A3000 desktops

[Tenacious]

Many believe the 3000 is the best quality machine Commodore made (2000, too).  It is the most powerful Amiga with thru-hole technology and replaceable chips!  This makes it far more repairable by the avaerage user than any cost saving SMT system.  When coupled with almost any thru-graphics card, and a new 128 MB memory card, it becomes fairly modern very quickly.  

My .02.

[Tenacious]

...You still cant have any 5.25" cdrom etc inside,so external scsi case for that-which isnt a big deal...

Of the items you listed, this is probably the biggest deal for me.  I love how all of the expansions a user might want fit into the case of the A2000, the tower designs, and the A4000 (never had the pleasure of using one).

My first A500 was a sprawling subdivision of expansions.  My 3000 has a old AST case underneath for the extra drives.  I love the platform but appreciate a clean setup.