Enermax Thorex case

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Hello!

I've just found this case which to me looks very nice. It has everything I need, Good ventilation (2 front intake, 2 exhaust at top and rear), psu filter, usb 3.0, a very nice side panel, removable hdd cage and good cable management and a big cooler fits in very nice (max cooler high is 173mm) and it's also very cheap, something like 54 USD (even if I don't really know the real price for USA 'cause I can't find it on Newegg, that's the price in Romania). The only problem is that even if Enermax is a well known brand it seems like nobody really own or tried this case. I can't find it on Ebay nor Amazon, nor Newegg... Anyway, is someone there who actually tried / seen this case ?? Should I buy it ?
 
I suggest you look at cases which have more exhaust then intakes. You don't want much more air taken and stay warm inside then your case can exhaust, do you? Search for cases with 3 exhaust (2 top 1 back), that way you will win some degrees. Otherwise case is decent.
 

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Well, the SPEC-01 is more expensive than Thorex here in Romania. As for the airflow, well, yeah, it only has 2 exhaust but the amount of air taken is lower cause the front intake fans are somehow blocked by a wall and the hdd cage and only has some holes for the air to pass so I think I'll be fine.
 

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At the same price as Thorex, I've found the NZXT Source 210. The white version of it looks... HOT, also, I can install up to 7 120mm fans in it (2 front, 2 top, 1 rear, 1 bottom, 1 side) and it looks like I could do a very neat wire management inside (20 mm behind the mobo tray and lots of holes). The only proble is that... well, it has that stupid side fan which I hate. I mean, I'm not gonna install a side fan cause It affects the wire management in some way and it looks pretty stupid to me (even if it may cool the temp a lil bit). So, if I'm not installing a side fan, will the dust not come through those holes ? Ohh yeah, and it doesn't have a front USB 3.0 which... well, I'm not too interested in. What do you think ?