Best silent case?

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Hello!

I'm looking for new PC Case to my old/new build (currently on i7 3930k, gtx 980 etc. - will replace it in this/next year). The one I'm using is Zalman Z9 Plus (yeah, I know it could not be worse) so every case should be better. I found 4 cases and I cannot decide which one to get:
- Be Quiet Silent Base 801
- Be Quiet Dark Base 700
- Phanteks Eclipse P600S
- Fractal Design R6
I'd get the Silent Base 801, but I've read lots of opinions about how bad airflow looks in bq! cases and I'm a bit afraid that thermals won't be looking good (got about ~20C room temp in winter and ~25C in summer) especially if I'm looking for front mounter corsair h115i platinum aio cooler (I won't change for noctua air cooler - I want my build to look sexy).
Also I will add my own fans (got few Corsair HD120/140 fans).

Prices in my country are pretty similar for all of those cases (phanteks is the most expensive, then bq 700, fractal r6 and bq 801 which is the cheapest).

Any opinions on Be Quiet! cases? Or any other alternatives?
 
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I live in Poland so I'm pretty much limited to most popular cases -> Phanteks, BQ!, Corsair, Lian Li, NZXT, Cooler Master etc.
I do not really have a budget limit (was considering Corsair 500D RGB edition but the case is not that great tbh).

I just don't know but I feel like Fractal R6 is not looking as good as other cases... It looks like it's kinda missing something/is not finished product.
With BQ! cases I can feel the space which in Fractal is blocked by this hard drives panel?
I need at least 2 HDD cages (3 would be perfect) so I feel like Fractal is not designed for them and 280mm AiO (which in this case could be mounted only on top right?).
 
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Also I've seen that BQ 801 can fit 3x 140mm in front and fractal design r6 cannot... It would be pretty good setup to do 280mm AIO in top 2 ones and clear 3rd fan on the bottom part - will this run better [cooler] than just 280mm AiO without 3rd fan in R6?
Also I'm a bit concerned about HDD temps in R6 - if we do an "open layout" they do not have any cooling at all...
I'd love to get R6 with fixed problems because I like the front door and modular top, but these disadvantages...