Which case is better GigaByte Aurora or Antec P182?

[Grifter75]

I find myself needing a new case...and like the 2 following cases:

Antec P182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129025

Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233013

I like both cases, but am interested in which is better for Thermals (ie which will keep the system the coolest). Noise is also a concern but not the #1 priority.

Thanks.

Oops...forget my system specs to help out:

Core2Duo 6700
Gigabyte P965-DS3
2GB PC2-6400 RAM
Thermalright Ultra 120
EVGA Superclocked 8800 GTS 320mb
2x Seagate 250GB 7200.10 SATA HD (non-raid)
2x DVD Burners
Corsair 520W PowerSupply

and I plan to overclock the system a little. Please let me know if I've left anything off.

 

[aevm]

I would say the Aurora. In general a full-tower should do better than a mid-tower. I'd get the Aurora and maybe add a fan or two if necessary.

 

[Gundam1s]

But the P182 has a top vent. lol

 

[aevm]

The Antec 900 might be better than both, how about that one?

 

[Grifter75]

I look at the Antec 900 and to be honest, just didn't like the case...weird I know but it just wasn't to my liking.

 

[aevm]

OK, throw a coin then. You won't go wrong either way.

I wanted a P182 myself, the only reason I didn't get it is because it was too small for an 8800 GTX and 7 hard drives. There's only room for 6 because the GTX is huge. With the GTS you have room for 8 disks, by the way.

If you are sure you won't need tons of disks I'd vote for the P182, it doesn't even matter if it cools better than the Aurora or not.

 

[Grifter75]

Aevm....which case did you end up going with?

 

[aevm]

Lian-Li PC-V2000. I wanted to recommend it to you but it doesn't make sense. If you have $200 additional dollars you're much better off upgrading the GTS to GTX than upgrading the Antec P182/Aurora to a fancy case.