Which Case For Me?

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Kellogz

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Which of these cases do you think will do me best? I was bias for the Antec 300 as my friend had brought the 900 a few years ago and looked nice and seemed to keep things cool but readign a lot of reviews people say the materials are too flimsy and can be tight for space and cable management.

Heres the planned Rig to go inside:

OcUK Value ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail

Asus M4A79XTD Evo (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366)

Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

And heres the Case's i have narrowed it down too:

Thermaltake VK90001N2Z Element T Gamer Case - Black [£44.99]
Asus TA-M21 Vento Gaming Case - Black [£45.99]
Akasa Freedom Xone Case - Black [AK-BKXNE-01] [£45.99]

Thanks :)
 
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I really like this Xigmatek case, for £29 you really can't go wrong..

And the internals are coated in black as well, which is quite nice, and not something you'd expect to find on a cheap case like this.
 
The 300 is neither flimsy (god knows where you got that from?) nor is it ugly (in my opinion anyway).

Cable management can be a bit of a pain, but if you take your time and plan your wiring it's perfectly fine. It also has plenty of modding potential.
 
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Agree with above the 300 is a sound case, the aesthetic side of things is down to the purchaser. Just cos I don't like marmite doesn't mean it doesn't taste nice to other people.
 
The 300 is a total POS and its beyond me why people constantly recommend it when there is so much more available in the same price bracket.

Its cramped, fugly and well over priced. It'll also not like the length of that 4890 much.

Out of those 3 I'd go for the Akasa but if you can stretch and extra tenner or so I'd be looking at either a Coolermaster CM690 or Lancool PC-K58.
 
i've changed the options too:

1) Thermaltake Element G Gaming Case
2) Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case

What you guys think? i'm leaning to the scout because of the side panel.
 
If these are the only two options then definitely the scout. I'm biased though since I'd take any case over anything that has a Thermaltake logo on it.
 
ManCuBuS said:
The 300 is a total POS and its beyond me why people constantly recommend it when there is so much more available in the same price bracket.

Its cramped, fugly and well over priced. It'll also not like the length of that 4890 much.

Out of those 3 I'd go for the Akasa but if you can stretch and extra tenner or so I'd be looking at either a Coolermaster CM690 or Lancool PC-K58.
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After reading this post, I did a bit of reading up and decided to buy the Lancool PC-K58 for my sons PC that I've just built up. I'd never heard of them before. I've always had Lian-Li cases for my own PC so was nice to know they have a hand in this case and it definately shows. The Lancool even has features my own £100+ Lian-Li doesn't!

It's basically a steel Lian-Li PC-P50 Armoursuit as opposed to aluminum.

Fantastic case to work with and for £55 an absolute steal, cheers :)
 
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Chong Warrior said:
After reading this post, I did a bit of reading up and decided to buy the Lancool PC-K58 for my sons PC that I've just built up. I'd never heard of them before. I've always had Lian-Li cases for my own PC so was nice to know they have a hand in this case and it definately shows. The Lancool even has features my own £100+ Lian-Li doesn't!

It's basically a steel Lian-Li PC-P50 Armoursuit as opposed to aluminum.

Fantastic case to work with and for £55 an absolute steal, cheers :)
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Nice buy Chong mate. I used it last week on a build and it was a pleasure to work with. Best bang for buck case available as far as I'm concerned.
 
ManCuBuS said:
Nice buy Chong mate. I used it last week on a build and it was a pleasure to work with. Best bang for buck case available as far as I'm concerned.
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Gotta agree, got this case recently (upgraded from a Thermaltake Soprano; yuck!) and it is absolutely amazing value considering it's features. :D
 
Asked this in the other thread as well but would like more thoughts;

How strong is the plastic top part of the Lancool PC-K58/K62? Could you rest your legs on it? :p
 
liquidex said:
Asked this in the other thread as well but would like more thoughts;

How strong is the plastic top part of the Lancool PC-K58/K62? Could you rest your legs on it? :p
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Yeah people have said its weak but it's perfectly strong enough imo. You could rest ya legs on it :p
 
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