antec usually has good craftsmanship, and Lian-Li. I used to not like Lian-li, but after I've worked with a couple of their cases there really aren't many better.

 

Almost anything by Lian-li.

 

I am in LOVE with Lian Li's new V series. I didn't think those cases could get any more frickin awesome. The v2010 is godlike IMO.

 

Cooler Master

 

Silverstone, Lianli, Antec

 

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Originally Posted by Refresh Silverstone, Lianli, Antec

Like he said.

 

Lian-Li, Antec, Silverstone, Coolermaster maybe

 

#1 CoolerMaster,#2 Thermaltake ,#3 Lian Li ,#4 Antec

 

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Originally Posted by P£P§! Lian-Li, Antec, Silverstone, Coolermaster maybe

+1

 

Antec/Lian-Li/Coolmaster

 

Soldam. (Hint: They made the case CD has.)

I believe we can all agree, not that any of us can afford them, let alone find one outside of Japan....

Other then that; Lian-li, Silverstone, Cooler Master, Antec, and Thermaltake. Which is pretty much all of the decent manufacturers....

 

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Originally Posted by P£P§! Lian-Li, Antec, Silverstone, Coolermaster maybe

Ditto. No one beats Lian Li in quality, but their looks aren't for everyone.

 

I really like Antec cases. Lian Li cases are good for modders.

 

1) Lian Li A70/ A71
2) Lian Li V2000/V2010
3) Silverstone TJ07
4) Silverstone TJ09/10

 

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Originally Posted by marcus000 1) Lian Li A70/ A71 2) Lian Li V2000/V2010 3) Silverstone TJ07 4) Silverstone TJ09/10

Concur. And to anyone who says CoolerMaster, you must be joking right? The last good case that CoolerMaster made was their Praetorian. Nothing since is even close to "quality".

 

coolermaster, silverstone.

lian-li has the quality but quite frankly I don't see what the hype (or crazy price) is about. In many examples, they simple do not have the air cooling potential of much less expensive cases.

antec is a mixed bag. the p180 series is quality crafted and quiet but maximized air cooling? not so much. the 900 is great air cooling but terrible wire management, the 1200 a step in the right direction.

silverstone again is hyped but after briefly owning a temjin tj-09, I won't be trying another any time soon. It was well built but despite claims (and reviews that I made the mistake of trusting), the actual thermals of the case were much worse than a cheaper coolermaster I owned.

In my opinion, if air cooling is the plan, then coolermaster wins. the 690 is cheap and yet well designed, the cosmos s, and stacker 830 series are phenomenal (with a few quirks, the cosmos s will not fit a tower cooler above a certain height and the stacker 830 has very poor wire management).

I guess you could add select models from thermaltake, (the armor for example)

 

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Originally Posted by afzsom Concur. And to anyone who says CoolerMaster, you must be joking right? The last good case that CoolerMaster made was their Praetorian. Nothing since is even close to "quality".

Coming from a lian-li owner?

I am willing to match my old stacker 830 internal ambients, cpu, chipset and gpu temps against any lian li and win. the cosmos S is even better.

if we are talking water cooling, then it doesn't matter as much.

To clarify, I've also owned a Lian-LI V2000. (I change cases alot....)

I stand by my opinion of the silverstone TJ-09. I returned it after 3 days because my SLI gpu temps were over 10C higher than with the stacker 830 under load with the exact same build.

and the stacker 830 was $100 cheaper than the silverstone was.

the cosmos S I now how is even better.

 

thermaltake? Eh not my cup of tea really...

 

Silverstone, but they are expensive!

TJ07 for Water cooling
TJ10 for Air

 

Lian Li, Thermaltake, Coolermaster, and Antec all make great cases silverstoner is too expensive for my liking at least lian li's have quality to show for their expense.

 

Overall quality?

Lan-Li hands down.

 

On my desk, I have an Antec P180 and a custom Silverstone TJ-04. The way the P180 is design is flawed, but in numerous revisions have fixed most of the problems. The TJ-04 is a little tough to work with, and will probably find its new home in the trash can.

 

mountain mods U2-UFO

Best case i have ever worked with.....not everyone has the room for a giant cube though either haha. Other than that, antec, lian li, silverstone, coolermaster are the first to come to mind (no particular order)

 

Good ole' oldschool chieftec~!
Antec, Thermaltake, CM, Lian-Li, Kingwin, and even aOpen has a few good ones.

 

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Yeah... they make some damn sturdy big towers, design would just need updating.

Lian Li seems to be one aiming to quality and no nonsense functionality most consistently and haven't yet noticed review which would have chided their general built quality. But price is definitely from high to very high and some old fashioned points of design are both good and bad.
Antec has wide variety of cases, mostly on cheaper end of scale and some bigger cases aren't as big as they try to be.
Coolermaster has also lot of different priced cases, Stacker is probably the most widely copied big case.
Silverstone again makes big variety of case with simplified style, emphasis looks to be in very small cases, some quite expensive cases have bad design solutions.

As for Thermaltra... take, antithesis of Lian Li, bling raised to cube of thousand.