Which cases are good? Which are to be avoided like the plague?

Dempsey

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I'm looking to buy a case for a new elite rig but I dunno what ones are good and which are bad.

I dont need a PSU, gonna get me a seasonic.

Needs to house 4 HDD's

I'm willing to spend up to £130 (€200) on a good case only if its exceptionally brilliant. i would like some value for money aswell

Preferably black
 
LianLi/Silverstone/Akasa Eclipse 62/ATCS = good
Garish gaming cases/Asus Vento/Coolermaster stacker 830/Thermaltake = bad

For your pricerange, i'd reccomend something like;

Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/LianLi_Cases.html

or

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-054-LL)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/LianLi_Cases.html

or

Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU (CA-005-AK)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Akasa_Cases.html
 
I was thinking that Thermaltake were alright, not worth their money so?

Cheers for the quick reponse. Also, I'm a sucker for a windowed side panel :)
 
Messiah:

Out of interest why are thermaltake so bad? I have heard it a few times but never really know why.

I have a thermaltake xaser II and it seems pretty good to me. I know its old and a bit garish but thats what i liked at the time.
 
hyper_piper45 said:
Out of interest why are thermaltake so bad? I have heard it a few times but never really know why.

I have a thermaltake xaser II and it seems pretty good to me. I know its old and a bit garish but thats what i liked at the time.
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I too would like to know why there is so much TT bashing as well, as im obviously missing something, i have an armour, which is my first home build, and so im not really clued up on all other cases. :confused:
 
I used to have a Thermaltake Xaser3 and tbh, they probably arn't quite as bad as some people make out, but there is MUCH better stuff out there in the same price range. Ive got a LianLi now and it has soo much more quality and class compared to the Thermaltake. With a thermaltake your paying for random pointless features rather than a good solid and well though out case.
 
I will add to that with an bit of an expansion on the same theme.

For a given price point, say £60, you can get a superb Thermaltake case. Nothing ever really showstoppingly wrong with them and when taken on an individual basis are superb it seems.

Put them up against SOME competition from the top manufacturers and cases for £35 surpass them in some areas, and cases of £60 totally eclipse them. Cases are completely relative to what you have used before.

I used to love my Xaser III Skull, but now I despise them with a passion purely because when you stand it next to a £35 lanboy they just do not seem worth £10, yet alone the £90 I paid for mine.

All things with cases depends on the best case you have used, you can not generically benchmark them like a grpahics card with 3d mark.
 
With pretty much every new piece of kit Thermaltake bring out, they deserve their old reputation less and less. Their CPU coolers are excellent and while the cases are not my taste, they are not badly made anymore, but they are a bit expensive to my mind.

I like Lian Li V1000B+ II if you can stretch that far, it's gorgeous or the Akasa Eclipse is also very, very nice.
 
Agree with the statement that the cases are getting better, just look at the Eureka and its minimal feature list, would not mind owning one of them myself.

They have the Tai Cheap though, amongst others still about. The company is certainly heading in the right direction, is no longer low budget kit for young teens. Coolermaster are going the wrong way however.
 
I have the akasa eclipse, and i love it to peices, looks the shizzae, so much room inside too! comes with a window panel now for liek £93 i think?

Mirrored removable mobo tray, looks bling. removable drive bays too. can easily fit 4-5 h/d's in i think. Got a pci- slot on the front, 2 usb connections, comes with a 120mm duct for either front or back, 120mm fans can fit front and back. Includes casters too, if u feel like taking your pc for a walk! lol

A bargain.
 
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