I am in the market for a NEW COMPUTER case. Ideally, I would like a case with the following features:
- FILTERS! I want this case to be as dust free as possible, as I am sick and tired of cleaning out my heatsink.
- Vertical thermal design I have seen a few NZXT cases and I must say I am a huge fan the cooling concept behind a few of them. When I say Vertical, I mean the PSU is on the BOTTOM of the case, venting it's hot air upwards. This column of hot air is contributed to by the Motherboard, video card and CPU, all of which are oriented so the PCI SLOTS and ports on the motherboard are facing upwards, allowing a third party CPU cooler designed to force air out the back of the case to force air out of the top of the case. Air intake is primarily from the bottom/front of the case, which is where the hard drives are positioned.
- Relatively quiet.
- Either stunning appearance, or minimalistic look.
- No "front door" covering the optical drives/front panel ports.

I was wondering if anybody had heard of a case matching this description. If not, I was wondering if anybody had heard of any reference material I could use to build such a case. I have done some shopping myself, but the vertical thermal design I have found to be something that is not very well advertised, if advertised at all.

Thanks for your input.
IanBudget ? ?

That's where i usually start when shopping...Ideally, I was thinking no more than $200. Beyond that I would find it more practical to build an alternative.

But I want to know something like this exists as much as I want to own one.

Thanks,
IanThis is just an opinion but to me i wouldn't spend that much on a case...i'd rather throw that cabbage towards other components...
But if money is no object i'm sure there are some pretty sweet cases out there in that range.


Here's a review on a case i spent less than a Hundred on that is well designed...strong and has great ventilation...
Not saying this should be your choice...just food for thought.