Need a full tower case. Can't decide!

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Hi,
Next week the stuff I ordered gonna come but I couldn;t decide on a case yet :\

X99 R5E asus MOBO
5820K with nh-d15
280X dual-x CF
1250X seasonic gold PSU
4x4GB 2400mhz ram g.skill

I'm looking at 4 choices mainly.

CM Storm Stryker
CM HAF X
TT V71
CORSAIR 750D

My personal preferation is the HAF X\Storm Stryker though I have a few questions:

1. How can I monitor the fan speeds on the HAF X? the Stryker has a build in one so it's cool.
2. The HAF X's 200mm side fan will help with the warmy 280X CF I guess, so because of that is it worth to get it I guess right?

I live in a small countery so I don't have access to not mainstream products so please keep it mind when you want to offer an alternative.

Thanks a head, Avihay.
 
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From what I have seen, the cable management for the Haf X, I personally think it's really good. I think that might be one of those situations where it really depends on your PSU cable links and what not. With the HAF X, there is an area where you can route the cables through to go to the opposite side of the case out of the way.Sometimes cable length depends on the make and model of your motherboard and where things are positioned and how long specific cables are.

As far as the number of drive bays, there are several. For any 2.5 sized drives you have, you would need a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter. I have a 2.5 SSD running as my boot drive where it is snapped into of of those adapters. I then have 6 standard 3.5 drives that fills the rest of...
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Well, I would get a 750D as IMO it looks the best. It is made out of metal and alloys wwhich give it a very premium look. If you want to monitor fans, I would reccomend this nifty $25 accessory. You can change all of the fans' speeds and it is toucscreen for added functionality. For $25, it's a pretty good idea as the built in ones are inside cases and have no display, just some switches and buttons. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0FM-00CD-00004&cm_re=sentry_fan_controller-_-0FM-00CD-00004-_-Product
 
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I personally would go with the HAF X. I have it, and it's an awesome case. I have 16 gigs of ram, an AMD 6 core processor, and 7 internal hard drives in it, as well as several pci and pcie devices. I've NEVER had heat issues with it, and I'm using the stock processor fan and the 4 fans that came with the case.

It's also a metal case.
 
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What about the cable managment? no problems with it lengthwise? I mean the case isnt too big? Because I saw in a youtube review TechOfTomorrow that the cpu's heatsink from behind has too little space for cables..is that a problem? also I didn't got how many 3.5 inch HDD's and 2.5's u can put in it? Thanks for the answer!
 
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From what I have seen, the cable management for the Haf X, I personally think it's really good. I think that might be one of those situations where it really depends on your PSU cable links and what not. With the HAF X, there is an area where you can route the cables through to go to the opposite side of the case out of the way.Sometimes cable length depends on the make and model of your motherboard and where things are positioned and how long specific cables are.

As far as the number of drive bays, there are several. For any 2.5 sized drives you have, you would need a 2.5 to 3.5 adapter. I have a 2.5 SSD running as my boot drive where it is snapped into of of those adapters. I then have 6 standard 3.5 drives that fills the rest of the bays. So technically, you can fit 7 hard drives for a total of 7 3.5 bays, and any 2.5 sized drives you have you just need to bolt it to a 3.5 sized adapter.

2 of the 3.5 drives I have are 'hot swap-able'. Meaning they can be pulled right from the front of the case and swapped out with another drive. The Haf X has it's own built in hot swap unit for 2 of the 7 drive bays. You just need to connect power to it and connect the appropriate Sata cables to your mother board for it to work, but you have to do that with any drive you put in anyways.

The case is pretty big no doubt. But if you need a full tower with all the trimmings, it's def. worth it. I run a small production studio where I do a lot of audio and video editing. I am starting to out grow this case actually as far as drive space goes. I am upgrading internal drive sizes and then adding a NAS eventually.
 
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Case choice is a very personal thing, you have to live with its looks after all. That said, I prefer the looks of the 750d. Corsair makes a very good case. As does CM. So if you really like the looks of the HafX, go for it. When it comes to hdd spaces etc, I'm assuming you'll have at least 1 SSD. This too can be hidden behind the mobo.

If it's what you really want, you'll find a way to make things work, even if it means ditching some smaller drives for 1 big one
 
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Wow, I was unaware of this being possible. For me, it doesn't matter, as I have no more sata ports open on my board, but thanks for mentioning this. I'll def. look into this for future builds!
 
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I believe I'll only use 2 SSD's max so that's fine.

Thanks a lot for all the answers!
 
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