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Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen
Its actually pretty simple.
When buying a case, go large, as large as you can. Best airflow will make sure your parts lasts longer before collapsing. New games requires a lot from the parts, making a lot of heat. You'll have more room for the cables and parts, more room to move your hand around when changing something inside. Nowday's VGA cards are quite huge, so if you buy a small case you might have problems installing your memory or hdd.
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i would add one note to what PT said and that is to be cautious when choosing a PSU because sometimes you find some brands have shorter wires then others and if you get a full tower case its even more critical you check the customer reviews of that PSU for ANY comments of tight or short wires.
with a "modest" amount of skill you can extend wires yourself but it voids warranty and i doubt you want to buy something that you need to modify.
myself i stick to mid-tower cases and for me i find coolermaster cases have very good ventilation.
something PT didnt cover was "fans" i would recommend carefull shopping for "quiet" fans but check the dbl (decible) sound levels because many fans put "quiet" or "silent" in the name but they are just as noisey as a regular inexpensive fan. i consider anything below 20 dbls as quiet and anything below 15 decibles as silent, anything over 25 decibles and you WILL hear it.
also pay close attention to the cfms a fan puts out, some fans drop cfms way down to reduce noise but it also reduces cooling and circulation in your case. fans are getting quieter all the time but the general rule is high cfms mean high noise so when comparing "quiet" fans you have to use cfms as a usefull guide to picking the quietest fan that still has the most cfms. i would never get any fan that puts out less than 35cfms absolute minimum and 45 cfms is what i prefer to use as a minimum.
myself i like the "sythe" brand fans because you hardly hear them running. you can find them here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...538&name=120mm
fans that are truely "quiet" or "silent" are more expensive but not that bad, maybe $12 to $15 for most 120mm size where the regular "noisey" case fans run like $5