Good case brands

[Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis]

So my cousin's birthday is coming up, and I thought I'd like to give him a new case for him to build his big freakin' gaming rig in. I am fairly new on the custom built PC market (having built my first in April this year), so I am not the most educated on cases. So I thought I'd check what you'd recommend of brands (and models if you so wish, though I can easilly browse through the models myself, given a brand.) As I said, birthday present, so I'm not gonna ask him what he'd like, as I want to really surprise him.

 

He will be having the rig on his desk and has a big liking for seeing the insides. So a windowed side panel is kind of a must.

He also has an optical drive and a fan controller in their own 5.25" bays. In addition he has a total of six fans, two storage drives (one of them an SSD) and a water cooling set. Due to pickiness, he should have a case with a good solution for cable management, both considering routing holes and space behind the motherboard tray.

From what I've heard when we've been talking, he considers expanding his water loop to cover his CPU and graphics card. So if there is good space for radiators, tubing and possibly some mounting spots for a reservoir, that'd be a nice touch.

 

So, any brands worth checking out? I'm not stingy, but let's try and keep the price below 1.000.000£, yes?

[Mauricio G. B.]

2 minutes ago, Ser James Acinonyx of Compactis said:

So my cousin's birthday is coming up, and I thought I'd like to give him a new case for him to build his big freakin' gaming rig in. I am fairly new on the custom built PC market (having built my first in April this year), so I am not the most educated on cases. So I thought I'd check what you'd recommend of brands (and models if you so wish, though I can easilly browse through the models myself, given a brand.) As I said, birthday present, so I'm not gonna ask him what he'd like, as I want to really surprise him.

 

He will be having the rig on his desk and has a big liking for seeing the insides. So a windowed side panel is kind of a must.

He also has an optical drive and a fan controller in their own 5.25" bays. In addition he has a total of six fans, two storage drives (one of them an SSD) and a water cooling set. Due to pickiness, he should have a case with a good solution for cable management, both considering routing holes and space behind the motherboard tray.

From what I've heard when we've been talking, he considers expanding his water loop to cover his CPU and graphics card. So if there is good space for radiators, tubing and possibly some mounting spots for a reservoir, that'd be a nice touch.

 

So, any brands worth checking out? I'm not stingy, but let's try and keep the price below 1.000.000£, yes?

Hey i usually Recomend the HAF 912 V2 (the one with usb3) since hands down its the BEST mid Range Gaming tower, having tons of space and really nice Cooling, also looks and its built like a Tank

but usually you want to take a look at the case giants

Thermaltake

Cooler Master

Corsair

Antec

NZXT

Rosewill

i think corsair having the most pricy options same with thermaltake, and rosewill and cooler master having the cheap ones (but also really high end)

[g12601]

A google search is great for these things, really all case makers are good. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Fractal Design has many clean looking silent cases but they certainly are on the pricey side.

[henkka_scorpio]

Something from phanteks, like Enthoo pro or Enthoo pro m.

[reystar]

phanteks evolv atx

[Brickerberry]

The corsair air 540 is pretty sexy and has a very clean look to it thanks to the dual chamber design. It's also not insanely expensive at around $120. If you're on a budget I recommend going for something like a  Corsair carbide 300R, this one also seems to provide good cooling solutions for heavy graphics cards configs if you're ito that sort of thing.and there is a side panel version.

[GMS12121]

I have a phanteks eclipse p400s. Cheap(ish) and fancy