Sanchez Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 With Core i7 season quickly approaching and since I'm seriously considering upgrading I'd thought I would start looking into parts. I can still choose the case now. So i was thinking, what do I want in a case. Midi sized ATX No fans smaller than 120mm No LED's Clean, minimalistic look Strong build with noise insulation, with thumb screw or tooless if possible Good airflow Space for two hard drives, one optical drive. Space for heavy heatsinks (but otherwise it doesn't necessarily have a lot of free space. No fancy water cooling stuff. No price cap, but reasonable I like http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81804 for it's 200mm fan and generally checking the boxes. The problem is that it only takes mini atx motherboards (despite it having the dimensions of a small midi case) and unfortunately i7 is unlikely to have any mini atx motherboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple_NdiB Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-087-LL I think that looks seriously stylish. Seems to tick all your boxes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caris Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Ta da. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-101-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160&name=Antec%20Three%20Hundred%20Ultimate%20Gaming%20Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarimon Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I would recommend the Antec P182. i just thought it, and it is awesome. It ticks all your boxes, and happens to be pretty cheap. http://picasaweb.google.com/GCTHawk7/CPUUpgrade?authkey=Q1nyJl0VUDI# Some pics of it there, you can read about it here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129025&Tpk=antec%20p182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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