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need help picking a case
Well, my parents just bought laptops and gave me their little E2180 based computer. I'm going to *slowly* upgrade it to where I want it to be from the ground up - but I seek advice here first (cause I'm smart like that and love the Overclock.net!)
__________________To start I'm going to look for a new case. My choices at the moment are between the Thermaltake V9 or the Antec 900 (v9 = $62.00 and the antec is $105.00). I also want to know if it'd be better to just hold out until i can afford the HAF 932. I'd like to keep the total cost of a case below $115.00 for now (as its the max i've got available in my paypal) Future plans are for a nice watercooling setup, but by the time I get that together i'll have an Ascention case and space will be a moot point. Thanks for any advice 
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Are you going to do this in a mid sized case?
I'd look into a Lancool K60. It's 73 dollars on Mwave and the shipping is cheaper than newegg. It's a real nice case that was designed by Lian Li
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119197
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119137 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129042 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129066 The HAF922 is a little over your budget but I figured I would post it anyway. CM690 can add alot of fans decent cable mangement The Antec 300 are exactly the same except the Illusion version uses 2 140mm fans in the front. The original uses 2 120mm. Great airflow a little smaller than most midtower cases. Cable mangement not that good. Lancools are pretty good too for an aluminum case with paying alot of $$$$.
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I recommend the Antec 900. It's really held up since it's debut.
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Antec 300 is a great case to mod for watercooling. Only 50$ and if you can use a drill and some wire cutters your set to watercool.
For size refrence: 
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Save your money for an HAF case or the Storm Sniper.
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Intel Overclocker
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well, I think i'm going to go with the CM 690 case
__________________ I like the options, and i've got another 120mm fan to put in it. Many thanks to everyone who posted information! My only question is can I mount the power supply so that the fan on it is facing upwards?next part to go after will be a power supply (although i've got a crappy 585w one - i'm going to start future proofing - so i'll be going after the 1000w OCZ Z-series)
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save some more and get the Antec 902, you will love it
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