Hello, I am looking to upgrade from my current case (raidmax hurricane) which was left over from my previous system. It seems it just does not have the cooling power or room necessary to handle my new i7 build. Temps on my 920 are around 50c with my LARGE 120mm cooler (Asus Royal Knight) Currently I am running a full size ATX board with a PNY 9800GT, which is very small and does not even overhang the mobo. I did try fitting my friend's BFG 260 in there and it wouldn't go in. As said before, I have a pretty large CPU cooler, I had to remove my side panel fan to make it fit this case. I will be making a trip to microcenter in the next few days to do a store credit/return so I have to spend the money Anyways, I am considering the Antec 902, the Storm Scout, and the K62, but am open to suggestions. I am running a 2 drive RAID setup now, but may want to expand that up to 4 drives in the future, as my mobo only has 6 sata ports and two are being used for cd/dvd.
Some considerations:
I do want a side window
My cpu cooler fan is white LED and PSU is Blue LED, but i guess mixing them wouldn't be TOO bad
I don't want to be restricted, if possible on going with a little bit larger video card, and even SLi/Crossfire with them. However, I plan on sticking with my 9800gt for the time being, and maybe adding another w/ SLi.
I carry my computer around a fair bit, but don't really have a huge problem moving mine now, and the weight doesn't bother me unless I'm carrying it a mile!
I will do interior lighting on any case I get with dual 12" Cathodes most likely.
My main concern is how much room it has and how cool it keeps things, and also how it looks, but I like the looks of all of these.
I am open to suggestions, but I would like to keep it less than $100
Locally:
Scout-$80
902-$105
K62- couldn't find price- I guess this one I could order.
either way tax and shipping will end up being close to the same so the difference between online and local is negligible.
Some considerations:
I do want a side window
My cpu cooler fan is white LED and PSU is Blue LED, but i guess mixing them wouldn't be TOO bad
I don't want to be restricted, if possible on going with a little bit larger video card, and even SLi/Crossfire with them. However, I plan on sticking with my 9800gt for the time being, and maybe adding another w/ SLi.
I carry my computer around a fair bit, but don't really have a huge problem moving mine now, and the weight doesn't bother me unless I'm carrying it a mile!
I will do interior lighting on any case I get with dual 12" Cathodes most likely.
My main concern is how much room it has and how cool it keeps things, and also how it looks, but I like the looks of all of these.
I am open to suggestions, but I would like to keep it less than $100
Locally:
Scout-$80
902-$105
K62- couldn't find price- I guess this one I could order.
either way tax and shipping will end up being close to the same so the difference between online and local is negligible.