recommend me a good case

[gammaray]

like the title says,

right now i have an antec 900

but in ± 6months im gonna build a new pc and i'd like;

1. fan in front, top and rear, that can be controlled via the motherboard, not low,med and high position i have to manually reach and set.

2. space for standard ATx mobo, high end videocard

3. slot for 1hd and 2 ssds, one cd|dvd player

4. cable management

5. silent preferably

6. budget ± 100$

thank you guys!

 

[stevech]

What does "recommend me" mean?
Does it mean we should "recommend you"

 

[crazymonkeyzero]

$100-110 Fractal Design R4. nuff said.

 

[kleinkinstein]

Almost nuff! You will still need to decide on white, black, titanium and window or no window. It truly is the top drawer case at the moment.

 

[danjw]

$100-110 Fractal Design R4. nuff said.

Does that come with PWM fans? You may also want to look at the Antec P280 and Corsair 550D.

 

[lehtv]

The R4 comes with an integrated fan controller (3-speed) which basically downvolts the stock 1000rpm 140mm fans to 7V or 5V. Comes with two fans by default (rear, front), I recommend installing the third fan on the front instead of the top to maintain positive air pressure and thus take in less dust.

Non-PWM fans can be controller via the motherboard, especially Asus boards are good for dynamic voltage control of chassis fans.

 

[gammaray]

thank you very much for your inputs !

i might go for the antec p280 since i can buy it for 89.99$ right now ?

 

[crazymonkeyzero]

The R4 comes with an integrated fan controller (3-speed) which basically downvolts the stock 1000rpm 140mm fans to 7V or 5V.

It down volts them?? I didn't know that, but guess it makes sense for silence.

That explains why my one of my fans on the h60 looks like its running slow. Thanks for this info, I shall now rewire it to the mobo instead of the controller for max cooling haha.

 

[MrDudeMan]

What does "recommend me" mean?
Does it mean we should "recommend you"

What a jackass. Why even bother to post this? You know what he meant.

+1 for the Fractal R4

 

[Bill Brasky]

thank you very much for your inputs !

i might go for the antec p280 since i can buy it for 89.99$ right now ?

I love the P280. It's one of my favorite cases available right now. Some people gripe that it can't accommodate larger than 120mm fans, but I don't think it's that big of a deal.