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Greetings esteemed enthusiasts and professionals, I'm thinkin about a case for a new gaming rig ill be putting together. My choices are

Thermaltake Armor (Very Expensive but if reviews are good enough i'll bite the bullet with this bad boy, 25cm fan is nice)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811133020

Antec 900 (For the price to get a Mid-Tower is a little iffy to me but if it will give me superb cooling ill bite)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129021

And Finally the one I'm Leaning towards is
XCLIO A380PLUS (Cool Design, full tower, similarly priced to the others, 25cm front fan and a WHOPPING 36cm Side Fan
Plus the free Zalman CPU Cooler courtesy of Newegg whats not to love, but if you guys had bad experience with it let me know)(Kinda unpopular, never heard of them, and I've never seen review sites review them, or maybe I've been under a rock)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811103014

As far as functionality all my choices have enough bays and I/O options to meet current needs and future expandability. If any of you have any concerns or comments about these cases from experience or think theres a better case to suit my needs please don't hesitate to post.

My concerns are
I need good ventilation for OCing
Will present and future (3-5 years) graphics cards fit? (Particularly in the Antec 900, use the largest avaliable today as reference)
Has anyone had trouble fitting a large power supply into it?

If you need more info ill gladly provide it,
Thanks THW community

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well if ur thinking going liquid cooling some day i would say the armor for sure,
if its gonna be air only, the xclio looks nice,, but i must say i dont know tht case, the xclio i mean

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I wouldn't get the Xcilco, cases like that seem to be targeted at noobs with a lot of dough (OOOHHH! Big fans! Shiny! must be good), when In reality all those big old fans are doing is blowing Air in the can't go anywhere except swirl around inside the case building up heat. You want something with good flow through, air gets pushed in front, air get's pulled out back, the Antec and Thermal take will to this very well and the Antec seems very popular.

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