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Need help picking a case

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LuminosXI

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Anyone mind sharing their thoughts on the CM830E and the new CosmosS, im getting one of those just not sure which ( and if someone knows of a better case tell me ) at the moment Im leaning more towards the 830E because it has the removable mobo tray, and the massive potential for fans. Also I was looking at getting the one bundled with the 1000w pro power psu, if anyone could tell me how this performs, you know heat, constant voltage, power loss on SLI rigs, info like that, I would greatly appreciate it. However, I have been considering the cosmos cause of its pressure sensitive power switch ( I know asinine thing to make a factor, but im a little eccentric :p ) and the huge 250mm side panel fan.
 
I ended up getting the CosmoS because they were out of stock on the CM830E ( which they were selling for fuckin 99$ ) and I combo'd it with the corsair TX750w. While I like the CosmoS, theres a couple glaring problems that I had. 1, the goddamn side panels are a bitch to put back on once you get em off, you have to put them in at this ludicrous angle or they just sorta slide against each other making you really pissed off in the meantime. 2, if theres even the tiniest of wires laying across the locking bar........the side panel wont latch, I mean while this makes sense, a case that has a 15lb brushed metal panel, I figured it could handle having my power switch wire running across it, how wrong I was. 3, While the case includes zip ties and some funny lookin ladder thing for cable management, it doesnt do a very good job at leaving you to your own devices. While trying desperately to hide all my cables ( my last build was in a mid size so im used to cramped spaces ) I ended up running them through the holes on the mobo tray and out the back of the case. Satisfied with my cable running sk1llz , I attempted to put back on the side panel, an yet again ran into the same problem as with the power wire, pretty much, if theres anything heavier than a feather leaning against the panel.....its not gonna lock. What I do like about it is the absurd amount of 5.25 bays you get.......11....fuckin....11, I quickly used these slots for more fans, and thats another thing, you can potentially put 9 120mm fans on the thing! Another thing, the PSU is mounted in the bottom of the case directly above a filter, Ive noticed that instead of having it mounted at the top where it throws all the heat down onto your mobo, gpu, and cpu fan, this ejects the heat right out of the bottom of the case ( after all said an done I ran prime95 to check stability an let everest monitor my temps, the ambient temp in the case never rose above 18c ) and works wonders for cooling.

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