Case

[jamiesalter]

I've been looking around case reviews for a few days and haven't really got anywhere.

Could you guys give me suggestions for a case which fits these requirements:

< £100
Mid Tower / Tower
Good for cooling, but do not intend to water-cool
Fairly wide - can fit noctua NH-U12F [155mm] (http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=p...ts_id=6&lng=en)
A window would be nice, but is not essential

I realize that cases are fairly subjective, so if you tell me anything that fits the above requirements i'll have a look at them and see if i like their looks.

For info, here are the specs of the components that are going to be inside:

E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
Corsair 6400 2x1024 dominator
Sapphire X1950PRO 256MB
Western Digital 250GB SATA 300 (WD2500KS)
Samsung DVD±RW (SH-S182D)
Corsair 620W

Happy to hear any comments.

[BUFF]

Akasa 62.
Scan often have the Chenbro Gaming Bomb II on special offer ~&#163;56
Possibly Gigabyte Aurora

[NightshadowUK]

Another vote for the Eclipse-62.

It's very spacious, and the cooling's awesome... plus you can get a 'Maxi-View' side panel if you want a window.

[abeacock]

I'll throw the Jeantech Phong 2 into the mix - CustomPC love it and it only costs &#163;50 from PC World.
http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/r...-phong-ii.html
Not sure about the noctua NH-U12F size issue but it fits my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro just fine.
No window though.

[kalniel]

Coolermaster Centurion 5

It's a bit cheaper than the alternatives, but it's plenty wide, and the mesh front gives very good cooling.

[jamiesalter]

Was looking into the mentioned akasa eclipse 62 on the akasa website - and spotted the mirage 62.

Looks better than the eclipse, is wide, future-proof, has good reviews from http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Akasa/Mirage62/5 and http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/rev...?id=284&page=6 and it's (just) in budget.

Just got to shop around now for the best price.

Have any of you guys heard anything bad about the Akasa's Mirage-62?

[Jay007]

Just got myself a mirage-62 this week, great case. Its basically the hummer of pc cases. Great build quality and i love the all black interior. The front panel style is either something you'll like or not but i like the style.

[amjedm]

Was looking into the mentioned akasa eclipse 62 on the akasa website - and spotted the mirage 62.

Looks better than the eclipse, is wide, future-proof, has good reviews from http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Akasa/Mirage62/5 and http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/rev...?id=284&page=6 and it's (just) in budget.

Just got to shop around now for the best price.

Have any of you guys heard anything bad about the Akasa's Mirage-62?

Good choice (I have the Eclipse btw).

Why don't you ask Scan to put it on Today Only?

[fisnik]

I too, was cotemplating buying an akasa mirage 62. But now that I read the good review about the jentech phong 2 case, I'm not really sure about spending roughly 100 quid on it.

[colinloves]

Antec 900 - thats got nuff fans for cooling.

[DavidM]

Good choice (I have the Eclipse btw).

Why don't you ask Scan to put it on Today Only?

Convenient linky below

[amjedm]

Convenient linky below

To make it just that bit easier, can we please have a template so all the requestor has to do is filling in the missing words such as the LN number and name of the item

e.g.

"Dear The Man Who Can

Please can you put LNXXXX (part name) on Today Only. I would like this item on Today Only immediately if not sooner

Many thanks."

[DavidM]

Sadly Vbulletin doesn't support a custom EMAIL tag to support this, and html is disabled on the site, otherwise I probably would already have done this

[EtheAv8r]

Was looking into the mentioned akasa eclipse 62 on the akasa website - and spotted the mirage 62.

Looks better than the eclipse, is wide, future-proof, has good reviews from http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Akasa/Mirage62/5 and http://www.xtremecomputing.co.uk/rev...?id=284&page=6 and it's (just) in budget.

Just got to shop around now for the best price.

Have any of you guys heard anything bad about the Akasa's Mirage-62?

The Mirage is an updated Eclipse 62, pretty much the same case with a different (improved) front door. I was seriously considering it, but have decided on Antec P180.

[excalibur2]

***I've been looking around case reviews for a few days and haven't really got anywhere***

erm well I have the same problem too for something about &#163;50, I don't care about it being light or fancy looking, just a good case that is spacious, well designed and easy release for the side panel and drives. Is a &#163;100 case that much better than a &#163;50 case w/o psu.
I'll probably get the jeantech as it is all confusing below &#163;50 with so many brands and cheapies.

[BUFF]

if you can get Scan to put the Chenbro Gaming Bomb II back on special ~&#163;56-60 it's great vfm.