Nice list of recommendations, and very good reviews too. Unfortunately though we can't get many of those cases in little old New Zealand, except the Antec Sonata (VERY expensive here, over NZ$300 or ~US$190), Chenbro Gaming bomb (ugly and not exactly cheap), and the Antec SLK3700AMB (no BQE

). Currently I have a Chieftec Dragon, great solid case but the unrestrictive front lets out all the hdd noise.
Even with the short supply I did stumble accross a quiet case a while ago, and that was an Aopen H600 series case, the H600B. While it doesn't have any quiet specific features it is well made and solid, although still no Chieftec. The included psu is a rebranded Forton 300W (model FSP-300), which is very quiet and quite powerful for a 300W. The single included case fan is a thermister controlled 80mm which is pretty quiet at 12V and plugs in to the motherboard.
One of its strongest featues (imo) is the lack of a front grill. This case is designed to take in airflow from holes in the front of the side panels, and a small intake underneath the front. This keeps the hdd noise down while still cooling them quite well. The top panel is removable by screws, handy if you want to paint or mod it in some way.
The main negative would be the HIGHLY restrictive fan grills, it almost looks like they just punched a few holes as an after thought. Cutting them out was one of the first things I did. Another negative is the fact that all the fan holes are 80mm. 120 or even 92mm fans would have been nice.
More info
here.
I have no idea how many places worldwide stock this case, I just thought this might help some of us down under.
Thankyou MikeC for providing such a great site!
