Recommendations for a Case for future proofing.

[jjs1107]

I am in the market for a decent case. I'm willing to put at most with all the extra fans in it about $100. My build is for gaming and audio recording. It will sit in my studio in my house and I want it to look pretty cool to show it off when people come to record records or what not. I also want it to have adequate airflow capabilities and be large enough to be able to add in another graphics card and some other peripherals.

CPU: Pentium G3258
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo, (Water Cooling Later on)
Mobo: MSI Z97-GD65
GSkill: Ripjaws 4x4GB 1600
Storage: WD Caviar Green 1TB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda 1Tb
Video Card: MSI R9 270 (Soon to be crossfire)
PSU: Corsair CX 750W
DVD/CD: ASUS
Looking to add:SSD, another Hard Drive.

 

[IRONBATMAN]

Here are some options. I don't have any personal experience with building with some of them, but I've seen some youtube videos that speak highly of them

Corsair 500R ( $110 )
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=62758&vpn=CC-9011013-WW&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1278

Corsair 450D ( US$100 )
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=95571&vpn=CC-9011049-WW&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1242

NZXT S340 ( $70 )
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=100440&vpn=CA-S340W-W1&manufacture=NZXT&promoid=1278

NZXT P240 ( $70 )
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K8PLN4O/?tag=pcpapi-20

Corsair 230T ( $70 )
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUZVNHU/?tag=pcpapi-20

Note that I only mention cases from Corsair and NZXT. That's because they're to easiest to build with.

 

[Eximo]

How much water cooling? Size? Color?

Future proofing a case would say that it needs to be big, and large well made cases start at about $100.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

At $100 for air and water cooling ..... "2014 Case of the Year" Enthoo Pro .... nothing else even comes close.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=enthoo+pro&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[jjs1107]

Not a custom loop just something for the cpu. Something for a over all red theme, and something that has a window. Nothing white.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Enthoo Pro :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $99.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 17:31 EST-0500

 

[jjs1107]

I think I am going to go with the NZXT S340. YET I have 3 weeks till im going with anything. So Please keep throwing more suggestions out! Greatly appreciated for all the suggestions so far!

 

[Eximo]

Other 'clean' cases:

Bitfenix Shinobi : http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/shinobi-window/
Bitfenix Neos : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfcneo100kkxskrp
Corsair 200R : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r
Lian Li : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lian-li-case-pca55b
Thermaltake Urban : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-ca1a600m1wn00
NZXT Tempest : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-catp21001

Little less basic:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011053ww
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lian-li-case-pck57
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-ca1a300m1wn00

 

[jjs1107]

I like the Shinobi and the Corsair Spec but, it's still a hard decision between the NZXT S340, the Spec-03, and the Shinobi, I like the window idea, but I want some nice expansion options especially since I'm going with two hard drives and 1 possibly two SSD's, also crossfire.