whats a good desktop case?

[chronic9]

I am planing on building a media center PC this holiday season. Most likely with ATI HDTV capture card and other nice goodies. First i need a case. Which desktop format case is your favorite? I was like at this antec case on newegg.

Plz post your suggestions of the parts i should use as well, if you want.

t[H]nx

 

[ShaolinDragon]

I think the Coolermaster Cavaliers look quite nice. I haven't read any reviews, but they are just a google away .
You can get silver and blue - http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-059&depa=0
Or the black and blue/purple? one - http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-043&depa=0
You can get them without the dials, but the dials 'dance' in time to music, and are backlit, which I think would look really cool in a living room media PC.

 

[darktiger]

I got this one

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=11-119-024&DEPA=0

It is real quiet, plus it does everything I want it to do. Plus it matched my reciever....Directron has a good selection of HTPC cases...

http://www.directron.com/desktop.html

 

[chronic9]

darktiger, what kind of parts do you have in your HTPC and wat windows?

 

[vapb400]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-163-033&depa=1
expensive, but very nice
review here:
http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2274

This would be my setup
Pentium 4 2.8GHz (not prescott)
Intel's 865PERLL motherboard
Fanless 9600 Graphics Card
atleast 512MB of Ram
Fanless Powersupply
Quiet Heatsink and fans (zalman/panaflow?)
Audigy 2 Sound Card (although the intel sound is actually really good)
NEC DVD Burner
Windows Media Center Edition or MythTV

 

[B18_Cya]

lian li are nice

 

[chronic9]

i was thinkin a amd 2 ghz, 1 gig of ram, 200 gb drive, 9600xt, ATI HDTV wonder, antec PSU, 8 in 1 media card reader in the floopy slot, dvd burner, id prob. need a sound card, to send the signal out 2 my sony reciever. so i guess and audigy 2

windows media center edition

 

[ShaolinDragon]

1 gig of RAM seems a bit much to go with 2000+ AMD, and a 9600XT, but the rest sounds good

 

[vapb400]

stick with the 1gb it will help alot in MCE, if you want it quiet I would get a normal 9600 with no fans, but thats me, im crazy about noise, especially from an HTPC

 

[chronic9]

what would be a good PSU thats quiet? All my pcs have quite fans, but i still hear it huming when i sleep. doesnt bother me much, iam use to already. I was thinking of getting a regular 9600 instead, but then i decided, why not play some video games on my tv as well .

 

[EnderW]

Lian Li makes great cases