Hope I can get mine that tidy!

Just got to wait for OCUK to get the new windowed version in stock...
 
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