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Hey guys i am looking to get a new case for when i build a new computer sometime between now and a year from now. Most i want to spend is about 150.00 canadian. I have been looking at the Air 540 i like the way it looks and it space. And have been also looking at  the  H440 , but i don't like that i can't use a drive bay fan controller with the H440. My current pc specs are in my sig so if you guys can give me more ideas for cases to look at that would be great.

My rig.... cpu i7-920 , MB asus p6t se , RAM 8gigs , GPU evga 760 sc , Case antec 900, western digital 2x500 gigs hhd , PSU  antec 800w , Display syncmaster 2233rz , Cooling antec kulher h20 620 ,  keyboard / mouse / headset    G15 keyboard , g500 mouse , Razor megladon headset

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I plan on upgrading to the Corsair C70. full steel construction, lots of rad support, handles for transportation. Take a look at it.

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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Hey guys i am looking to get a new case for when i build a new computer sometime between now and a year from now. Most i want to spend is about 150.00 canadian. I have been looking at the Air 540 i like the way it looks and it space. And have been also looking at  the  H440 , but i don't like that i can't use a drive bay fan controller with the H440. My current pc specs are in my sig so if you guys can give me more ideas for cases to look at that would be great.

Why not mod your own drive bay fan controller shroud and mount it under your desk. It wouldnt be hard just get a 1 or 2 slot 5 1/4 drive cage from an old case and get some L brackets from Home Depot and mount it. I think it would look pretty slick and give your setup a more custom look. Thats what I am going to do since I am going with the NZXT S340 which doesnt have any 5 1/4 drive bays either and probably mount an optical drive the same way. Because I am extremely OCD when it comes to wires on my rigs so i wouldnt want an external optical drive so the solution i stated above would be a way of making everything look clean and when you have friends over to create an even bigger AWE factor when they are trying to figure out what all the nobs and switches do that are under your desk.

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