Cosmos S/HAF 932/Antec 1200

I can't decide Opinions anyone? Or suggest another case...
I'm looking for something big, preferably full tower with dust filters on the fans. That's about it

I got HAF932, but I heard Antec 1200 is better build quality.

lol, I am also trying to decide which out of those cases to get, I'm thinking of the antec 1200 because it has quite a lot of room for 3.5" drives (9 total i think) which are cooled nicely from the front fans. I currently have a antec plusview 1000 amg but its a little small, I cant fit more than 5 drives because my graphics card gets in the way and the 1200 resolves this from what i have read.

I currently have an Antec 900 and it's just too small. The thing that's putting me off the 1200 is that apparently the fans are pretty loud...

I've had the HAF932 and currently have the Antec 1200. While the HAF is nice and bulky (if that's your thing), I feel it lacks space inside. I struggled to get my bits (in my sig) into the HAF, especially since I'm running twin turbo coolers on both my cards. The overall build of the HAF also feels less sturdy/solid than the Antec. I bought the HAF after I had a coolermaster sniper (for about 2 weeks) and the HAF just didn't do it for me. I sold it a week after I bought it. Out of the 3 with which I have experience, there's no beating the Antec - the build quality is solid, it takes 9 x 3.5's and has space for an additional 3 x 5.25's. It's spacious inside and accomodates both my gpu's without hassles. There are sufficient fans with controllers so you're can decide how much noise you want your casing to make. The speed controller on the front of the box makes it lekker easy to control fan speed for the hdd's and the design of the casing allows you do some neat cable management. The downside of the Antec for me is the design of the outside tray - more thinking could've gone into how much dust you can get into those slots. I must say that overall it's 100 times better than the Antec 900 (which I also had a while back). Hope this helps with your decision/s somehow.

HAF 932 FTW awsome tower!!

i hve an antec1200, the fans are still too loud for me even on the lowest setting. maybe it's because my previous main rig (aurora 3d, which is now secondary rig) was much quiter thanks to a fan controller.

any way, the 1200 has it's flaws but it will be a great case after i cut it into pieces and mod the hell out of it

Lord Fubar said:

any way, the 1200 has it's flaws but it will be a great case after i cut it into pieces and mod the hell out of it

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lol..

Lord Fubar said:

i hve an antec1200, the fans are still too loud for me even on the lowest setting. maybe it's because my previous main rig (aurora 3d, which is now secondary rig) was much quiter thanks to a fan controller.

any way, the 1200 has it's flaws but it will be a great case after i cut it into pieces and mod the hell out of it

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Why don't you install a fan controller and maybe quiter fans lol?

Haf is a hunk of steel - no thx been there done that. Alu is the only way to go for me now.

I have a iKonik RA X10 Smooth now, love it to bits. see me unboxing my ikonik chassis (incidentally ikonik is peeps that used to be with gigabyte, tell me that psu doesn't remind you of a odin psu)

Unboxing my iKonik

I will not lie the haf has enough space for cable management and decent airflow, but still it's HAF short for heavy.



I also had the Cosmos S as well, I wasn't fond of the HDD orientation so old school , I am constantly taking them out, so I want easy access to them.

It just wasn't for me.

I have the hsf and it's the best case i have ever owned, the build quality is amazing, space is massive in side, the hdd bays are a pleasure, the only con i think is that the fans could have spun slightly faster than 700rpm but it gets the job done well.