I'm actually the owner of an Antec 900 case for nearly 3 or 4 years, but lately the front USB connectors were feeling a bit loosen, even sometimes after connecting a cable to it,depending of the movement you did to it it made the PC "recognize" that it's disconnected yet it's not disconnected at all.
I've been looking to upgrade it someday to something newer and bigger for future upgrades (Specially GPUs due to their looooooooooong sizes to fit in the damn case...Mine's a 660GTX and fits yet it was a bit hard due to the many cables messing around)
Though the change is not "urgent", aka there's no hurries at all, i felt like it was necessary to stay up to date and stuff
My actual aiming was for a bigger tower with Blue LEDs for the Fans and many other things like possible cable management (sounds hard though), USB 3.0 and a place on top to put my WD My Book External HDD, with Fan Speed controlling etc.. Aka better than my Antec 900... But ofcourse, with a better gripping on the USB 2 and 3.0 slots etc...
I was looking around for something for my tastes and there's the Antec 1200 V3 and the Thermaltake Chaser A71 .. This last one sounds promising yet it misses the front fans' leds (though it has a nice side window fan with blue led, yet opening the window completely forces you to unplug the Fan.
Also, i was thinking to upgrade my PSU (700W Modular Thermaltake Thoughpower) to a 800W or something.. Because i'll need more cables (lost the 700W ones X_X; ) and also Future proof for newer nVidia cards (Yep, i know this sounds like a joke but i'm not kidding X_X; ,specially since there's equal or more fans and needs more cables)
What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance
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I don't know what you expect. Case is a highly personal thing. And you won't need more wattage for future cards. You'll only ever need more wattage with more cards, not with newer ones.
nzxt and fractal. I dont care for other case companies.
Dunno about tower cases tho
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I think my case is the Antec 1200 V2. Only complaint I have about it is the H100i I have is really hard to fit, the case isn't made for having a radiator inside imo. I suppose the holes for cable management could also be better. Maybe the V3 has been improved?
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I'm using the Cooler Master Cosmos 2.
Lots of space, great quality.
Got SLI, 5 hdd's and custom watercooling (1x360rad, 1x 240rad, dual gpu block, cpu block, tank, dual pumps) and theres still lots of space left.
Consider Corsair's Obsidian series. Damn solid cases with quality finish. I just upgraded from my Silverstone Temjin TJ08B-E to 350D.
Forget crappy Thermaltake PSUs and get SuperFlower Platinum, Seasonic or Corsair AX-series. You definitely don't need 700-800W PSU if you plan to run only single GPU card. Basically any gaming pc is just fine with ~500W PSU if not less. SLI is another story and for that my suggestion is eg. Corsair AX860i (made by Flextronics).
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i prefer a good fan presentation at the front and the left window, in blue leds.. the Antec 900 i have is pretty nice and tought of the 1200 V3..
But still, don't know if the USB 2/3.0 ports are harder to hold the devices better so they don't "unplug" at the minimal movement
Thanks for the suggestions,but i didn't liked some of them, sorry.
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i have the antec 900 , too , and there is 1 major flaw. The 212 cooler fan intake is blocking first ram slot (luckily that's the second row, so to speak lol). Also it's not deep enough, had to remove the fan in the "door" or the 212 wouldn't fit hehe.
i have the antec 900 , too , and there is 1 major flaw. The 212 cooler fan intake is blocking first ram slot (luckily that's the second row, so to speak lol). Also it's not deep enough, had to remove the fan in the "door" or the 212 wouldn't fit hehe.
That sounds like a seriously slim case then
I can fit a Silver Arrow in my CM 692.
I don't get one thing..i've read on Newegg that Thermaltake's "Frio CPU Cooler" (Dunno if that affects MY Frio OCK Cooler) touches the side panel (Window one) of the Chaser A71... Kinda the same with my Antec 900 (It touches the window but still can close the panel from side to side)
Would that be a problem?..what i don't get is that the Chaser A71 is MORE WIDER than my Antec 900...shouldn't there be more space?...
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If you don't care too much about looks I still think the haf x is still one of the best cases. So much space inside and so easy to work with but it's a bit bulky looking, great cooling though.
The new Corsair Graphite (760T, I think?) is really great as well, but it's full tower. I'd also recommend the Carbide 500R(which I own), but I have a feeling you'd want something that looks a bit more different than what you currently own. Or, if you find, the NZXT H440, that is one sexy case. I'd also take a look at the Phantom series. And the Define series from Fractal Design.
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In case you hadn't seen my buildlog thread, I'm absolutely LOVING my CoolerMaster Storm Trooper. It's huge, has enormous amounts of space for gadgets (I have 2 huge GTX570s in SLi as well as 4 HDDs and it has a bay for 4 more, all with specific SSD mounts, and it even has *another* smaller HDD cage at the bottom, purely for SSDs), great cable routing, insane amounts of cooling (2x120mm front fans, 2x120mm side fans, 1x140mm rear fan, 1x200mm top fan - all wired up to the built in fan controller), front USB2/USB3 ports, front eSATA, X-Dock for sliding in an SSD at the front and 9 front drive bays - though six of those are taken up by the two HDD docks.
This thing is monstrous and I can't fault it whatsoever. Be warned though, it has a bottom-mounted PSU so make sure your cables can stretch from the bottom and up to the HDDs. Oh and in case you were wondering about the width and having your cooler equipment touching the side panel, the max cooler height is 186mm or 7.3" and the max GPU length is an insane 322mm or 12.7"
Sabin, I was looking at the storm trooper when I got my haf x, that's also a great case and sounds just like the haf x in terms of space. I've got two 670 in sli, three ssd, two mechanical drives and a DVD drive. I'm also running a h100, has 2 x 200mm fans at the top a 140mm on the side and front and a 120 at the back and I still have a ridiculous amount of space left.
great when you fiddle around a lot.
I would probably ho the storm trooper now if choosing again just because it looks better
The thing is that i liked my Antec900's Blue LEDs and side panel window that made it different from the other towers i've seen,also it had a nice design..
The Chaser A71 has 2 front fans (sadly without the led) but has a side panel window with a huge blue led'd fan, can fit just right the CPU cooler i have and as Thermaltake told me on their FB, the 3 fans just needs 1 cable to connect them so they work instead of 3 or 4 ,saving some cable madness inside the case
Yes,i'm a fan of the blue colour, and also an specific tower design one...i try not to look for a tower that's really simple or just too brutal..but also mainly for 3-4 front USB ports, INCLUDING 3.0
I am not ignoring your suggestions but i have my likes/preferences, that's all. No trolling at all and i don't have the intention to do so.
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Aye, this case is insane and it can even take the 240mm external radiators too. The amount of space inside, and mountings outside, is incredible.
@DV2
Almost all cases have optional side-panel windows. The Storm Trooper came with a choice, meshed side-panel with mounting brackets for 2x120mm fans, or a clear window for showing off internal components and LEDs, along with a choice of red or blue LED from the factory. Nor is this case too simple, it's very aggressive and "different" from the usual subtle rectangle ones. Just look at it before immediately discounting, it has pretty much everything you've asked for/mentioned, including 4 front USB - 2 of which are USB3.
If you want something so much like your Antec 900, why not another Antec case? Perhaps the 900two or the 1200?
-We don't have the Antec 1200
-Bad opinions about the 1200 on Newegg
Also
-We in spain don't have the Storm Trooper at any place,neither online nor at the Barcelona's popular computer stores.
-Tool-Free HDD 3.5 and SSD mounting would be better and also time saving (Screwing n stuff)
-GPU Lenght space incase newer GPU is inserted and well,it gets to be fucking long that it'd either touch HDD's or the chassis
-CPU Cooler height for the Frio OCK CPU Cooler (Thermaltake) so it doesn't touches the chassis.
-Cable Management
-BLUE LEDs.....
-Side panel Window
-USB 3.0
Do you need to know the websites i watch to buy stuff about computers?,maybe you get an idea of how kinda fucked up we are like in spain
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1. Shit, that I can't help with, haha.
2. The 3.5s are tool-free, they use clip-on plastic clamps that slot into bays. The SSDs require screwing though, that's true.
3. You're not going to find much larger than 322mm - and even that can be extended by removing one of the HDD bays.
4. The max height for a cooler in the Storm is 186mm, the Frio OCK is 158mm. You've got 28mm clearance.
5. Outstanding cable tidying on the Storm, far better than the 900/900two/1200, as this case routes cables behind the motherboard into a cavity built out of the right-side panel.
6. Blue LEDs
7. 2xUSB3, 2xUSB2 front ports.
Either way, it's all moot if you can't find it.. so.. yeah, there's that. Sorry. If you can't find the Storm Trooper, look for the Stryker instead - pretty much exactly the same case.
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In case you hadn't seen my buildlog thread, I'm absolutely LOVING my CoolerMaster Storm Trooper. It's huge, has enormous amounts of space for gadgets (I have 2 huge GTX570s in SLi as well as 4 HDDs and it has a bay for 4 more, all with specific SSD mounts, and it even has *another* smaller HDD cage at the bottom, purely for SSDs), great cable routing, insane amounts of cooling (2x120mm front fans, 2x120mm side fans, 1x140mm rear fan, 1x200mm top fan - all wired up to the built in fan controller), front USB2/USB3 ports, front eSATA, X-Dock for sliding in an SSD at the front and 9 front drive bays - though six of those are taken up by the two HDD docks.
This thing is monstrous and I can't fault it whatsoever. Be warned though, it has a bottom-mounted PSU so make sure your cables can stretch from the bottom and up to the HDDs. Oh and in case you were wondering about the width and having your cooler equipment touching the side panel, the max cooler height is 186mm or 7.3" and the max GPU length is an insane 322mm or 12.7"
If it would have been socially acceptable, I would stick my dick in that sexy, sexy case of yours. Such beauty. Well, not yours specifically, that model.
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All the pictures/vids I saw of the Stryker had blue lighting, but I guess that could have been added after purchase As for the A71, I really don't have any experience or knowledge about it so I wouldn't know what to say.
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(luckily that's the second row, so to speak lol). Also it's not deep enough, had to remove the fan in the "door" or the 212 wouldn't fit hehe.
As for the A71, I really don't have any experience or knowledge about it so I wouldn't know what to say.
My previous Lexa Blackline lasted me nearly 7 years afterall 
