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10/27/12 at 10:55pm

JockThatCamel
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I'd go find an old Lian Li case and go at it.

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10/28/12 at 4:53am

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from my beginners point of view, IMHO very good moddable cases are Lian-li, since they're put together almost entirely with M3 screws or bolts, so you can easily dismount and rebuild them, aluminum can be more difficult to work with than steel. Other cases I had, CM Stacker01 had removable mobo tray for BTX swap but everyone used it for modding (I made additional USB/Audio/SPDIF holes...), I think most current "enthusiast" cases are designed to be more easily moddable than older models. On my Elysium I exchanged all rivets with M3/M4 bolts, but parts are assembled in a way that to remove mobo or rear ports tray you have to completely dismantle it.

CPU	CPU	Motherboard	Graphics
Intel Xeon E5520	Intel Xeon E5520	Tyan S7025AGM2NR	Nvidia Quadro 4000
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Corsair CM72DD2G1333	WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1	WDC WD5003ABYX-01WERA0	WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
WDC WD1003FBYX-01Y7B1	WDC WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0	WDC WD5000BPVT-22HXZT3	OCZ VERTEX2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384	HL-DT-ST BD-ROM GGC-H20L	HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L	HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30
Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
Optiarc BD-RW BD-5730S	Optiarc BD-RW BD-5740H	MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9576S AY0J	TSSTCorp BDDVDW SE-506AB
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
Noctua NH-D14-SE2011	Noctua NF-P12-PWM	Thermalright TY-140	Scythe SY1212SL12SL
Cooling	OS	OS	Monitor
Noctua NF-P12-STD	Windows 7 Ultimate X64	Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005	HP LP2475W
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Eizo Flexscan S2243W-H	Onkyo TX-NR906	Logitech MK520	Enermax EPM1000AWT Platimax 1000
Case	Mouse	Audio	Audio
Xigmatek Windowed Elysium Black	Logitech M570 wireless laser trackball	Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro (WDM)	Realtek ALC262
Other	Other	Other	Other
VLI VL800 quad-port USB3.0 card	Belkin F5U602 combo USB2.0+FW800 card	OCZ RevoDriveX2 100GB	Promise Technology Supertrak EX16650 SAS Contro...
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Promise Technology Supertrak EX8650 SAS Controller
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CPU	CPU	Motherboard	Graphics
Intel Xeon E5520	Intel Xeon E5520	Tyan S7025AGM2NR	Nvidia Quadro 4000
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Corsair CM72DD2G1333	WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1	WDC WD5003ABYX-01WERA0	WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
WDC WD1003FBYX-01Y7B1	WDC WD5000BEVT-00A0RT0	WDC WD5000BPVT-22HXZT3	OCZ VERTEX2
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384	HL-DT-ST BD-ROM GGC-H20L	HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L	HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30
Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive
Optiarc BD-RW BD-5730S	Optiarc BD-RW BD-5740H	MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9576S AY0J	TSSTCorp BDDVDW SE-506AB
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
Noctua NH-D14-SE2011	Noctua NF-P12-PWM	Thermalright TY-140	Scythe SY1212SL12SL
Cooling	OS	OS	Monitor
Noctua NF-P12-STD	Windows 7 Ultimate X64	Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005	HP LP2475W
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Eizo Flexscan S2243W-H	Onkyo TX-NR906	Logitech MK520	Enermax EPM1000AWT Platimax 1000
Case	Mouse	Audio	Audio
Xigmatek Windowed Elysium Black	Logitech M570 wireless laser trackball	Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro (WDM)	Realtek ALC262
Other	Other	Other	Other
VLI VL800 quad-port USB3.0 card	Belkin F5U602 combo USB2.0+FW800 card	OCZ RevoDriveX2 100GB	Promise Technology Supertrak EX16650 SAS Contro...
Other
Promise Technology Supertrak EX8650 SAS Controller
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10/28/12 at 7:31am

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This is kind of like asking "what is the best time of day?" There is no context for anyone to actually give good advice. Basically people are just calling out cases they like. Maybe give some details about the hardware you have/want to use? Or maybe some ideas about how you want it to look?
Edited by Darin - 10/28/12 at 7:33am

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD 1055T	Asus M4A89GTD Pro	Galaxy GTX 465	Gskill 2x2GB 12800 CL9D
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
OCZ Agility 3	LG External	7 64	22" Gateway HD DCDi
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G15	Antec HCG 750	CM 690	Razer Deathadder 3500 + Razer Naga
Mouse Pad
Func Surface 1030
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD 1055T	Asus M4A89GTD Pro	Galaxy GTX 465	Gskill 2x2GB 12800 CL9D
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
OCZ Agility 3	LG External	7 64	22" Gateway HD DCDi
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G15	Antec HCG 750	CM 690	Razer Deathadder 3500 + Razer Naga
Mouse Pad
Func Surface 1030
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10/28/12 at 7:33am

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any case

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8350	ASUS crosshair V formula	2x XFX radeon HD 6970 v2 CrossFire	Corsair Dominator GT
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 pro 256GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB HDD	Watercooling	Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
BenQ XL2420T	Corsair K60	Corsair AX850	CaseLabs Merlin SM8
Mouse	Audio
Corsair M60	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II X4 965BE	ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3	Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X	Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Corsair Force 120	Corsair Force 120	Samsung BD/DVD-R	Noctua NH-L12
OS	Power	Case	Audio
Windows 7, 64bit	Corsair TX650	Lian Li PC-V600F-B	ASUS Xonar D1
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD A-series A4-3400	Gigabyte GA-A75N-USB3	Gigabyte Radeon HD6450 OC 1GB DDR3	Kingston HyperX
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Crucial M4	Ubuntu 12.04	Silverstone SFX 450W	Chieftec BT-02B moded
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8350	ASUS crosshair V formula	2x XFX radeon HD 6970 v2 CrossFire	Corsair Dominator GT
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 pro 256GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB HDD	Watercooling	Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
BenQ XL2420T	Corsair K60	Corsair AX850	CaseLabs Merlin SM8
Mouse	Audio
Corsair M60	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II X4 965BE	ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3	Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X	Corsair XMS3 DDR3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Corsair Force 120	Corsair Force 120	Samsung BD/DVD-R	Noctua NH-L12
OS	Power	Case	Audio
Windows 7, 64bit	Corsair TX650	Lian Li PC-V600F-B	ASUS Xonar D1
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD A-series A4-3400	Gigabyte GA-A75N-USB3	Gigabyte Radeon HD6450 OC 1GB DDR3	Kingston HyperX
Hard Drive	OS	Power	Case
Crucial M4	Ubuntu 12.04	Silverstone SFX 450W	Chieftec BT-02B moded
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11/1/12 at 9:23pm

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An old Dell Dimension case, they can be picked up for next to near nothing and they can house up to a mATX board inside. Also if you mess up you won't have to worry about loosing a huge investment.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-6100	990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)	Radeon HD 6850	Corsair
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Cooling
Corsair	Corsair	Seagate 1TB Drive	Astek OEM Closed Loop Liquid Cooling
OS	Power	Case
Windows 7	Corsair TX750	NZXT Phantom 410
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-6100	990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)	Radeon HD 6850	Corsair
RAM	RAM	Hard Drive	Cooling
Corsair	Corsair	Seagate 1TB Drive	Astek OEM Closed Loop Liquid Cooling
OS	Power	Case
Windows 7	Corsair TX750	NZXT Phantom 410
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