Quote Originally Posted by Shura View Post
Sorry i took awhile to reply, was doing some research on your CPU and the Phantom. Lets start with the case, The Phantom 820 is really really big, even for a full tower its huge and i don't think its worth it honestly for the price it goes for. Also its important to note that the Phantom 820 and 630 are designed with watercooling in mind and come with options to install multiple radiators. If price is not an issue it comes down to personal aesthetic preference; a lot of high end cases are on par with each other so really depends on what design you like. If you like the Phantom design then i would recommend the 630 over the 820; Its a bit smaller in size but comes with the same options, same design and based on reviews it cools better then the 820.

Phantom 630 Test results

Here are some other High quality Cases that are a bit cheaper in price.

Rosewill Thor V2 some claim this is one of the coolest(temp) case on the market. It goes for about $129; $120 cheaper then the 820 and $50 cheaper then the 630


Another great case is the Antec 1100, this is a Mid-Tower but is large and supports up to XL-ATX boards. I personally love the simple design of the case and the cooling options it has but the downside is its a case designed for Air cooling. If you think you might go with liquid in the future, this is NOT the case for you, it has next to no native radiator mounting options. Sells for $99


For CPU cooler; personally i would suggest a closed loop liquid cooler this is different from full water cooling, no maintenance at all, install and be done with it These liquid coolers preform better then most high end Air coolers and has a much much smaller psychical footprint.

Something like this:


Produces the same temps as something like this:


Now some people are just to afraid to go with anything with the word Liquid in it and that's understandable. If you really want to go with Air then you have a few options based on your price range and how big of a cooler your willing to accept, let me know and i'll link you to a few of them.

For your PSU, what model do you have? and also what kind of GPU do you have?
I have a Thermaltake TR2 600 Watt. I had to replace my old one on my old rig 2 years ago, so I made the mistake of going to bestbuy and buying one. Its been reliable so far, but I really want a higher quality built one. as for GPU. I have a EVGA Nvidia GTX 550 Ti. I'm also wanting to upgrade my video card at some point in time, but its not that important at the moment. Whenever I think of Mid-towers all I can think of is mine lol. Its tiny. I know Mid's come in bigger dimensions, but I dont know they just dont seem to have a lot of room. Thats why I want to go Full, I figure the more room, the more fans the better it cools. I'll have to research more. Which coolers did you provide the pictures of? I see a lot of stuff for AM3, but next to nothing for AM3+. I dont know if an AM3 cooler would work on an AM3+.