After spending couple of weeks, I've finally decided for all the parts except the case.
 
The case should hold:
 
* abit P35 Pro
* Q6600
* ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
* Silencer 750 or Corsair 620HX
* XFX 8600GT
* 4x2GB G.Skill memory
* 4x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB
* 2x Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 147GB
* Adaptec RAID 3805
* Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Fatality
* Samsung  SH-S203N
* Sony Black 1.44M floppy drive
 
The main problem here is that I have 6 drives, 2 of them being 15K rpm. Thus, I think that I need good cooling. I'm cosidering P182, Cosmos 1000 and LIAN LI PC-V1200Bplus II. But according to some reviews, they all have big flaws: P182's lower chamber is too small; Cosmos 1000 has no cooling for hard drives; LIAN LI PC-V1200Bplus II is too loud.
 
Any comments, other suggestions for a good, quiet case?
 
Thank you

I love my Thermaltake Armor Plus
Some say its ugly, but I say its very functional.
 
As for the video card, I'd stay away from that 8600 unless its only like 100$$
 
just my 2 cents  
 

 
I won't play any games. XFX 8600GT is $75 after $30 rebate at newegg.
 
I can't say I liked Thermaltake Armor Plus' design much. But if it is quiet and has good interior cooling, why not...

I can't find any hang ups with the design.  I admit, there are many MID tower cases with a better design, but for a full tower, I think the A+ is great.  It's roomy with good airflow and nice and cool.  I am curious what you don't like about the design.  With all of those HD units I would definitely go with a full tower.  
Good deal on the Vid btw

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811124116
 
Awesome case. Check it out.  

I had a Thermaltake Armor holding 9 drives at one point, it worked very well.  The stock case has 3 3.5" bays internal up near the power supply, and then 9 5.25" bays in the front.
 
The stock case comes with one iCage, that converts 3 of the front 5.25" bays to 3 3.5" bays with a 120mm fan in front.  The case can take up to 2 more iCages, giving you 9 3.5" bays in front, all behind 120mm fans.
 
When I had the unit fully populated with 9 drives (8 in front, 1 in the internal cage near the power supply), it was still remarkably quiet.
 
By the way, this is drive/bay configuration in the regular Armor case or Armor Extreme case, not the Armor Plus.  The Armor Plus has a different internal configuration that is denser (more drives), but I don't think the cooling is as good.

I second that, being an owner of Armor myself.  
 
I have 4 hard drives mounted at the front of the case (3 put in the provided cage) and 1 in the 3,5 inch cage that came with the case. I put in a second fan right above the stock one (mounted at the front of the case).  
 
The other 3 drives are in the cage at the back of the case, right next to the power supply. There's a 80mm fan behind them, that does a pretty good job of pulling the hot air out, and keeping them in the 33-35 degree range.

I enjoyed this case. http://www.spirecoolers.com/main/p [...] ProdID=529
But not easy to find anymore. Armor is cute, but HUGE open holes, god help you if you have loud internal devices.

Why is the lower chamber too small on the p182? My psu fits there just fine and the drive cage in the lower chamber holds 3 drives and the middle cage holds 3.

LIAN LI PC-A71B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811112144
 
10 internal 3.5" bays (3 rear, 7 front) with 5 120mm fans directly in-line with the drives (6 120mm total).  Including the fact it's a Lian Li, I wouldn't hessitate to pick it put for your usage.

Antec Nine Hundred if you keep the 3x120mm and 1x200mm fans on low its pretty quiet $99.99
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] %2bHundred

wow wtf do u use your computer for.... u have an amazing pc but **** graphics card lol... wait for the 9600 at least.
 
anyways i suggest the Liani li-v2000
 
or thermaltake armor, or coolermaster stacker 830 evo

 
I prefer simple designs. Feature-wise, yes, it's very good. But I jus't don't like the look of a case which is designed to look "cool" for gamers.
 

 
So you no longer have Thermaltake Armor. What do you have now?
 
Btw, believe it or not, I did not know about stuff like iCage. I had only heard of cheap brackets to convert 5.25" to 3.5". Thus, I was solely looking for cases with min. of 6 internal 3.5" drive bays.
 

 
Some say that the lower fan is too close both to the PSU and the hard drive cage making cable routing very difficult.
 
How come you have 3 drives in the middle cage? Isn't it for 2 3.5" drives?
 

 
well, it will mainly be used for everything, but gaming I'll use it for web server, file server and running multiple virtual machines. Would you still recommend the 9600? (I might play a game or two, so I can pay little more for a better video card)

Just go with the Antec 900. The airflow over the HDs alone is reason to. The case has the best airflow of any fan cooled case I have ever seen.

ivam, it's generally frowned upon to start a second thread on the same subject.  You've got some more comments on your original thread.

 
Sure but a ATI Radeon 3450 is only $50.00 which all you need for HD playback and non- gaming.
 
Bob

there is nothing better than thermaltake armor..i own one and its the best case i ever bought...its quiet and has a very good cooling..it has big fan in the front, big one in the back, one at the top, one next to the powersupply and one on the side...that side fan is 25cm.

 
I'll second that. I just moved everything from an old Raidmax $50 case that I'd bought for a P4 Northwood in 2004 to an Antec Nine Hundred from Newegg. It has enough room for a 3870x2 and I really liked the front removable drive bays! Currently, because of the size of the card, all three sata drives are in the lower bay, but I could accomodate two more in the upper without any issues.  
 
The Nine Hundred is the best case I've ever owned. The only quirk is the Antec Neo 650 at the bottom and having to snake the power cables over the graphics card. It's silent and cool, even when gaming. If he doesn't game, he might not like the blue lights on the fans, or the side window, but it's a great gaming case.
 
My system:
 
X2 4600+ Windsor 65 watt
MSI K9AGM 690V
2 gigs Kingston DDR2 667
MSI overclocked (850/1300) 3870x2
100 gig Maxtor sata for Vista
100 gig WD sata
100 gig WD ide with sata adapter
Memorex DVD R/RW
Antec Neo 650 psu
Antec Nine Hundred case
17" Viewsonic A71f
 
Yes, I know, I need a faster CPU and a new LCD monitor. Right now, I'm cpu limited in some games. More upgrades soon.

NZXT Zero is nice and roomy.  Tons of fans which running at full speed are pretty quiet.  

I think the antec 900 is fine.... If the only place you can buy pc parts is best buy.... :-P
 
Its not bad, but its no armor case