The best PC Gaming case

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#1 rimnet00
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What case do you think is the best for a PC Gamer. Here are the qualities I usually look for:

- Ease of assembly / disessembly

- Style

- Very good air flow

- Good positioning out exterior peripherial inputs (USB, Headphones, etc)

- Lots of room to pack it up, without interfering with airflow

With these things in mind. I personally thing the Antec Nine Hundred is the best PC Gamer case. What do you all think?

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HP Blackbird 002 http://h20435.www2.hp.com/# .
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#3 Munkyman587
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I love my antec 900, the only issue being the room. I have trouble hiding everything, and its not pretty having cables running over the motherboard to reach everything since there is little room to hide things (if you have cables long enough, considering the PSU is on the bottom of the case).
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#4 dayaccus007
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119122
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#5 Munkyman587
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119122dayaccus007

A good case, but a little expensive and I am a nerd (I like to have a window on the case). You can find the antec for 100 bucks or less if you keep your eyes on compusa/frys/amazon deals-unless newegg has recently lowered the price anyway. The antec has great airflow, and looks pretty nifty on my desk when it is lit up = )

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I love my one: http://www.frontier.com.tw/htm/product/09a/SHINOBI.htm

... But the Antec 900 case probobaly the best that I know of, but £90 for a case :(.

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#7 Major_Ganker
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103011

This is the case that i have, it is very good for cooling and also extremely roomy. You could fill this up with a bunch of different stuff and still have good cooling

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#8 Munkyman587
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I love my one: http://www.frontier.com.tw/htm/product/09a/SHINOBI.htm

... But the Antec 900 case probobaly the best that I know of, but £90 for a case :(.

sadikovic

It is $108 US on amazon, $90 US at compusa

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103011

This is the case that i have, it is very good for cooling and also extremely roomy. You could fill this up with a bunch of different stuff and still have good cooling

Major_Ganker

yeah that is great cooling. I have Xclio2 with 1x25cm fan on side panel and is great

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#10 Killfox
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Well it depends. Are you looking for an full tower or mid tower??? Full tower I would say thermaltake and gigabyte make some of the best full towers in my opinion. Mid tower i would antec 900. There also a 901 thats between a full/mid so there more room.
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#11 ColdfireTrilogy
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For full tower and over all usability just search Thermaltakes Kandalf LCS ive had this and it is probably the most amazing rig ive ever had. They also have an addon for another replacement pannel with a silent 25cm fan yes 25 CM !! it also has a top fan and vent fully integrated radiator and watercooling (the WC pump and resevior can be easily replaced) and the radiator is on the front is cooled by 3 14cm fans which also provide airflow into the front of the computer. This case if you can take the size is absolutely the BEST case you can get especially if you easily replace the pump (which i am still using stock and my quad core is running at 1.2ghz OCd than normal at 33C full load ....).

http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-kandolf-lcs-vd4000bws.html

look at the specs it makes me drool ....

Also forgot to mention. 11 drive bays in front. 2 USB ports on top with mic and headphone jack AND Firewire. So very accessible.. pannel has a lock on the side so peeps can see in but cant steal your pretties. Grilled inserts for all 11 drive bays with dust filters to keep it cool and clean. Oh and space ... prolly the most space you will find in a case to date ...

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coolermaster stacker 832!
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#14 modai119
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I'd say Coolmaster 830 case 4 fans on the side is superior airflow!!!
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#15 filmography
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antec 900, cool, quiet and you can adjust the fan setting. its also very affordable.
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#16 NamelessPlayer
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How about cases that only cost around 50 US$ or so? The CM Centurion 5 gets mentioned a lot in that particular price bracket. I'd jump on the Antec 900 bandwagon myself, but having to spend less than I originally planned forces me to cut corners, one of those corners being expensive cases. (Unfortunately, that also means the Antec P180B and all of those Lian-Li cases I was looking at are out the window, too.) Or maybe I should reconsider, and cut costs on the hardware going into that case, thus opening my budget to a nice P180B or something?
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#17 Ghardon
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http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Chassis/midtower/armorjr/vc3000bws.asp

Suits my needs quite well.