Should I get the Corsair SPEC-03 or the Corsair 200R Case

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Building a gaming rig soon - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/CVrYD3
pretty happy with all my parts, but I can't decide on a case. At the moment I'm stuck between this: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011052ww and this: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r . Which one should I get, unless I can get one better than both. Bear in mind I can't go above £50 at all, unless it's £1 or something. Currently I'm leaning towards the SPEC-03 as I think it looks better and has a window.
 
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I have the SPEC-03 and it does look great. The design of the front has a "mechanical but clean look" with its protruding surface and vertical grille-like slats. It has lots of intake/exhaust slots for airflow. And the horizontal...


I have the SPEC-03 and it does look great. The design of the front has a "mechanical but clean look" with its protruding surface and vertical grille-like slats. It has lots of intake/exhaust slots for airflow. And the horizontal red-illumination just below the USB headers looks great. It has a large window side panel that helps if you want to showcase your rig's interior. It would definitely blend with your black-red theme.

The 200R has a cleaner front (plain design), more geared towards lessening the noise of your components and fans. It doesn't have the large window side panel like the Spec-03, so this would be a downside if you spent a lot of time choosing parts of the interior for a black-red theme (as it won't be noticeable unless you glean inside).

If you ask me personally, I would go with the Spec-03.

By the way, I would want to offer some advice in your parts selection. I noticed that you selected a locked processor (the i5-4590) which cannot be overclocked. However, your motherboard is a Z97 (which is more suitable for overclocking). If you don't plan to overclock, you might want to choose the H97 motherboards so that you won't pay for something you won't be using. But if you plan to overclock in the future, replace your CPU with the "k" version (i5-4690k) which is more suitable for the Z97 mobo's.

Another suggestion, if you're going to use this rig mainly for gaming and not going to overclock. It would help you save some more bucks if you choose the i5-4460 rather than the i5-4590. The difference in core clock speeds doesn't justify the need for a more expensive CPU if it's mainly for gaming.

If you can save a lot with all of my suggestions, you may want to upgrade your SSD to the Samsung 850 EVO 120GB (but the 250GB is highly recommended). The Samsung has a faster effective speed than the OCZ Trion.

Hope my ideas would help!
 
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Hi, thanks for the advice, I'll look into the various options for overclocking. Hadn't even thought about it until now to be honest. Thanks again!