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Please help me in choosing between the following 4 cases (CM HAF 912, CM K550, 300R, 400R)

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  • Cooler Master
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  • Homebuilt
  • 400R
  • HAF
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October 22, 2013 6:58:06 AM

Hello,

I'm planning on building a new Mid Range PC in a month or so and currently have the following options for the mid tower casing to choose from.

Cooler Master K550
http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tow...

Cooler Master 912
http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tow...

Corsair 300R
http://www.corsair.com/carbide-series-300r-compact-pc-g...]

Corsair 400R (if I can squeeze my budget)
http://www.corsair.com/en/pc-cases/carbide-series-pc-ca...

Below are the things I would like to have:

    Good Air Flow
    - Good Cable Management
    - Ability to add a decent air cooler (not too important)
    - Should be able to house a HD 7950 (i.e. 12" approx)
    - Good for future upgradeability namely so that larger GPUs can be used.
    - Side Window is bonus which only the K550. I cant seem to fine the windowed Corsair 300R here

Therefore, can you please advise which of the above listed casing would be the best for me? I know looks are subjective so that's not much of an issue.

Please note that I live in Dubai (UAE) so dont have many options to choose from.

Appreciate your help.

More about : choosing cases haf 912 k550 300r 400r

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a c 104 B Homebuilt system
October 22, 2013 7:14:19 AM

The 400R is the best case with rubber grommets in the cable throughput's but it is not necessary so really it comes down to which one you want since the other 3 are all similar quality and similarly equipped.
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October 22, 2013 11:41:04 AM

rolli59 said:
The 400R is the best case with rubber grommets in the cable throughput's but it is not necessary so really it comes down to which one you want since the other 3 are all similar quality and similarly equipped.


One concern I have with the 400R is that the max graphics card length is limited to around 12.4". Now I know that a HD 7950 will fit, however, what are your thoughts on the lengths of future graphics cards? i.e. is there a trend of cards becoming longer overtime? or do you reckon that this may not be the case since the cards may become too long when compared to motherboard.

I am just curious since I'm planning to keep the case for at least 4-5 years.

Also do you have any input on the Cooler Master K550? there are not many reviews for this model which is strange.
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a c 104 B Homebuilt system
October 22, 2013 11:47:29 AM

Even the HD7990 is only 12" long and cards will not get much longer than that. 12.4" is plenty space for the near future, I guess there will be a major platform change before they get longer than that.
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