Best-looking case out of these?

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What case do you find better-looking or more stylish:

Chieftec Smart SD-01b:
http://skinflint.co.uk/chieftec-smart-sd-01b-u3-op-black-a976083.html?hloc=uk
Fractal Design Core 500:
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/core-series/core-500
Linkworld 7271:
http://geizhals.de/linkworld-7271-23-a1136862.html?hloc=at&hloc=de
Silverstone Precision PS08:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=352&area=en

I think both the Fractal and Silverstone vary and have good days and bad days. The Linkworld is a bit cheesy but not completely without a charm fitting to its price and due to its robustness. The Chieftec seems to be the most serious and safe-looking. (Also nice vents.)

I currently have the Fractal Design because I struck on a deal, but the cable-management is making me a bit cranky. Returning it would be an inconvenience though. And it has a fan installed. Of the others I'm only sure of the Silverstone having a fan pre-installed. (Extra-fans currently not in my budget.)
 
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If I were to buy one of those...I'd get the Fractal. Cable mgmt is tough in small cases like those but there are solutions built into good cases (like ones made by Fractal). And since you own the Fractal...stick with it. The other cases look cheap and even the Silverstone looks really bad at cable mgmt.
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If I were to buy one of those...I'd get the Fractal. Cable mgmt is tough in small cases like those but there are solutions built into good cases (like ones made by Fractal). And since you own the Fractal...stick with it. The other cases look cheap and even the Silverstone looks really bad at cable mgmt.
 
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Mathias_8

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That's cool, I'd thought the Chieftec would win hands down, and I think it would if I could get it with a good motherboard at a better price, but that's almost impossible now, since it's already not a cheap case in its own right.
But I wanted the Fractal Design for the longest time, so it has to be fine.
 
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Honestly, I was unfamiliar with Chieftec so I google them. In the photos of the case, I realized it was Cheaptech. That case has 0 design for hiding cables. There is no room behind mobo so you will have a web of cables in the middle of the case. The Fractal one does have some ways to get cables out of sight or at least to have decent airflow.
 
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