XiZeL

Ok so here goes... i was just about to submit the order on the antec p183 and just stumbeled on the lian li, they both look great and seem great so i dont know what one to choose

so i need some opinions,arguments and user experiences with both of them.
Any one knows of any big NO No's on either case please speak :P
they are both the same price little under 140€.

here are some reviews

antec p183
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=0

lian li PC-P50
http://www.overclockersonline.net/?p...um=2981&pnum=0

important points for me are
silence
easy cable managment
hard drive space without loosing large GPU space.

will be case for my sig rig.

o also please dont try to sell me other cases than these too, unles they have no windows, flashy lights, etc etc...


thanks in advance

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Angmaar

The P183 is very quiet but also heavy.

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Speedma11229

The P183 will definitely be quieter.

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Reflux

It will be quieter, but it's not at all a cool case. The cooling is sub standard.

I'd go for the Lian li.

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Speedma11229

With 2 optional intake fans, and 2 standard exhaust fans, its not a bad cooler.

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Proposed wooden tower build

AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.6

AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.8
Hitting 3.8 was easy, getting a stable 4.0 ghz, that will be a challenge!

losttsol

The PC-P50 is fairly quiet actually. The top two fans spin very slow. The case has good temps for having no side fans. I wrote a review on Newegg for it, it's on the first page. What I put still holds true. It's a good case, but there are better Lian Li's out there.

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XiZeL

how about the hard drive capacities? Lian li looks limited...

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losttsol

Ya, if you want more than 3, you'll need to buy an extra cage.

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candy_van

I'd go with the Antec actually for noise/cable management.


My alternate (and fav) suggestion is this:

Silverstone FT01 (silver/windowed) on Amazon for $175.97 shipped. This case is quiet (have worked with it before) and moves plenty of air...plus it's sexy

Personally I like black better, but that's $220 and a bit over your specified price range.

in.

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XiZeL

that kinda sucks... i already have 3 drives and will most defenatly going SSD soon for OS and APPS to get rid of that bottlenec.

actualy that silverstone is really sexy but way out of my price range, but i did have a hard look at the Raven 2 for a while... realy like the fliped upwards mobo setting, and it looks good

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