What case do you use?

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I use to always use Coolermasters 342 (I think) but found that the switches on them don't last long. Most the sub £30 Coolermasters don't have USB 3.0, 2.5" bays or an SD card slot making them no longer suitable for Heswell as all H81 boards come with USB 3.0 as standard.

1) Piano Black 605 (cost £12) client wanted cheap case, it is actually not bad no sharp edges but thin metal and flexes a bit. I personally would avoid it unless it is for a cheapie.

2) AVP Defender - for my office system Heswell system, good case for £14 but thin metal and feet got in the way of the HD Audio connector on my Asus motherboard so would have been useless for a client. I avoid them for that reason.

3) Tried a couple of Inwins, not badly built but too expensive for what you get.

4) I bought this yesterday http://www.cclonline.com/product/13...X-Case/CAS0993/Black-Interior-No-PSU/CAS0994/ because it had a built in SD slot, but I was very pleased to also discover it had a front USB 3.0 port. Is extremely well made as well it is a little expensive at £28 but considering a card reader costs around £5 it is actually good value. I think providing they are in stock I will use this for my all my future builds until Coolermaster update their 342 with USB 3.0.

So what cases do people use here with their builds?

 

[AndyM]

1) Piano Black 605 (cost £12) client wanted cheap case

2) AVP Defender - for my office system Heswell system, good case for £14 but thin metal and feet got in the way of the HD Audio connector on my Asus motherboard so would have been useless for a client. I avoid them for that reason.

3) Tried a couple of Inwins, not badly built but too expensive for what you get.

4) I bought this yesterday http://www.cclonline.com/product/13...X-Case/CAS0993/Black-Interior-No-PSU/CAS0994/ because it had a built in SD slot, but I was very pleased to also discover it had a front USB 3.0 port. Is extremely well made as well it is a little expensive at £28 but considering a card reader costs around £5 it is actually good value. I think providing they are in stock I will use this for my all my future builds until Coolermaster update their 342 with USB 3.0.

So what cases do people use here with their builds?

£12... for a case?!?!?!? Heck, you get what you pay for.....

Personally, my preference is for Fractal Design, but you're looking at £60+ for a case, to which you have to add a decent PSU you're looking at £40+ (for a system builder Corsair).

My latest build was Fractal Design Case, XFX PSU, Intel Xeon E3-1220v2 CPU, 1GB NVidia Graphics, 16GB RAM (2x8GB - gives me room for another 16GB should I need it), 2x500GB Hard Drives for OS & Apps (Software raided), 2x2TB Hard Drives for data (software raided), a decent Antec CPU cooler that I had laying around (brand new), an extra case FAN (PWM), Internal RDX drive and finally a Blue Ray drive. I do plan on upgrading the software RAID for hardware in a few weeks, but needed something built quickly.

Using it to run CommitCRM, CrashPlanPro and ScreenConnect.

Andy