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In your opinion, what is the best overall mid tower case? In other words, which case combines looks, cooling, features, and value the best?

asked Jul 12 '10 at 16:53

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When I get a case I will usually get a cheap Antec case. They seem to work well for me, I don't like spending lots of money on a case. I prefer to get a cheap case and spend that money I save getting more RAM, a better processor, etc.

answered Jul 12 '10 at 17:00

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IMO the coolermaster scout. I have it for my lan pc. It is fantastic! The handle is real sturdy. Has lots of fans. Looks great. Can add 2 more fans. It has a big fan on the front. I think its a 140mm a fan on top which is the same. A fan also on the back which is quite small. The 2 addable fans on the side are 120mm. It also has a little switch on top to turn off the LED's :) And 4 extra USB slots on top. Most cases only have 2.

The one problem is it can't put in 5970 video cards and a few of the much larger cards unless you cut them or something. As well as a few coolers for your CPU....but still great case...it's not too expensive as well. I got it for $120 and that's Australian currency. In America probably 80-90$

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answered Jul 12 '10 at 17:03

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edited Jul 13 '10 at 06:26

This is so sweet. I like the extra 2 USB ports and is there a SATA port also?

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As above i have a Coolermaster but it is the CM 690II Advanced. It is awesome. Comes with 3 fans as standard, one of them is a blue LED and looks great in the dark. Loads of room for expansion, 4 drive bays and 5 or 6 hard drive bays with 1 bay on top that you just plug a standard sata hard drive. It has room for more than 7 fans. Great case from Coolermaster

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answered Jul 13 '10 at 10:24

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It looks great! Does it got any ports in the front?

(Jul 13 '10 at 12:35) Mihkel Mihkel's gravatar image

yh the ports are on top it has a power-led, 2 USB ports, an E-Sata port, reset button, power button and a headphone and microphone jack. Behind that is the hard drive slot.

(Jul 13 '10 at 19:05) Gregory Berry Gregory%20Berry's gravatar image

I generally hate going into the $80+ range for a mid tower since you can generally get a decent full tower for that price.

I currently use a antec 300 they cost around $50 but they cool extremely well, it provides direct airflow to all of the components in the case and has a front air filter about 1 cm behind the metal grill that can easily be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner hose. it may not be a flashy case and the overall design may be a little bland but you wont find other cases in it's price range that will match it's cooling. PS the power supply is mounted in the bottom of the case instead of the top

with the top 140mm fan and the rear 120mm fan and the 2 front 120mm fans and the large fan also in the power supply, the air in the case is basically being replaced every second so the ambient temperature in the case basically stays at room temperature.

If you want to test which parts are getting direct airflow in a case, simply wet your finger with rubbing alcohol then move your finger around in the case(with out touching anything) you will be able to easily feel the areas with direct airflow. in the case of the antec, the pci/pcie slots get direct airflow, both chipsets get direct airflow and the heatsink gets direct airflow and the power supply gets direct airflow behind each area of direct airflow is generally a fan that pulls air out of the case so the design is very efficient

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answered Jul 13 '10 at 12:10

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edited Jul 13 '10 at 13:47

This case will do just fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133089&cm_re=Level_10-_-11-133-089-_-Product

But it is too expensive. The $30 cases will work just as good, they just won't look as awesome.

answered Jul 13 '10 at 12:23

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