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I did some searching around the forums, and haven't the few threads I've found on this issue are from last year, or even older, and most of the options given aren't available anymore so I thought I would start a new thread.
My computer sits on a nice piano bench to the left of my desk, and as such a windowed case is a waste of money, in addition it makes cleaning it out difficult as well. I was thrilled with BTX was first announced, and then depressed when it never really took off.
Well I've been seeing the occasional reverse ATX case and once again am thrilled, but of course options seem extremely limited. I've started looking at Caselabs, and Mountain Mods, but are there any other options out there for good reverse atx cases, with windows of course?
I'd probably be looking to spend less then $300 for the case, I could possibly go higher but there would need to be a good reason to (sadly each time I put together a Caselabs case it ends up over $600 and that's without adding anything special.)
I'm looking for something large, and easy to work in, but not so monsterously huge that moving it, say for cleaning, would be a nightmare.
I had considered using something like an H100 in my build but lately but the more I time I spend lurking in these forums the more I think that maybe I'll just use a nice HSF at first, like the Hyper 212 Evo, and then start looking to put together and install a customer watercooling loop a short while later, so of course the case would need to accomidate that.
I did my first modern build this past Labor day weekend, and although it will probably show my age I'll say that my last computer build before that involved bags of chips and a soldering iron. LOL!
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, not only for alternatives to Caselabs and Mountain Mods, but I'd love to hear from anyone with cases from those companies as well as to their experiences with them.
My computer sits on a nice piano bench to the left of my desk, and as such a windowed case is a waste of money, in addition it makes cleaning it out difficult as well. I was thrilled with BTX was first announced, and then depressed when it never really took off.
Well I've been seeing the occasional reverse ATX case and once again am thrilled, but of course options seem extremely limited. I've started looking at Caselabs, and Mountain Mods, but are there any other options out there for good reverse atx cases, with windows of course?
I'd probably be looking to spend less then $300 for the case, I could possibly go higher but there would need to be a good reason to (sadly each time I put together a Caselabs case it ends up over $600 and that's without adding anything special.)
I'm looking for something large, and easy to work in, but not so monsterously huge that moving it, say for cleaning, would be a nightmare.
I had considered using something like an H100 in my build but lately but the more I time I spend lurking in these forums the more I think that maybe I'll just use a nice HSF at first, like the Hyper 212 Evo, and then start looking to put together and install a customer watercooling loop a short while later, so of course the case would need to accomidate that.
I did my first modern build this past Labor day weekend, and although it will probably show my age I'll say that my last computer build before that involved bags of chips and a soldering iron. LOL!
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, not only for alternatives to Caselabs and Mountain Mods, but I'd love to hear from anyone with cases from those companies as well as to their experiences with them.
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