I just purchased a full tower with lot of research.
my short list was HAF, ATCS, Thermaltake Speedo, Corsair 800UD, Antec 1200, Cosmos
Lian Li is awesome but too costly, with no Indian support I wont buy. Had once bad experience on company with no Indian support.
Now I purchased ATCS. Yeah its bland n HUGE but somewhere i love to old retro old school design.
HAF 932- only good thing is cooling
Bad -its steel so long run can get rusted, scratched etc.
- dust magnet inside
- looks like people said is not for my taste.... looks kiddish to me.
Antec 1200 - very good case ... good cooling
but it in my eyes is not as spacious as a full tower should be. A full length GC would end up touching the HDD case bars. If i want a full tower i want moving space inside. also is steel not aluminum
Cosmos- Old model, yet brilliant in looks, and huge possibility to mod and tweak. great air flow too. Also its Aluminum, but no cut in mobo plate ease of adding CPU cooler
Speedo - Plastic, prone to breakage of clips n locks. flimsy partition of plastics which separate the mobo area from the SMPS area.
Corsair - awesome case, would suggest you should check that. however price is around 20 K was deterrent and so i opted out. But all black is really beauty and has good air flow, removable Mobo tray, etc
ATCS - awesome air flow, great removable washable dust filters, old school looks, space to have play ground inside, build quality is superb, removable mobo tray, cut on mobo tray to add easily a CPU cooler, brushed black aluminum also is pretty much scratch resistant n rust resistant.
See full towers are amazing but huge. If u plan to keep them on the table forget them. they are heavy n meant to be kept on ground. I live near sea.... my previous CM got rusted at Intake fans so rust was big factor for me. same time non ac room made me want a strong dust proof and good air flow cabinet. ... also wanted tool less, good inner space, freedom to tweak n mod...
just to give u an idea. The ATCS has two giant 230mm fans on top, I have added Sunbeam Cold Cathode tubes along the fan. These are red tubes not too bright but same time soft glow. this light out of the top grill looks cool and you can switch them off either. Same with lot of space future needs of water cooling are also materializing
