re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

I'm in the process of ordering parts for my new haswell build and at first I was gonna go 800D but then I fell in love with the caselabs merlin sm8.

But with the intel news that I'm gonna have to refresh all that shite in a year or so anyways, so I'm gonna just buy a smaller case and then plan a whole new build probably with the caselabs case. I am also going to gain access to a state of the art powder coating system in about 2 months and will be able to buy it with primer and then do my own shite on it.

So I've decided on using a mid tower and after over 72 hrs of staing at pictures and reviews on newegg, I;ve decided the only cases I really fell in love with other than the merlin sm8; is corsair cases.

I'm stuck between 650D
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Upside:
-Beautiful Case (Exactly the look I like) IMO
-Non-Vented window

Downside:
-200mm fan in front instead of 2x120. 200mm fan up top still has 2x120mm holes behind it.

Plans:
1. Add another 120mm front fan by modding 3x5.525" bays on top and adding grille.
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c70 Vengence
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Upside:
-Lot's of room and versatility inside for such a cheap small case
-120mmx2 bays on top and front. Pleanty of room for two 240 RADS

Downside:
-Less Pretty than 650D IMO.
-Side window is vented, looks pretty terrible.

plans:
1. Mod solid acrylic window onto door instead of vented.
2. MOD UGLY I/o Panel with the red and yellow button. Not sure what I'm gonna do yet but something will have to be done.
3. Remove hdd bays for fans to go directly on wall with no obstruction.
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I have researched this and looked at pictures of these cases to a sickening obsessive level. I'm just not sure if I want to value the inside of the case (c70) over the outside (650d)


ETA: Do you guys that still have air cooling, run at positive or negative pressure. Back in the day , I remember negative pressure being the norm to remove hot air asap; but I've been reading more recently that positive pressure is the conformed way to go now for dust reasons since the difference is negligible.

I dont really like the look of any of the other cases I've seen. I don't like my pc to look like:

-A spaceship preparing to take off (NZXT)
-A apocolyptic steam punk device
-A Neon sign
-A shape with the most possible curvatures possible
-A solid square of aluminum (I feel lian-li cases all just look so bland)

I like some of the coolermaster cases but I just fell in love with the corsair's clean but kinda elegant look.

ETA2: Hey you guys were talking about cases so I figured why not.