I have narrowed it down to two cases. I know my motherboards will fit in both, and everything should fit just fine and both cases would allow me to upgrade compenents a lot easier than my current case.
The NZXT Phantom, really cant go wrong with that case. Plenty of room, good cable managment, lots of fan options. The only rear downside to the. Phantom is that the 200mm fans are NZXT specific and others wont fit and vice versa, not that big of a deal imo, the NZXT fans are well built and quiet. The case itself looks fantastic as well. Pretty big and pretty heavy as well but given the beast of a case that it is i suppose that it to be expected. Has tooless bays and all that good stuff you would expect from a more expensive case.
If you like the asymetrical shape of the phantom, go for it. For me, there are only 3 things that matter in a case, looks, cooling, size. I'd recommend you getting the one that you feel looks better cause the looks of your rig will have an effect on how you will end up feeling about your PC cause that's what you're gonna be looking at all day long, or at least while you use it.
That is right.. Well with Fractal I could buy some of their silent series fans which I love, so that would work out for me. In your guy's opinion what is the best Fractal Design case they have to offer right now?
Don't let the Phantom scare you. It does look a bit funky, but really I personally like the look of it. The real advantage that the Phantom has over the Arc Midi or the Define R4 is airflow. The Phantom can accomodate up to 3 200mm fans and 4 120mm fans. The Fractal case are nice in having a minimalistic look to them, and I would highly recommend the R4, but what I'm trying to say is don't let the Phantom's odd shape scare you away from it, it's an amazing case!
Those Fractal fans are dead silent, and the R4 supports 7 of them, which for the noise will probably move more and and move it more effectively than the 200mm fans, although the 200mm fans are going to also be silent as can be, the R$ is no slouch in cooling performance.