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Best Case For Under $100

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mbmadness

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I'm looking for the best case for less than $100. No power supply is necessary. I would prefer aluminum construction. Quality design inside and out. No big gaudy plastic peices on the front. Here are the cases I've found so far as examples of what I'm looking for. If you know if something better or similar, please let me know.

Lian Li PC-60
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112022

Cooler Master TAC-T01-EB
IMO, this case is much better than the Thermaltake cases of similar construction.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119031
 
Can't go wrong with either one. But the LianLi has my vote for teh clean and sexinesssss
 
Cooler Master Praetorian $108. I bought one of these in black (gets here monday). I think it will compliment my Lian-Li PC-60 pretty well. The Lian-Li is the Gaming box and the Praetorian will house the Dual Xeon Server box. I love the quality of my PC-60, and would buy another Lian-Li in a heartbeat. Praetorian fits the bill well for my Server box and comes in a bit cheaper than a black Lian-Li 6077 otherwise I'd have another Lian-Li :)

Of those two though, I'd take the PC-60 over the Wavemaster.

 
Not many people like them, but Kingwin does make a good case.

Just another option for yah to look at is all.
 
I'll throw in another vote for the Praetorian. I have the black one and it's great. But then of course you really can't go wrong with Lian-Li either...

Heh, so much for being helpful! :D

 
mbmadness said:
I'm looking for the best case for less than $100. No power supply is necessary. I would prefer aluminum construction. Quality design inside and out. No big gaudy plastic peices on the front. Here are the cases I've found so far as examples of what I'm looking for. If you know if something better or similar, please let me know.

Lian Li PC-60
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112022

Cooler Master TAC-T01-EB
IMO, this case is much better than the Thermaltake cases of similar construction.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119031
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the wavemaster
:)
 
Another vote for the Wave Master. I have always loved these and would have bought a few of them for myself, were the cost not prohibitive. Not just saying that, any of my friends from college last year will tell you I spent countless hours in front of Compaq's X Gamer Desktop at Best Buy, which uses the silver version of the case- stunning, just stunning!
 
I got my praetorian early. Upon checking it out I noticed a few things that I like better about my PC-60.

The motherboard tray on the Praetorian is nice and thick, better standoffs than the PC-60, but the darn thing doesn't slide in and out smooth at all, it's ALWAYS catching on something. Everything else seems high quality, comparative to the Lian-Li, except the side panels, which are thinner than those on the PC-60. It hasn't caused any trouble yet, just pointing it out.

Either way they are both light and great looking. I'd pick either PC-60 or Praetorian over a Wavemaster... I hate cases w/ doors on them.

 
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