Xigmatek chassis?

[mikeymikec]

It's been a while since I bought a standard midi tower case, and I used to go for Coolermaster Elite 335 cases but I'm having difficulty finding one for a similar price that I used to pay.

I know that one thing I didn't like about Antec's VSK-2000 was the lack of speaker, and I'm fairly sure there was something else about it. I'm guessing that the Antec 300 has the same 'no speaker' issue, though I might consider it even though it is a bit more expensive than what I was planning to pay.

I came across a company, 'Xigmatek' that I haven't heard of before. Any ideas/recommendations, etc?

The case doesn't need to be anything particularly special. I think it will end up with 2 - 4 HDDs in (low-end server).

 

[Interitus]

Don't let the lack of a speaker be a deal-killer on a case you're looking at...

http://www.amazon.com/PC-Internal-Mi.../dp/B002W4M0DW

or

http://www.frys.com/product/6488702

Might even be able to find one at a local Radio Shack / electronics part store.

 

[Slugbait]

Xigmatek started primarily with cooling solutions, and then entered the PSU and case market. I think they've been doing cases for three years.

Their cases get generally favorable reviews from sites like hardwareheaven and guru3d. Best part is that they don't have any fugly models out there...understated or bland, yes, but not fugly.

 

[SolMiester]

The front USB ports on my Silverstone are knackered, so I just pulled the trigger on a LL PC-9FB. I have just assembled a LL PC-6 for a mate, but that only has 3 HDD bays and only 1 front fan...
PC-9F has 6 bay, 2 front fans....I really like understated cases....
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=526&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69