I've been on a case hunt for the last two weeks, and haven't really been able to settle on anything. Guts are going to be a Rampage III Gene, i7 950, 6GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866, ASUS HD5870 (bought it 2 days after release, its a reference model), OCZ Vertex II boot drive, 2xSpinpoint F3 1TBs.
I have been pouring over and obsessing about the Lian Li V354. I go to LANs fairly often, and being able to pack this power into a small and light case seemed the obvious choice. However, the performance monster in me wants to OC as much as possible because of the tools in the Rampage mobo and how well the processor responds to OC'ing. That makes me wants a HAF X or 922. So far, the only thing I've been able to find that meets both criteria is the Lanboy Air, but I'm not really partial to the aesthetics nor the build quality of Antec cases. I'm a grown man with a wife, so aesthetically I'm 100% drawn to Lian Li style of cases.
I've poured over Lian Li's offerings and can't really find something that fits the bill from them. Is there a case out there that seems to fit my requirements? Is an aluminum chassis with near HAF cooling in a mid tower form factor really too much to ask for?
I have been pouring over and obsessing about the Lian Li V354. I go to LANs fairly often, and being able to pack this power into a small and light case seemed the obvious choice. However, the performance monster in me wants to OC as much as possible because of the tools in the Rampage mobo and how well the processor responds to OC'ing. That makes me wants a HAF X or 922. So far, the only thing I've been able to find that meets both criteria is the Lanboy Air, but I'm not really partial to the aesthetics nor the build quality of Antec cases. I'm a grown man with a wife, so aesthetically I'm 100% drawn to Lian Li style of cases.
I've poured over Lian Li's offerings and can't really find something that fits the bill from them. Is there a case out there that seems to fit my requirements? Is an aluminum chassis with near HAF cooling in a mid tower form factor really too much to ask for?