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Case question?

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Foladar

Limp Gawd
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I'm going to upgrade my PC, and rather than gut my current one and rebuild, I figured it'd be best to get a good case to go along with my new i5 2400 (and soon to be GTX460).

My current power supply is an Antec Earthwatts 500w and these were the cases I had on my list, however I'm open to suggestions in the price range:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156226
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156244
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156245
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061

It's going to be a gaming machine, however I'm unsure if the Antec Earthwatts can even be bottom mounted, which would rule out one case if it can't.

edit: Motherboard is a micro ATX, fwiw, but I'm pretty sure most modern mid ATX cases fit both ATX/mATX
 
The first one on your list
the gamma
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058&Tpk=NZXT M59
or most of the lower priced ones on this list Coolermaster cases :)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ermaster case&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

And yes, ANY ATX case will fit microatx motherboards, none I have ever built that could use full size ATX boards could not use microatx if you wanted to, also as far as the powersupply, unless the fan sucks no air or the screw holes are off, any psu can be mounted any direction(more or less)
 
Yeah, the only Coolermaster I wanted doesn't have the rebate on Amazon, which is where I was going to grab my case to avoid shipping charges (Prime). The earliest it gets me the Gamma was Friday, though, and I'm impatient.
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...se&name=Free Shipping&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147121

Or another few here if you are looking for free shipping :)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...02&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20
or free shipping+rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1&name=Mail-in Rebate&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

I think the only thing with gama is limited gpu spacing, the M59 can fit a 6950 reference but its tight, many others in its price range simply have next to no place for wiring, very bad cooling, really flmisy or whatever
 
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