Hey, first post! Ry@n told me to sign up here. Looking for a new case because my current one is too small: Cable management holes Space for an internal 120mm and a 240mm radiator At least 4 5.25" bays Windowed/meshed side panel Any suggestions would be very appreciated, Cheers!
Me personally, i would suggest the Sliverstone TJ07 or wait for the new Corsair Obsidian Series 800D, excellent cable management holes, and ample space
Good suggestions, but I was looking for something a little cheaper...under £100 if possible. Thanks for the reply though!
I really like it but when does it come out and will it be under £100? I doubt it being made by Corsair.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here - Try and get an Antec 1200 on the cheap. I've got one with a dual rad mounted on the fans at the back (internally), and planning to mount another dual (or maybe a triple, if I can move my CD drive) rad in the front, after the drive cages have been pulled out - it's possible, so a single shoudl be easy. May be worth a look, especially if you can find one cheapish enough, what with people abandoning it for the 902.
The XSPC RS240 on the 2 rear fans. They've got their own fan controller on the rear, and since the RS-series are low folds-per-inch, it meant I could quite happily leave the fans on low (because the Antec 1200 with all its fans on high sounds like crap hotel air-con units). One thing I did notice was I couldn't put the rad right against the case - the fans had to be between the rear of the case and the rad, because the PCI backplates got in the way. Although, having said that, the CPU socket still isn't obstructed in any way, shape or form. Mind, I think prices on the 1200 have gone up somewhat, so under £100 is going to be a possible problem (or eBay). EDIT: cheapest I found the 1200 on Ebay was for £147 inc delivery. Ebuyer have an ex-display (cosmetic scratches) one for £133 - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167652, and new ones for £137, with free delivery (the "Within 5 days" option, though for me, that's never been more than 3, and often just 1) So, not for under £100. But closer than the "£Government-bailout" price of the Silverstone TJ07. Sorry, boss.
It's be closer to £250!! People **** on over the Corsair brand name don't they! It's not even out yet - no one has even seen a review!!
Only read your first post. Who cares about reviews, the case looks absoloutely amazing. Dunno about you but i don't need a review to decide wether i want something or not. I'm looking forward to the bit-tech review though, hopefully it comes out before the case itself so i can drool over it in the meantime.
Fair point, it just looks like a Lian Li So, do you have any suggestions for any cases under £100? If not, it looks like i'm going for the 1200
It's also made of steel, so stupidly overpriced and will weigh a ton (which you dont want for watercooling as shaking the case about is a key part of filling and bleeding a loop). For around £100 i'd personally go for either a Lian Li A17, a mid tower which can fit a 240 rad in the front with no mods or the larger A70 (~£120) which can fit a double in the front and a triple in the roof with a jigsaw/dremel and a grill.
It's not the definitive case - there are just as good looking Cooler Master or Lian Lis X1000 or ACTS 840 please!
Heh, i'm not concerned about weight - shouldn't be more than my Chieftec Bravo bigtower with 2 rads. Let me tell you the panels on this thing are MASSIVE (yes i'm compensating for something)
