Best Ventilated Case for overclocking

DuncanMcCloud

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AIM:
I'm looking for a chassis that will give me great airflow in from the front and out through the back (must have at least one 120mm fan in the front and one 120mm at the back or some other means of achieving nice airflow) and must be wide enough to give me room for my Zalman 9700 heatsink.

Preferably a chassis without a psu as i already have a 600watt zalman. But if the case is good i will just chuck the psu out.

Noise and vibration doesnt bother me. So no noisetakers for me.


APPARATUS:
Mobo: GA-965P-DQ6
Drives: 2 optical drives
Storage: space for 4 3.5" diskdrives
Front USB: optional
Front Headphone jacks: optional

METHOD:
My current chassis is a modded old server tower (where the plastic is yellow), the tower is just too cramped...i cant arrange my cables at all...and my 3 hdds are ontop of one another (the middle drive is upside-down to fit it in)

If I try to oc alot...to say > 2.6 GHz then i have to remove the sidepanel :(


SUSPECTS:
This is the list to choose from:
ASUS TA-582
ASUS TA-551
ASUS Vento 7700
ASUS Vento 3600

Antec Fusion
Antec Super Lanboy
Antec Solo
Antec lifestyle series sonata2
Antec performance one p160
Antec performance one p150
Antec Nine Hundred with windowed side panel
Antec performance one p180
Antec performance one P182
Antec performance one P182SE special edition
Antec var ii series sx1000ii full tower
Antec solution series SLK1650BQE
Antec solution series SLK1650
Antec solution series SLK2650BQE
Antec solution series SLK3700-BQE
Antec New Solution series NSK1300
Antec New Solution series NSK2400
Antec New Solution series NSK3300
Antec New Solution series NSK3400
Antec New Solution series NSK4000
Antec New Solution series NSK4400
Antec New Solution series NSK6500
Antec performance TX1050 black

Aerocool Nitron Gaming Chassis
Aerocool Masstige-A Gaming Chassis
Aerocool Racer Gaming Chassis
Aerocool Racer Gaming Chassis
Aerocool AeroEngine II (BBA) Gaming Chassis
Aerocool ExtremeEngine 3T (BBA) Gaming Chassis
Aerocool ZeroDBA-S500/APFC 500W Gamers
Aerocool BayDream Gaming Chassis
Aerocool ZeroDegree Gaming Chassis

Gigabyte™ X1 Chassis
Gigabyte™ X2 Chassis
Gigabyte™ X3 Chassis
Gigabyte™ Triton 180 Chassis
Gigabyte™ Poseidon Chassis
Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora
Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora570

LAST NOTE:
Thanks for any advice given. All opinions on-topic will always be appreciated.
 

DuncanMcCloud

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Thats insane. so many fans. i have 2x 120mm spare and a 80mm.

As long as i get an effect thats better than having the side-panel off.

But it must be below the cost of the zalman chassis range...