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I want a good case that is very big, but also not cumber some, able to fit a lot. A case that would be too big to lift by one person is the 900D

Budget: none

 

 

big = versatile but good looking case

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There isn't a "best case ever", and one person can lift a 900D completely filled.

 

You need to find cases that meets your criteria, and pick one. That will be the best case for you.

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But why?

 

 

 

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Why do you need something that large?

If you're looking for something that's easy to carry but big and durable I'd go with the Corsair Vengeance C70.

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I want a good case that is very big, but also not cumber some, able to fit a lot. A case that would be too big to lift by one person is the 900D

Budget: none

 

I HIGHLY recommend NZXT, specifically the Noctis 450.

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There isn't a "best case ever", and one person can lift a 900D completely filled.

 

You need to find cases that meets your criteria, and pick one. That will be the best case for you.

Good water cooling support

Its not heavy, but my friend has a 900D with a custom loop and it is cumbersome, not heavy, completely different.

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I HIGHLY recommend NZXT, specifically the Noctis 450.

I personally hated the Noctis. It also had a ton of QC problems.

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Enthoo Evolv ATX? 

Or something else with thick aluminum or better obviously.

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Good water cooling support

Its not heavy, but my friend has a 900D with a custom loop and it is cumbersome, not heavy, completely different.

Why in the name of the world would you want a big case? It just looks worse the bigger it gets...

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I really don't a "big" case, but rather a versatile but good looking case

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Are we 15 posts into this topic and I'm the only one who has suggested a case built with better material than steel?

The best case ever isn't going to be made out of simple steel like every other budget case on the planet.

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I really don't a "big" case, but rather a versatile but good looking case

Ok, well a midtower fits literally everything any reasonable person could want to fit in it.

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Are we 15 posts into this topic and I'm the only one who has suggested a case built with better material than steel?

I think to say Aluminium is implicitly better than steel is a really poor statement. 

 

Because in every way other than weight, it really isn't.

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I really don't a "big" case, but rather a versatile but good looking case

good looks are subjective

what one person thinks is beautiful looks like crap to another person

 

go on the internet and look at cases on amazon or something, and find something that YOU like

corsair, nzxt, caselabs, fractal design, silverstone, are all good choices

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Antec 900  :P  Still good, just missing a lot of features from new things like tool-less cages and cable management.

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I think to say Aluminium is implicitly better than steel is a really poor statement. 

 

Because in every way other than weight, it really isn't.

That is true, if you know your metals, then you would know that the only thing that aluminum has to offer is its light weight.

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good looks are subjective

what one person thinks is beautiful looks like crap to another person

 

go on the internet and look at cases on amazon or something, and find something that YOU like

corsair, nzxt, caselabs, fractal design, silverstone, are all good choices

Ill just do what I did for my case but this time with no budget, How does an NZXT H440 Sound, Red.

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I think to say Aluminium is implicitly better than steel is a really poor statement. 

 

Because in every way other than weight, it really isn't.

Depends how thick it is. 

You could beat some people to death with some parts of some aluminum cases lol, or run it over with a car and be worried about that car.

I'm exaggerating, but still. 

 

Not just aluminum, there's cases with a ton of tempered glass instead. 

These things are just higher quality.

 

I don't think "the best case ever" has basic flexy steel construction.

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That is true, if you know your metals, then you would know that the only thing that aluminum has to offer is its light weight.

It has many other useful properties, but none of them are relevant in this discussion.

 

Trust me when I say I know my metals better than most blacksmiths (and mainly because my breadth of metal knowledge is MUCH wider, while their depth in a narrow subset is better).

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Ill just do what I did for my case but this time with no budget, How does an NZXT H440 Sound, Red.

h440 is rather poor with airflow. I would personally massively recommend a Define S over it. 

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