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shutupidontcare
10-05-2006, 09:31 PM
Mid Tower case for air cooling. I'm willing to spend $100-150 for it and it needs to have about 4-6 drive bays. I don't want anything wierd/crazy looking cases. Can you guys help a noob?:)
jimmyz
10-06-2006, 02:28 AM
ultra aluminous rocks
Nephilim
10-06-2006, 02:30 AM
Depsite some saying it lacks thermal efficiency, the Lian Li V1000 range suits your desired purposes. You can't beat their build quality.

Here's a GOOD Aussie review (http://www.dansdata.com/pcv1000.htm) :)
Messiah Khan
10-06-2006, 12:38 PM
I agree with the suggestion of the Lian Li v1000+. Either that or the LianLi PC7+II
RAFH
10-06-2006, 01:46 PM
Antec SOLO, not so big but it will easily accommodate 4 HDD plus it has another 4 x 5.25 exposed. It will take all ATX boards though it is a bit tight. Plenty of headroom for any sort of coolers. Excellent drive suspension. Very Quiet. Nice looking in a very understated way. High quality construction. A bit on the heavy side, it is steel.

I am running an Asus M2N32 SLI with 4400 and 2 x 7900GT SLI, an Antec NeoHE 550, 2 x 1GB Corsair, 2 x 74GB Raptors, 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA and two ODD.

SilentPCReview has a review. Its a nice case. Cool, Quiet and Good Looking.
XSAlliN
10-06-2006, 01:49 PM
Nice but a Lian Li V1000 costs $209.99, you could take Antec P180 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154) as a good alternative for 115$, I intend to buy a Enermax Chakra ATX Case with 250 Fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Pagesize=100&Page=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Description=Enermax+&Ntk=all) for only 70$ ;)

Review (http://www.bigbruin.com/2006/chakra_2) :fact:
Shift
10-06-2006, 08:39 PM
Yeah go with the Ultra Aluminus. Can't beat the price and the features, and it is $70 AR at Tigerdirect.
Ender17
10-06-2006, 09:37 PM
Antec SOLO, not so big but it will easily accommodate 4 HDD plus it has another 4 x 5.25 exposed. It will take all ATX boards though it is a bit tight. Plenty of headroom for any sort of coolers. Excellent drive suspension. Very Quiet. Nice looking in a very understated way. High quality construction. A bit on the heavy side, it is steel.

I am running an Asus M2N32 SLI with 4400 and 2 x 7900GT SLI, an Antec NeoHE 550, 2 x 1GB Corsair, 2 x 74GB Raptors, 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA and two ODD.

SilentPCReview has a review. Its a nice case. Cool, Quiet and Good Looking.
The SOLO is a very nice case.
Messiah Khan
10-07-2006, 10:58 AM
Nice but a Lian Li V1000 costs $209.99, you could take Antec P180 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154) as a good alternative for 115$, I intend to buy a Enermax Chakra ATX Case with 250 Fan (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Pagesize=100&Page=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Description=Enermax+&Ntk=all) for only 70$ ;)

Review (http://www.bigbruin.com/2006/chakra_2) :fact:

A p180 does not match up to a LianLi v1000 in term of quality though. The p180 is a decent case, but can also be frustrating to build in and has some annoying design flaws.
LagunaX
10-07-2006, 11:08 AM
A mio black typhoon is around $63 shipped, he aerocool extremengine3t will run you over $100. The enermax chakhra is somewhere in between. You should also look at this thread:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=115520

the single best case for air cooling thread.

Check out the scythe case with 2 250mm fans or the antec nine hundred also...
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