BecauseScience
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Help me pick a case that doesn't suck.
I have a CM Centurion 5 sitting here unused. It's everything I hate. It's impossible to keep clean because of all the mesh. I could spend an hour a week cleaning the mesh filters. Drives rattle when "secured" with the tool-free holders. The silver accent looks gaudy.
I have an Antec 4400 NSK with all-black faceplate that I mostly like. It's not ideal but I got a good deal on it.
Comments on these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233039
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233035
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147124
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147073
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147075
Yea, a lot of them are ugly. I know...
- $50 or less from Newegg before shipping (rebates ok)
- accepts full ATX boards
- capable of supporting a decent wolfdale OC on air (having to add fans is ok)
- handles large videocards
- all black; no chrome; no colored accents
- no backlit fans or the like
- no side window
- no tool-free crap or at least the possibility to use screws
- vast expanses of mesh are very bad (looking at you CM Centurion!)
- huge bonus points integral fan filters
I have a CM Centurion 5 sitting here unused. It's everything I hate. It's impossible to keep clean because of all the mesh. I could spend an hour a week cleaning the mesh filters. Drives rattle when "secured" with the tool-free holders. The silver accent looks gaudy.
I have an Antec 4400 NSK with all-black faceplate that I mostly like. It's not ideal but I got a good deal on it.
Comments on these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233039
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233035
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147124
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147073
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147075
Yea, a lot of them are ugly. I know...