Hey guys,
First, I know that there are a million existing "help me find a case!" threads, but I figured mine was specific enough to warrant a new thread... I don't mean to cause forum clutter, but I didn't wanna get lost among the masses! Anyway, onto the point:
I picked up a number of upgrades for Christmas, and while I was installing them I realized that my current case (a Thermaltake Element V Black Edition Full Tower) is just way too big.
Honestly, the case isn't a bad case, it is a little annoying to work with the drive bays, but all-in-all I have few complaints, it has plenty of room, the air circulates nicely, and it came with numerous fans pre-installed.
The problem is, it is just too big. It is so large that I have a hard time plugging in the CPU power cable because it barely stretches from the PSU in the bottom of the case to the top of the motherboard. It is so large that I am reluctant to take it with me to LAN parties because it always takes at least two trips to get it and my monitor + peripherals from my apartment (on the third floor) to the car, and then from the car to my friend's houses (and then, of course, I have to pack it all back up again to take it home).
So, I'm looking for a mid-tower case that still has enough room to work comfortably and allow for good airflow and I was hoping you guys could help me out! I really admire the Fractal Design Define R3 that ||Demon||uses in his guide. I like that there are plenty of places to thread cables behind the motherboard, and I really like the way the drive bays are arranged, so that is the case I'm currently leaning towards (or a case similar to it, since it is out of stock on NewEgg).
That being said, I'm open to suggestions... What would you guys recommend? There's a link to my current build in my signature, but I thought I'd list it below so that you guys don't have to do too much work:
CPU: Intel i7 950 (
Link)
MOBO: ASUS P6X58D-E (
Link)
GPU(1): MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 560 Ti 2GB (
Link)
GPU(2): MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 560 Ti 2GB (
Link)
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (
Link)
HDD: Western Digital Cavier Blue 500GB (
Link)
RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (
Link)
PSU: Thermaltake Black Widow 850W Modular (
Link)
Case: Thermaltake Element V Black Edition Full Tower Case (
Link)
Monitor: 23" Acer H233H (
Link)
Mouse: Logitech M510 (
Link)
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated (
Link)
Thanks in advance!