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So I'm building a PC this month and I've already bought my graphics card and pretty much chosen every other component(may change if I find a good dead on something).This is an overview of my system:

CPU : AMD FX-8350 Will probably liquid cool it after a month or so(Considering both the H80I and H100I depending on the case I get and also the Seidon and Nepton series by CM.

GPU : 1 Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X,might put another one on Crossfire later

Storage : 1 HDD and will add 1 SSD later Probably going with a Barracuda or a Caviar Blue at 1TB,haven't thought about the SSD

RAM : 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Fury Red at 1866 MHz.Will probably add 2 more sticks when games require 16GBs but I think I'll be fine for now.

Mobo : Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

PSU : Corsair CS750M

 

So I'm pretty sure I will get a midi tower but a full tower wouldn't hurt since I have enough space but I haven't found any decent ones in that price point(Bare in mind that prices are higher here in Greece).So,since I listed my components above,you pretty much know what I need out of the case.I want it to look pretty good on the front and not so much on the sides(so a window wouldn't be necessary) since my desk will hide both sides.Therefore,I would like it to have led fans in the front(red would be my favorite) or at least something like the Carbide 300R has.I'm looking at a few by Corsair:Carbide 200/300R and Graphite 230T,and Spec 01,02 and 03 with 230T being the coolest in the front but also the most expensive costing 80€(Roughly 110$) which is a bit out of budget.Any help/recommendations appreciated!

 

Edit : If you want to know pricing&availability in my country you can check this website:https://www.skroutz.gr/ It compares prices within different Greek websites.You can also convert € to $ using this website http://www.xe.com/.This is another site you can check pricing&availability since it has a wide range of products and isn't included in skroutz.Just don't mess a lot with the filters when searching because they're kind of bad and will probably not show all of the products of the filter you've chosen.

Edit 2 : Added Corsair's Spec 01,02 and 03 to the list.

Edit 3 : Found CM K380 is pretty cheap(50$ here) but can only hold up to 4x 120mm fans.

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in € not $ probably

 

you could put led strips in almost any case

 

Well,it's obvious that I can add led strips in almost any case but the light wouldn't show up in the front in most cases.Take the Carbide 200R as an example.All I will be able to see will be the front of the case so I would like it to look cool so led fans would help.Do you mean that the website I sent doesn't show prices in usd?I will add a converter because I don't know any Greek website that shows prices in dollars.

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Just go with the Spec-01 in that case. 

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you could go for a 8320 and pick a lower wattage psu

you can free up some budget for your case and cooling like this. Just my recommendation.

i7-4790k | Asus Z97i-Plus     | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | MX100 256gb     | Seidon 120XL | Silverstone SFX 600w Gold | Node 304 White
G3258    | Asus Z97i-Plus     | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | 4 x 3TB WD Reds | Seidon 120XL | Silverstone SFX 600w Gold | Node 304 Black

i7-965EE | Rampage II Extreme | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | CM M2 700w | Sapphire Nitro 380 4GB

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you could go for a 8320 and pick a lower wattage psu

you can free up some budget for your case and cooling like this. Just my recommendation.

 

Thanks for the recommendation!I'm probably going to add a liquid cooler after a month or so when I gather enough money so it won't be a problem(Adding this to the op because I forgot in the first place)Don't really want to cut off my system's performance to improve the case and don't think that lower wattage PSU's are going to handle 2 280's running on crossfire.

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Thanks for the recommendation!I'm probably going to add a liquid cooler after a month or so when I gather enough money so it won't be a problem(Adding this to the op because I forgot in the first place)Don't really want to cut off my system's performance to improve the case and don't think that lower wattage PSU's are going to handle 2 280's running on crossfire.

oh, I forgot the crossfire part. then just change to a 8320 then.

i7-4790k | Asus Z97i-Plus     | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | MX100 256gb     | Seidon 120XL | Silverstone SFX 600w Gold | Node 304 White
G3258    | Asus Z97i-Plus     | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | 4 x 3TB WD Reds | Seidon 120XL | Silverstone SFX 600w Gold | Node 304 Black

i7-965EE | Rampage II Extreme | Kingston HyperX Fury 16gb | CM M2 700w | Sapphire Nitro 380 4GB

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