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Spec me a case for around £100

CM Storm Trooper. Personally I increased my budget slightly and went for the Haf X but the Trooper was my 2nd choice as it has great airflow and a lot of features.
 
I would second the P280, I would also suggest the Fractal Design Define R3 ...and the Corsair 550D, there is also the Corsair 500R which is more of a 'gaming' case with regards to the airflow than the quiet ones I have mentioned ...also for another 20 quid there is the BitFenix Shinobi XL. You could also consider a Lian Li PC-7FN (there is the FNW with window also) and PC-60FN.

Although the Lian Li mid towers seem to have fallen out of favour with the community at large, I am still a big fan of their design and build ...there are a couple of points you should note with them though, firstly they are more prone to resonance than most cases due to their light weight aluminium structure and the panels are fairly thin tbh (not like classic ATCS designs from the late '90s early '00s) ...and for some reason I do not understand at all, Lian Li mounts their hard drives the opposite way around to the industry convention, i.e. they have the cables facing outwards into the case rather than backwards towards the right side panel as most cases do, I am not sure how easy it is to mount them 'backwards' though, it might be easy and thus not an issue.
 
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Hmm, if you want something say, slightly sleeker, I'd probably go with the RV03 rather than the CM Storm Trooper then.

The Silverstone Raven Rv03, has a sleek-ish appearance, whilst still maintaining a relatively aggressive look to it - almost the best of both worlds. It's also absolutely top notch for air cooling.

I have to say the Lian Li cases are lovely in terms of build quality, and appearance. You do tend to find you have to be slightly more inventive with cable management though, but they do tend to hold that sleeker better looking appeal.

kd
 
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