Thinking of getting the Antec 1200, opinions?

[Detale]

good to know that you're doing well btw, not everyone is as well off right now, so for a lot of people a new computer case is not the wisest purchase

Of course it's not...even in the best of times a fancy case is a whimsy, not a requirement.
Then again, if we all stuck to what was only strictly necessary, this section- and every PC forum on the net- would be an endless parade of cardboard boxes with box fans propped next to them.
The entire blue LED light industry would collapse, thousands of Chinese workers would be laid off and the cable sleeving industry would cease to exist.

Oh, the humanity!

[Tv Controls you]

LOL, I always buy them stuff, It's time for some goodies for DAD.

Amen to that lol , goodies for dad lol

Killzone08085

[MadIrish]

Good choice.

The antec one doesn't look very good. All the blue led fans and the large gauge mesh really put me off.

And I'm wondering how well it keeps the dust out. I know the mesh in my chassis lets a fair bit in.

I've got an antec 1200, personally I think its a fabulous case.

The 3 fans at the front all have removable dust filters behind the meshing, despite it sucking a hell of a lot of air through and despite my house being extremely dusty (cats, regrettably heavy smoker) the insides remain far more free from dust than previous cases I've owned.

The style might not be to everyone's taste, and the thing is as big as a small tank (and probably as heavy), but it does a wonderful job at keeping some very hot components (4870x2, heavily overclocked cpu etc) very cool. Its very well designed imho, extremely easy to work in.

One of the uk pc mags did a thermal imaging test on loads of cases a few months back and it ranked as the best of the lot.

[Detale]

Well personally, my favorite air cooled case is the Antec 900, so I imagined the 1200 to be just as good if not better. I just love corsair as a company and had to get the Obsidian 800d for some of the features and the brand.