Looking for some advice concerning my HTPC build

[Pogal_31]

Hi guys, I'm coming towards you because I'm getting some trouble choosing a new case for my HTPC which specs are listed below :

Gygabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2
AMD Athlon X2 340 cooled by a Xigmatek Thor's Hammer fanless
MSI Radeon HD7750
Corsair Vengeance 2X2Gb PC12800 Cas 9
Corsair CX500
OCZ Vertex 2 60Gb for OS and XBMC
Western Digital Caviar Black 1To x3
in a Gigabyte GZ-X2

I'm looking for a SILENT case and I'm stuck between 3 choices at the moment, which are the Corsair Carbide 330R, the Cooler Master Silencio 550 and the Fractal Design Define R4. As you can see my limit for this case would be around 80-100€ max, so I hope you guys have some clues to help me. If you have suggestions and/or other ideas please share !
Take care pals, any help will be really appreciated.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I have the R4 window version. Its quiet but sounds still comes through but i switched the panels one time to see a difference in sound running a benchmark and it was immediately noticeable to me the difference. So my point is... get the full panel and no window for maximum silence.

 

[Wraith]

+1 for the R4. Not sure that Thors hammer will fit it though, that is one monster heat sink

 

[NeverBackDown]

Its only at 160mm tall. It will fit.

 

[Pogal_31]

Well it seems that the Define is the better choice for both of you, so I'm going to order. Thank you very much for the help guys. And yeah Thor's Hammer is a beast, it used to cool my Phenom II 965 OC @4ghz for a long long time without too much heat (push pull at this time anyway x)), now with the 340 I get around 45° max fanless at load wich is a lot more better than the stock cooler, without any noise.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Glad we can help

 

[Pogal_31]

Update
The case has been delivered and it's a beauty, thanks again for the help ! Will post a few pics when I'm done with the building.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Glad our advice helped! Take good care of that beauty