so far since mid 2004 I have been through 4 cases. The first one was a $10 special at Fry's electronics, and while it was made of steel, it was about the weight of a n alumminum case the steel was so thin. I then went to a steel/aluminum combo case, an Enermax, which also was $10 on newegg. I recently H20'ed my setup, and that case ran out of room fast, so I got the Thermaltake Armor for ~$100 on Newegg with MIR, and I know I will never buy anything smaller again. Right now my only gripe is that it is extremely heavy, being the all steel black version. Right now I am using Moto7451's old mid tower case on my Hackintosh as well.