best case for around $65

[Chakachim]

The Mrs. needs a case, needs to be midtower, and of decent construction, any recommendations

 

[k00lance]

Cooler Master Mystique 631.
It's a really great case for ~$50.
Can be easily modded as well.

 

[Dark Prodigy]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068

There's a few more, but anything else (for this price) would be uncivilized...

 

[filthysanchez]

I'd say the centurion 534, instead of the centurion 5.

It's got 120 intake/120 exhaust, without doing anymods.

If you wanna put a fan in the drive bays though, get the regular centurion 5.

 

[Wangspeed]

The Centurion 5 fits the 8800GTX with no mods, and I even put 2 3.5" drives near where the 8800GTX sits. Not sure if this is true with the 534.

Warren

 

[shaggy4411]

i can vouch for centurion 5. I have two, 1 with a window and one without both great sturdy cases.

 

[Arcygenical]

I've got 3 centurion 5's doing various things around my house and my girlfriend's house...

Love em.

 

[Nivram]

Here ya go, man, a Chieftec Dragon!!! An oldy, but a goody, I really think that once I get the insurance money from my inadvertant case modding incident, I'll buy another one to replace mine that got borked!

 

[Chakachim]

She's eyeballing my superlanboy now, are there anyother pc's out there similar to the superlanboy

 

[blendingnoise]

Another one for the centurion 5. Mounted a 120mm fan in the drive bays instead of trying to expand the 80mm at the bottom of the case. Routing cables is definitely going to require cutting if you want it to look neat.

 

[l0cke]

Super LanBoy is the best IMO

You can find one on fs/ft for like $45

 

[o0akoni0o]

another vote for the centurion 5. simple design, sturdy, and you can get one with or without a window. only downside is the front 80mm fan, but i find that a 120mm fan in the drive bays brings in more than enough cool air.

 

[TheGardenTool]

I'd keep an eye open for some cheap Lian Li PC-6/7 stuff in the FS/FT. I picked up a PC-7B Plus that was purchased and never used and paid about $50 shipped for it.

 

[k00lance]

I'd keep an eye open for some cheap Lian Li PC-6/7 stuff in the FS/FT. I picked up a PC-7B Plus that was purchased and never used and paid about $50 shipped for it.

wow, that's super cheap considering shipping is fairly expensive.

 

[TheGardenTool]

wow, that's super cheap considering shipping is fairly expensive.

Well it was $40 + shipping but because the seller had some personal issues going on and couldn't sell it to me for two weeks, he broke me a deal for the case (LL PC-7B Plus), Oblivion and Knights of the Nine for $90 shipped. KotN was unopened ($20), Oblivion was opened ($20) so I figure roughly $50 on the case. Shipping was $20 on it alone, and another $10 or so on the games. He had originally listed it as $40+shipping so $60 still wasn't bad for an all-aluminum midtower.

I have seen similar Lian Li models go for about the same price but most of them have been used whereas this one was planned to be used but the seller never used it. All the accessories were unopened and the case was less scratched than he made it out to be. If I had not found it I would surely have went with a SFF, notable the Silverstone SG01E, for a lot more even without the two free games.