Best case for a budget of £100-200?

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Hello,

I'm looking to upgrade my mid tower PC case for preferably a full tower for around the price range of £100-200

There are a few cases I am currently interested in such a the Corsair Graphite 760T, CM Storm Stryker or the AeroCool xPredator x3

But I'd like to ask the community here for any other suggestions.

Typically I want my case to look visually appealing, be a full tower, have good cable management options, lots of space as well as quite importantly a decent sized side window with good cooling/airflow, and preferably the best airflow and cooling I can get to help my GPU.

I'd appreciate any help, thanks, Matthew
 
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A side fan is good to lower gpu temps but I don't have any and they are fine. It's going to lower their temps (not by a ton) but not having it won't cause any harm.
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The predator one looks like it has far more options for mounting case fans, and I have purchased an additional 2 corsair silent fans a while back, so it would allow me to use those, it also comes in multiple colour combos and seems decent for a price of £110ish however I do agree that the 760T looks better. The Stryker and the 760T however don't allow me to mount my fans on the side, which I like to do to provide airflow onto the graphics card, however I have no idea if this is really effective or not.... Would I be fine picking up the 760T or the predator without having a fan on the side? in short... will having more fans at the front of the case be more effective than my current setup with one built in case fan at the bottom of the front of the case and one corsair on the side?
 
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Ahh, good to hear, I think I'll look into getting the Corsair one or the Predator one and just have more fans in the rest of the case. I'm one of those people that overexaggerates and I just hate seeing my graphics card temps for to like 75C and I want a better case than the cheapy one I currently have.

Additionally if anyone who reads this knows of any good ways to cool graphics cards without the use of a waterblock please let me know, I am aware of the NXZT bracket for mounting watercooling, but I'd rather have something a little more simple and preferably air cooled, I was able to replace my CPU stock fan with amazing results, just the graphics card I don't seem to be able to do much about, however I have just downloaded MSI afterburner for fan speeds and such, so I'll see how that goes, but any help would be appreciated.

Once again thank you, and thank you bob

Matthew
 
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Well for the case it really depends on what your definition of "visually appealing" is. Do you prefer a more modern/professional look, or something with flashy LED fans?
Also, I wouldn't really advise interchanging the GPU cooler. It will void the warranty and it can be a bit troublesome to change it, not to mention pretty expensive as well. Can you link us to the GPU you have?
 
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I think the case I'd prefer would be a more typical gaming PC case, flashy and neat, and my graphics card currently is a http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R9270DC2OC2GD5/. I've downloaded MSI Afterburner and the fan speed curve seems to be doing a good job, but any other ways of helping it with cooling would be nice to know, I only build my PC a few months back with a budget, and chances are i'll be upgrading that graphics card as soon as I have the money, but the point is, I just don't like seeing such high temps like 75c playing BF4 and such, it just seems too hot, although, now with fan management I do get down to about 60c or lower, which isn't too bad I suppose. God help me if I ever had crossfire on multiple graphics cards
 
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