Help choosing a good case

[etrigan3774]

I was planning to buy a totally new pc about 3 months ago using advice from everyone here as I haven't built a PC in a long, long time, but I decided to wait for the Ivy Bridge i7 and the GTX 680. I'm going to have great components, dropping about $2500 on the initial build, but I need an awesome Full Tower case.
Here's the catch... I want to stay with air cooling.
I'm going to drop another GTX 680 in the thing for SLI the month after I put it together, plus I will be sticking with SSD so I need quite a few drive bays. Yes, I know its not very cost efficient, but I want to. I'll expand over time. Sometimes things get stuck in your head and you want to do it no matter what.
Needs to be pci-e 3.0 native and have room for a large CPU cooler, as I will be overclocking. I dont care where the PSU goes as long as its not in the middle of the case. I haven't chosen the mobo yet because I want to wait until Ivy actually releases, though it will be an ATX.
I was initially considering the Cosmos 2, but as it is $350 I was wondering if anyone had any other option for me from your experiences? Haf X maybe? I've done research, but basically what I've noticed is that water cooled gets a lot more air time that air cooled. So I seek advice.

 

[amuffin]

NZXT Switch 810 (I really suggest this one for your needs)
Corsair 650D
Corsair 600T
Bitfenix Shinobi XL
CM Storm Trooper

 

[Uther39]

I was planning to buy a totally new pc about 3 months ago using advice from everyone here as I haven't built a PC in a long, long time, but I decided to wait for the Ivy Bridge i7 and the GTX 680. I'm going to have great components, dropping about $2500 on the initial build, but I need an awesome Full Tower case.
Here's the catch... I want to stay with air cooling.
I'm going to drop another GTX 680 in the thing for SLI the month after I put it together, plus I will be sticking with SSD so I need quite a few drive bays. Yes, I know its not very cost efficient, but I want to. I'll expand over time. Sometimes things get stuck in your head and you want to do it no matter what.
Needs to be pci-e 3.0 native and have room for a large CPU cooler, as I will be overclocking. I dont care where the PSU goes as long as its not in the middle of the case. I haven't chosen the mobo yet because I want to wait until Ivy actually releases, though it will be an ATX.
I was initially considering the Cosmos 2, but as it is $350 I was wondering if anyone had any other option for me from your experiences? Haf X maybe? I've done research, but basically what I've noticed is that water cooled gets a lot more air time that air cooled. So I seek advice.

For that price and all those beautiful new components there can be only one case, the worlds best Air cooling and stunningly good looking case...

Silverstone SST-FT02B-W USB 3.0 Fortress Full Tower Aluminium Window Chassis - http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=242&area=en

Here take a look at mine, and i have the huge Be Quiet Dark Rock PRO COU cooler in there...

 

[Uther39]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/28091-silverstone-fortress-ft02-mid-tower-case-review-12.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4620/silverstone-fortress-ft02-true-classics-never-go-out-of-style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMcKvI-zWi0

http://www.silentpcreview.com/silverstone-ft02

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/SilverStone-Fortress-FT02-Case-Review/901

 

[hellfire24]

+1 on fortress but if you want some thing a bit cheaper then raven rv03 is a great case too
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163185
it is also an excellent case.

 

[rufus_22]

the silverstone looks nice , surprisingly , as I'm not a big fan of there other offerings . The switch 810 got good reviews for design but there's alot of plastic there . The lian li pc-a 70f is good for the price but I'm not sure on the native usb 3.0 . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112342 good luck with your decision .. youtube is your friend

 

[hellfire24]

but switch has too much plastic

 

[Pedrovsky]

My choice would always ly around these ones:

Fractal Design:
- Arc Midi
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352007&Tpk=arc%20midi

-Define XL USB3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352017

Bitfenix:
- Raider (bit hard to beat this one in any price range, to me it just looks awesome)
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/raider/

 

[Pedrovsky]

And i forgot the: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139007

Can't say this one looks bad...

 

[rufus_22]

the raider looks good . not sure how the others would fare in the air cooling capacity ..

 

[Pedrovsky]

if i had your budget i'd have the raider already...