Cases Dilemma regarding case selection!!

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  1. SpeedLegion

    SpeedLegion Minimodder

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    I was going to buy (today) a coolermaster atcs 840 case for my new build, however, work have screwed me over for pay!! So I'm now running a bit short for cash on my build, and the case is out of stock where i was going to buy it from anyway...
    now my options are:
    a) Order it anyway, make the cutbacks somewhere else, and just wait patiently for it to arrive?
    b) Switch to new case? Not sure what to go for though, quite like the coolermaster cosmos 1000? (cheaper and has good reviews?)
    c) Buy a atcs840 somewhere else and make myself have to make bigger cut backs somewhere else (bye bye to my SSD maybe :( )

    But yeah ideally I guess I will probs just order a different case, like the cosmos 1000.
    IF anyone has any last minute suggestions for cases I should have a look at please post now :)

    Or if anyone has the cosmos let me know how it is?

    Thanks :rock:
     
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  3. SpeedLegion

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    lol, any idea which case though for b)? Or is the cosmos 1000 a good choice?
     
  4. DragunovHUN

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    Yeah, the Cosmos 1000 is a good case so if you like the way it looks, go for it.
     
  5. Fredrics

    Fredrics Hmm...

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    Or you could wait for your payment to be sorted out and go caseless whilst you wait
     
  6. DragunovHUN

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    Yeah, that's always an option.

    [​IMG]

    (That was my back-up rig at one point)
     
  7. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    and then one day you kick a wire whilst walking up to your desk and BANG! £1000 worth of equipment in a frazled mess on your carpet ;)
     
  8. Fredrics

    Fredrics Hmm...

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    Stick it in a cardboard box.:thumb:
     
  9. DragunovHUN

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    Now why would you put your wires in front of the desk? Or do you walk behind your desk all the time?
     
  10. trig

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    i love that case, so i would probably either wait till i had the dough and it was back in stock (go case-less) or order it anyway, cut back on something, like say an aftermarket cooler (for now) and wait for it to arrive (still case-less....DAMNTI!)
     
  11. s1n1s

    s1n1s What's a Dremel?

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    The Antec Twelve Hundred is a good case to consider or you could always go for the coolmaster HAF 932
     
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  12. trig

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    love that one too...but not as much
     
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  14. SpeedLegion

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    haha i have ordered everything now :p
    went for the cosmos 1000, meant I didn't have to make cutbacks anywhere else as it saved my like 60quid on the price I found :)

    good my bank account is a sad site now :( £0.83 lol! I cut it very fine, now back to work tomorrow to give them a b*llocking and sort my pay out so I can get the cheap things like cable braid/side window/spray paint :D hehe

    (forgot its my sisters birthday next week >.< selling crap on ebay to try and get some money for that lol :p )
     
  15. Slizza

    Slizza beautiful to demons

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    Actualy SSD might be worth putting on hold for a little while.
    Can't be too long untill we start seeing more reasonable prices on the faster drives.
    Started with crucials new drives by looks of it :D
     
  16. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    Bye Bye SSD.

    I can't believe no one suggested this yet.
     
  17. SpeedLegion

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    Lol well its all ordered, what's done is done :) I wanted the SSD, wasn't too sad to say good bye to the atcs, nice case but the cosmos is a lil more bling :dremel:
     
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    ATCS is a lil more awesome..:(

    Oh well.
     
  19. SpeedLegion

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    Now that the cosmos is sitting happily beside my desk (wouldn't fit under it ;) ) I'm glad i went with it :D Its very quite, seems to run cool enough and is just a lil more flashy then the ATCS!
    And was a Lot cheaper :D
     
  20. trig

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    case is always so taste subjective...glad you like it bro...congrats...
     

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