Cases Thinking of Watercooling - What cases?

Ive been toying with the idea of building a water cooled PC. Not because I need one, but because I think it would be cool. To get the creative juices going could some of you kind folk recommend a case (as my starting point)

I currently have a silverstone raven, a fractal design R3 and an Antec 300 at my disposal, but I don’t think any of those are ideal for watercooling ( ive seen it done in the raven by taking out the 180mm fans in the bottom, but I didn’t think it looked that great)

Criteria

- Must be able to fit loop internally including rads
- Must have a window (so I can make it look pretty and show It off)
- I would like budget / mid range / performance suggestions (The sweet spot being somewhere between £100 and £150, but il listen to all suggestions)

What are the decent cases I should be looking at here?

 

Bigger is better I think when it comes to watercooling, especially if it's your first time,
Give you more room to work with
I'm using an 800D, and it's great for it, got mine 2nd hand, in your budget.
How much are you planning to cool?

 

Xigmatek Elysium. Enough said It's what I'm going to move to in a couple of months

 

Cosmos S / Corsair 800D

 

Same here, going to be buying the Elysium as soon as they hit the shelves.

 

I dont actually know yet. Lets assume CPU & GPU for now (best not to rule it out!)

Hmm the Xigmatek looks interesting.... Il check out the others that have been mentioned.

Any others?

 

HAF 932, HAF X, ATCS 840...

 

^^ this! Its so massive gives you plenty of space for multi gpu upgrade options in the future etc, if not TJ07?

 

TJ07 is more than £150 though...

 

opps missed that

 

Its cool man, i said i would listen to all suggestions. Reason being is that i have not ruled out 2nd hand, which may bring it down to a more acceptable level.

Hmmm im liking the 800d and the Xigmatek at the moment.

Im thinking of going for a drive bay res, because i havnt seen many implementations of the in-line res's looking good (which is obviously a personal thing, but only pics ive seen make them look out of place to me)

 

CM 690 II, less than £80 if you shop around and room for two 120.2 rads internally and has a side window.

It could be a little small though, I'm looking at a TJ07 so I can invert the mobo tray. Pricey but Cheesecake.

 

I might be selling mine for a test bench style case.

 

Would appreciate you keeping me in the loop with that Si, if you dont mind

Get it? 'loop'. lol sorry

 

In the process of PMing you.

 

Any ideas what the Xigmatek is going to retail for guys?

 

A lot more than £150, let's just say that

 

between £140-150 is what i've been told

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPvEjUDgz0

 

Yeah, but what are the chances of it actually retailing for that?
We always get ripped off, it's bound to be much higher.
But, maybe not, who knows

 

quite high I suspect, xigmatek have always been known for there bang for buck cases! I can't wait to get mine now