Which case? Around £100

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I want a case with ATX form factor that is small & quiet. It needs to fit;

Asus PZ68-Pro
Intel i5 with Coolermaster 212 evo
Nvidia 660ti
Corsair 650W PSU
4 HDD's + an SSD
A soundcard.

I currently have a Chieftec full tower (really old) and it's too bloody big and has no cable management and awful airflow.

I've struggled to find anything that's "mid tower" size with a decent spec, airflow, excellent cable management and tool-less everything, regardless of budget. Optical drive bay (x1) would be nice too but not essential.

Sort of like the look of the NZXT H440 that everyone seems to have now but I'm not too sure. Seems expensive for what it is.

Some others I have been looking at include;

Corsair - 200T, 300R, 330R, 200R, etc etc. The 450D/550D look nice but I think it'll be too big
Phanteks Enthoo Pro - looks great but it's too big
Coolermaster Silencio - not sure if this range are any good.
Fractal R4/R5 - any good?

Any suggestions appreciated. If you have pictures of your cases with something for scale that would be appreciated.
 
At this point, I'd only go for either the Fractal Design Define R5 or the Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Rev B. The DS1B is probably a little better, but it's not easily available as it only came out early March and suppliers want to shift the original version. I'd hold out for it though.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I ordered myself an NZXT Source 340 in the end! I couldn't really see myself enjoying a build in some of the cases suggested and a couple of them were hard to find in the UK :)

Something about the Fractal cases looks 'off' to me, I don't know what it is!

Hope I made the right choice.
 
You gotta pick what you like the best mate and cosmetics plays a big part with cases. I got a HAF X approx 2 years ago purely on its cooling credentials (live in a highly insulated very hot house) and i'm sick of looking at it now :(

Post up a build log if you get time, be great to see how you get on.
 
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