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Which case?

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Ok guys, im trying to decide on which case to go for. Just from your guys' personal experience and expertise, which case do you guys think I should get?

Antec 900
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

Thermaltake Armor w/ 25CM Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133021

XCLIO Windtunnel w/ 2x 25CM Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103011

LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112116

They all look pretty good in my opinion. But which do you think would be better on cooling?
 
I have the Armor, so I can only comment on it.

1) It's friggen heavy, if you never need to move it you'll be alright. If you are a lan party type forget it.

2) the peripheral slots have funky plastic locks and some copper bushing/bracket thing that just make mounting things like graphics cards, and your IO shield a pain in the ass, I ripped em all out and just use blankoffs and thumbscrews..works fine.

3) Airflow through the case could be better...mine doesn't have the 250mm side fan though, and I added another 120mm to the front with the adapter cage you can get for $17.00 at newegg. If you are going SLI with GTX's I would get a higher output fan for the top exhaust, which I have done since the PSU cables block airflow a bit. ..I currently have the junk in my sig in it.... Temps are 39c CPU idle/reading forums case ambient is 33c and GPU is 40c However with room temp around 65/70 deg F and under load it gets warm like 47/49C cpu, 40/42 case, and GPU hits 55/57c

4) They do have plenty of room inside so the long GTX cards fit just fine and you can put HDD's in two different locations...I plan on switching to H20 with the next build so moving the HDD's next to the PSU (room to mount 3) this frees up lots of room down in front below the opticals. It has 10 usable 5.25 bay slots up front currently I have two 120 fans, the junk drawer, a backlit fan controller, 3 optical drives, and a reader.

It takes some work but you have just enough room to hide your cables behind the mobo mounting plate.

5) did I mention it was really heavy?

6) tool less drive slots rule. If they had made the mobo tray slide out it would be a 9.5 IMO

For what it's going for price wise it's a decent case. Otherwise take a look at the Li LI v2000 or SS Tj09
 
A lot of people enjoy their 900's, I'm more of a fan of the nice small Lian-Li's. The Windtunnel does remind me of a car radiator however. ;)
 
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