Best 20" tall or bigger case for <$225?

[iMpathetic]

Hey, all.

For my first build (details in sig), I just snagged the largest, cheapest case I could find in the Tigerdirect store. Now that I kind of know what I'm doing and have money to spend, I'm looking into the mid-to-high-end full tower cases. Actually, full tower designation doesn't matter, as long as it's at least 20" tall.

Don't get me wrong, the Aluminus I've got isn't really a bad case, it's just kinda ugly/cheap-looking.

So... criteria...

- $225 or less
- 20" tall or taller
- Prefer a window
- Prefer it to not be ugly (Come on, I'm 14, I need to have friends over to show them my 'puter.)
- Prefer fans built-in, and prefer them to be LED (Again with the immaturity. )

Cases I've been looking at:

- Antec Twelve Hundred (sick-ass case but pricey)
- CM Stacker 830 (can I find them that cheap?)
- Buying a friend's Rocketfish for $135 cause I'd have to drive 3 hours to get one
- Apevia X-Jupiter

Any suggestions, O great and knowledgeable XS community?

[cky2k6]

rocketfish ftw. 135 though is kinda steep, you can get one on ebay for 120 shipped through buy it now. if you get the rocketfish, be prepared for a lot of work if you want to rice it out. a window kit, dremel and led fans will be quite a bit of additional costs. I got mine for 50 bucks, so those additional costs weren't that much for me, but on top of 120, you're gonna be looking at 200 bucks plus.

[iMpathetic]

Actually, the guy who owns the case now and I were just going to do kind of a ghetto mod - use a jigsaw to cut a square out of the case and then hot-glue some Plexiglas to the inside of the panel.

We have everything we need except the Plexiglas and the talent. :p