Looking to upgrade from my PC-6077b

[Nalif]

Alright, here's the deal: I've had this case for a little over three years. While I like it, I find it lacking in more than a few areas. I love the removable motherboard tray, etc, and I think this is a nice case - but, for cable management, it's terrible. Not only that, my components seem to run hot in this case. This case uses only 80mm fans, and has no slots for anything larger.

Here's what I'm looking for in a case:

Great cable management
Black
Preferably aluminum
Small-ish (mid tower hopefully)
Good air flow ( should it have 120mm fans? )
ATX


Obviously, the cheaper the better. I'm not necessarily looking for a Lian-Li, but neither am I opposed. I prefer minimalistic and clean. A case window would be cool, but again, not required. Eventually, I'm going to be sleeving my cables, power supply, adding lighting, etc, so I want this case to look good, but I'm really not looking to break the bank. Any suggestions?

[ekuest]

have you checked the hunndreds of "looking for a case" threads? theyre all pretty similar. atx, good air flow, good cable management, etc. have a look and ask about some specific pluses and minises of a few that you like. and remember, google is your friend.

also, you can always mod your case. a couple minutes with a dremel and you can cut some big holes in the back and/or top, and maybe do something about an intake in the front.

[Nalif]

have you checked the hunndreds of "looking for a case" threads? theyre all pretty similar.

Eeey! I was actually just reading through them and found out about these cases:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196


The HAF 932 looks ehh. At first, I kinda liked the window/mesh thing on the side, but the more I look at it, the less I like it. Things I like about it: Cable management looks great, price isn't too bad if I order soon, shipping is free on it with the promo code. Things I don't like about it: Lights are red ( I'll have to switch them out with blue ones ), it's a full tower, it's steel, industrial look is overdone.

The Storm Scout: I'm really loving this case. The black insides look insane compared to the standard steel color. It's also mid-size, which is awesome, and the price is great! And a window! Things I don't like about this case: Reviews are saying cable management is not that great. Also, I have a XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm. I'm not sure how well this would work with that case.

[Nalif]

I'm stuck deciding between two cases. It's down to the Coolermaster's Storm Scout and Lian-Li's PC-A05NB.

Right now, the A05NB is dirt cheap at 79.99 from Newegg. It's a beautiful case. I really love how minimal it is. I'm scared of heating issues, though. I'm running a Q6600 with a Xigmatech 120mm HDT-S12823 and a Sapphire HD 4850. I see a lot of people talking about adding a blowhole to the top of this case, but I don't have access to power tools, and I also lack the experience even if I did. Cable management would probably be pretty tight in this case, but looking at pictures, it doesn't look impossible to get it looking great. I wish it had a window :(

The Coolermaster Storm Scout looks like it has great cooling, it has a cool window already installed, looks like it has decent cable management, etc. The one thing I really HATE about this case is how the position of the power supply forces you to run the CPU power cable at an ugly diagonal. It looks like there's no way to hide it, so you're left with this ugly cable running right through the middle of everything through your window.

What do I do :confused: The Scout or PC-A05NB.

Edit: And now Newegg has the PC-K7B for 69.99! Now I'm even more confused :mad:

[brasherman]

Some places will cut the blowhole for you too. Just an option.... Just not Newegg.

[Nalif]

I just ordered a PC-A05N. The price was good, and it was what I was looking for. I'll probably be adding in a blowhole up top. Doesn't look like it'll be too hard, even with no modding experience.