LF Mid/Full Tower Gaming Case

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I'm looking for a Mid/Full Tower Gaming Case that has the following:
- Can easily fit a GTX10## with 3 fans on it
- Has great airflow
- Must fit an ATX Mobo
- Must be able to fit the CPU Cooler 'Noctua NH-D14'
- Not thinking about running more than two graphics cards (99% that I will run just one)
- Doesn't have to have lights
- Doesn't have to have a side panel
- Doesn't have to have a particular color
- Spending around $100 or less

Running right now:
- CASE: Rosewill Challenger (3 Rosewill Case Fans @ 75CFM)
- CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K Haswell OC @ 4.0GHz with Noctua NH-D14
- MOBO: ASRock Z87 Extreme4
- GPU: EVGA GTX 760 SC (2GB)
- RAM: 4 x G.Skill 2GB DRR3 1333mhz (PC3 10600)
- SSD: Toshiba OCZ TR150 960GB
- HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 7200RPM 16Mb 3GB/s
- PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W

Note: Do I need a full tower if I am only running one GPU? I will need a bigger sized mid-tower, I believe. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks in advance.
 
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Karadjgne

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The Define R4/R5 etc is an ATX mid tower that fits Standard ATX mobo's or smaller. It's actually a very large mid tower, with tons of interior room, removable hdd bays, avail ssd mounts behind the mobo etc and comes stock with 2 of the better 140mm fans available. There really isn't a standard sized ATX case. It's not the best with airflow, almost none of the front door cases are as intakes are slightly restricted, but my R5 has absolutely no issues cooling a i7 3770k at 4.6GHz and a gtx970 at 1493/7864 OC with nothing but the 2 stock fans as intakes and my nzxt x61 as sole exhaust.
 
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The R4 has been a staple case for recommendations, to the point that there's several newer designs, but it's still a quality case that sells very well, especially at that price point. The R5 is just better optioned. Since you aren't worried about aio options, the R4 is plenty, but I'm personally all for the R5. The R5 prices are basically nothing more than color choices, the titanium is Grey, so isn't selling quite as well as the classic black, and the white fan version is starting to match more black/white oriented builds, or builds with colored led lighting so accepts colors better than the blackout version.
 
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The door is flippable, can make it left or right open, better fan options for mounts, you can use 4x in the top if you wish, slightly different hdd bays, better wiring capability. For me, I'd be happy with either case, but I'd trade a R4 for an R5, but I'd not trade my R5 for an R4
 
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Rosewill makes some decent budget stuff. And no, the fans in the R4 are not bigger, the R4 uses 2x older Silent Series R2 140mm fans, the R5 uses 2x newer, better performance GP14 140mm fans. I thought the flippable door was a joke at first, serious gimmick. Then I stuck the pc in its cabinet on the right of my desk, and fought the door, just to get at the optical drive. Flipped the door to open the other way, and alls good. Forced me to rethink exactly what all those supposed gimmicks really amount to. I love my R5, but that door opening towards me would just grated my last nerve.
 
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