Case Recommendations

[Maliciousmango]

Hello friends! I hope that I am posting this in the right section. Recently, after many sacrifices and prayers, I was blessed with a Karambit Doppler by Lord GabeN. As you can imagine, I sold it on OPskins, and now I'm looking to make a few upgrades to my system. At this time, I already have a i5 4440 and a GTX 760 and these are able to run my games perfectly at my current resolution, so I want to use this chance to really make my computer look fancy. Anyway, there are two main things that I need help with.

 

First off, I need to get a new case. I guess I should give you guys an idea about what I am looking for in a case. Other upgrades I intended to make include adding a custom water cooling loop, so the case will obviously need to be able to accommodate that. I really like the look of the EK waterblocks, so right now I am looking at getting the Supremacy EVO for my cpu and the VGA Supremacy for my gpu. Along with these, I thought it would look nice to get one of those cylinder shaped reservoirs, and D5 (I think thats what they are called) pump to go somewhere under it. I would like to get a case that has room for at least one 360mm radiator in the front or top. I'm not sure what other information you guys might need. I have 2 SSDs and and 1 HDD so hopefully I can find something with places to mount those, and I do have an optical disk drive, but never use it so it wouldn't be a problem not to have on the new case. Since I am watercooling I really really want to have a side window, preferably a nice, wide one.

 

Next question: I really want to make my case shine with some of those fancy LED RGB lights. Can someone point me towards a place where I can learn more about them? Ideally, I would like the inside of my case AND the back of my desk to be lined with LEDs that I could control from my computer. So far I've only seen LEDs online that use a weird remote controller. I've seen a video about the NZXT Hue, but I didn't know if it was able to be controlled on the computer. Is it possible to have some software that could coordinate the lights in the case with the ones on a keyboard and mouse?

 

Here are the cases that I have been looking at so far:

 

NZXT H440

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-146-215

There has been a lot said about the H440, and it seems like its in about every other build I come across on the internet. It certainly fulfills many of my requirements and looks great. I like that it has the little "shroud" that covers the power supply, and I like where you mount the SSDs. Another pro of the H440 is that I can remove those hard drive bays in the front to get better airflow across my gpu since the waterblock doesn't cover the VRAM. One thing that I do not like about it however, is that the window is tinted, and is not wide like on some of the other cases.

 

 

Define R5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352049

The Define R5 also seems to be a popular case. Aesthetically, I think I like it the most. The case just looks like it has a fast computer running inside it. However, I am worried that the R5 might be too small. Maybe not TOO small, but I am worried that I may regret not getting a bigger case down the line. Also, I'm not sure it has all the nice features like a power supply shroud and dust filters. 

 

Phanteks Enthoo Luxe

http://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-Enthoo-Tower-Chassis-PH-ES614L_BK/dp/B00LW3X1GO

I don't know a single thing about Phanteks' cases, but the Enthoo Luxe looks like it might be a good fit for me. It has a great looking side window, and I've heard that it has ample room and mounting holes for all the watercooling stuffs. Another huge draw to this case for me is the lights that you can add. As I mentioned earlier, I want to add some color-changing lights and this case has some pre-installed, and you can buy more as well. The only thing is I don't know how they actually work. Will I be able to control them from my PC? Will it be able to reach outside my case so that I can line my desk with lights? Hopefully someone who has experience with this case can help.

 

Thank you all for reading my post! If my whole plan is completely stupid/impossible, please go easy on me I am a beginner! Thanks again!