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Budget (including currency): $300+ (Approx)

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Software Dev, business purposes, occasional gaming, etc... pretty much everything.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

So I'm looking for a new chassis which will suit my current hardware\needs & hoping someone might have some ideas.
Current machine:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (6 Cores \ 12 Threads)
Asus Prime B450-Plus ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) RGB Pro 3000Mhz RAM
Gigabyte Radeon 570 4GB Gfx Card
Corsair MP510 480GB m.2 nvme SSD (OS Drive)
3 x 2TB WD Blue HDD's (General file storage)
1 x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA SSD (VM's drive)
1 x LiteOn 16x DVD\RW
Corsair VS650 Power Supply (to be upgraded soon)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Mid-Tower Case.
(2 x Asus 27" VL279 Monitors)

So this is my current chassis im looking to replace;
https://www.corsair.com/ww/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Mid-Tower-ATX-Cases/Obsidian-Series™-650D-Mid-Tower-Case/p/CC650DW-1

I've had this chassis for around 10-11yrs (obviously its been thru countless rebuilds), i have really liked it but decided it's probably time to upgrade the chassis.
I would really like a new chassis which will have a slot for a DVD drive (as i still use it every now & again), enough drive bays for at least 3 x  3.5" & 1 x 2.5", excellent cooling (enough fans) out of the box, obviously cable management, and a clear side panel window (while ive got RGB RAM, ive also got some LED strips in the machine ~ lots of pretty lights!)

Obviously i have been looking.. i am partial to (or really like) Corsair & Antec chassis's, but im having problems finding a chassis with a 5.25" drive bay for DVD + enough slots for all my drives.

Oh, and Linus did a review of my current Corsair Obsidian chassis back around 2011... but i only discovered that last yr (so he had no impact on me buying it back then)

Any suggestions?

 

 

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