Which Case?

dakaiez

dakaiez

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I am just looking for a little bit of help as I'm about to order a bew pc but am unsure as to what case to go for.

I have been looking at the HAF range but they are big, ugly (although I could put up with it) and quite heavy.

It needs to have good airflow, will be using it with a H50 so sonewhere for the rad and needs to have good space and cable managementm

It'll be housing the following components;

i7 920
Gigabyte UD5
6gig Corsair
Corsair H50
5870
850w Modular Corsair
3x Samsung F3's

Also I'll probably add another 5870 when they drop in price a fair bit more or when the single one is taxed by games I play.

So considering all that, I need to find a case and have a £150 budget and have alos been looking at the Antec 1200.
 
Antec 1200 would be fine just have all the drives at the very top leaving everything open down mid and bottom for airflow from the front intakes blowing nicely over those graphics cards.

Lian-Li PC-P50 is worth a look too for around the same cost.

The following taken from a fractal design r2 review
In contrast, we find R2 a little too tight, which we do point out that we have a high-end system are crammed with one of the largest and longest coolers video cards that are for sale. The holes for cable management are too small, but we can not go crazy to consider the many housing. De . The R2 does everything it should do, and indeed, the low noise case, while there is adequate airflow. Furthermore, the heavy box, but also so strong. The build quality is fine, though the sides would perhaps be better connected to the top.
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Couldn't agree more and would add that the HDD cage is not removable and will definitely hinder the front intakes doing their job well.
 
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C64 said:
Couldn't agree more and would add that the HDD cage is not removable and will definitely hinder the front intakes doing their job well.
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Look, the perfect case for him is Lian Li PC-V1010 or PC-V1110. But that doesn't fit in his budget (even if PC-V1010 is just a bit over his budget).

@beefybarn: My favorite video of that case is when the guy pulled some plastic part of that plastic case and all plastic dividers fell down. I don't want to hurt your feelings, but Thermaltake is a absolute bottom of case manufacturers, except the noname cases.
 
I'm doing a similar build with an i5, and i'll probably be getting a Zalman GS-1000.

It said they are very quiet and are good at keeping heat down.
 
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