Shopping for a full tower case, any budget

Russ88765

Russ88765

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Thinking of starting a build and for now i'm choosing a case. Looking for opinions on these two at the moment, and any suggestions on other ones which would also be great for full tower atx cases. Preferrably with plenty of ports, lower mounted psu, good airflow, and drive bays. So far my gut instinct tells me it's between these two but just can't pick- budget is flexible.

Coolermaster HAF 932:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...e=coolermaster_haf_932-_-11-119-160-_-Product

Lian Li Armorsuit pc-p80:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112159
 
I would put a massive +1 on the Corsair Obsidian or Lian Li PC-X1000. The latter looks incredible, is absolutely huge and with some decent fans, the airflow is amazing
 
 
 
just a noob said:
If it were made for watercooling, it would have room for more than 1 120.3 radiator.
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And it would have more than a 120mm fan at the rear to use as an exhaust, the corsair cases limit you drastically without modding, as you either have to be pushing warm air into your case, or warm air through your rad. Those issues are somewhat alleviated in cases made for watercooling such as the mountain mods cases, which have a larger number of fans to allow a good balance of air in/out.
 
just a noob said:
If it were made for watercooling, it would have room for more than 1 120.3 radiator.
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The Corsair Obsidian Series 700D has pre-drilled support for top-mounted single, dual, and triple radiators.

edit-to bomberboysk, you can pull cool air thru the top over the radiators and exhaust it thru the back.
 
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I kind of like the Antec 1200, I just wish it had more usb2 ports on it like the haf 932 and pc-p80. The x1000 looks tiny drivewise and is a midtower so that won't work if I use long video cards. The obsidian looks good but a little low on drive bays, and the cooling issue got me wondering too. Unless I could use it with the side panel removed to promote airflow?
 
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The X-1000 will fit 6 or 7 drives easily plus 2 SSDs (see #2 in my sig) the tray in the lower compartment attaches another 3 drive cage. It will fit the longest cards without problem because theres no cages to the rear of the cards. And it's listed as a midtower, but it's not, (#1 in my sig).
 
tech savvy said:
The Corsair Obsidian Series 700D has pre-drilled support for top-mounted single, dual, and triple radiators.

edit-to bomberboysk, you can pull cool air thru the top over the radiators and exhaust it thru the back.
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And if you do that, you are pushing warm air onto your components and only leaving a single fan to exhaust the air from three fans. Not gonna work well unless your running something along the line of a delta as an exhaust with gentle typhoons on the rad. The 700/800D are both terrible cases for watercooling, they are designed to be used with corsair's H50/H70.
 
Maybe I should just get the 932, it's cheap and got great reviews. Part of me would wonder what could have been if I pass up the pc-p80 though. If at all possible, i'd like to have a case light enough for transporting as I do move around a bit.
 
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Not trying to beat a dead horse here. Just want you to understand this case can fit seven 5-1/4" HDDs, 2 ODDs, and two SSDs in dedicated mounts.

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bomberboysk said:
And if you do that, you are pushing warm air onto your components and only leaving a single fan to exhaust the air from three fans. Not gonna work well unless your running something along the line of a delta as an exhaust with gentle typhoons on the rad. The 700/800D are both terrible cases for watercooling, they are designed to be used with corsair's H50/H70.
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you say the 700D and 800D are terrible at watercooling, but than say there mint for the h50 and h70, which in my book are considered watercool setups.
 
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