Posted: 9/29/2009 4:28:33 PM EDT
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The motherboard on my main PC died about two months ago. It is an EVGA, so after a short phone call and about a week I had a new motherboard. Props to EVGA for that.
Anyway, when I reassembled this computer I did it in somewhat of a hurry. Cable routing is basically non-existent, I just plugged things in and had no problems on the first boot. Tonight I was going to try and square it away, but even before it wasn't a very clean install. I have an Antec 900 case, Thermaltake 850w PSU, Coolermaster closed loop water cooling on my Q9650, and an EVGA GTX 285. I also have four hard drives and three optical drives. I have to leave a gap between hard drives where the end of the GPU is, which is kinda annoying. I plan on adding two more hdds when I get a differnt case as well. Long story short, I want a full tower case with lots of room. I'm tired of the CF when I add or move components. I have looked at newegg where I pretty much exclusively order stuff, and have no idea what I need to get. I spent about 3 hours reading reviews on several cases. I don't care what it looks like, I actually prefer no bling (lights etc...). I have even looked at upright server E-ATX cases. Anyone have any recommendation or good experiences with a particular case? I really don't want to spend over $200. Any help or recommendations would be appreciated. |
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_thermaltakes_jawdropping_level_10_chassis_unboxed
Gonna need a part time job to afford it tho /thread 
ETA a pic: 
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_thermaltakes_jawdropping_level_10_chassis_unboxed Gonna need a part time job to afford it tho /thread Wow, sweet case! Everything with independent cooling very nice... My vid card heats up the case quite a bit. 
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_thermaltakes_jawdropping_level_10_chassis_unboxed Gonna need a part time job to afford it tho /thread I'd sure love to have one of those, along with the hardware it deserves. 
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_thermaltakes_jawdropping_level_10_chassis_unboxed Gonna need a part time job to afford it tho /thread Wow, sweet case! Everything with independent cooling very nice... My vid card heats up the case quite a bit. There is a Canyon case that is a rebadged Lian Li that is really sweet, but not $600 sweet, for me to pay $700 for a computer case like that I would definitely have to be under the influence of something. It is an awesome idea though. |
| http://xoxide.com/ More cases than you could possible look at. |
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_thermaltakes_jawdropping_level_10_chassis_unboxed Gonna need a part time job to afford it tho /thread
ETA a pic: http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/03/bmw-thermaltake.jpg "weighs over 47 pounds" I have a five year old thermaltake case , a Xaser III, and it's a heavy mofo at half that .. 
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Lian Li or go home. Leave the gay lights and shit for the 16 year olds. http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2008/07/02135525286l.jpg Lian Li FTMFW. |
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Lian Li or go home. Leave the gay lights and shit for the 16 year olds. http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2008/07/02135525286l.jpg What he said. My Lian Li is at least 6 years old now. Kinda wish I had gone with a full tower now. |
| Lian Li mini tower: these folks make quality stuff. Looking at my daughter's Velocity Micro; sure looks like a Lian Li case. As a new builder (no more Dells for me), I'd have a hard time going with another manufacturer: proudly made in Taiwan, and very well designed. |
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My main concern is size.
My Antec 900 is pretty big, and has left me wanting much more room. I don't care how big of a footprint it has. I will have six hdds and three optical drives. I will also probably add a hot swap hdd drive bay. I've been looking at server case at some of the links you guys have provided. The Lian Li side by side caught my eye, but $400 for a case is a little extreme. Would an old server case work? |
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I got this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235015. I'm liking it so far. Alot of room and hot swappable SATA drives. |
