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- Jan 29, 2008
Well, perfect for what I want to use it for, anyway.
There are a TON of options these days, and there's a lot of opinions to go with them. So here I am, hoping some of you have dabbled with enough of the current offerings to give me some guidance.
These are my must-haves.
1. Room for a 360mm radiator.
2. Room for at least 1 3.5" HDD with said 360mm rad.
3. Not-sealed front panel.
4. Enough space for future GPUs (Currently a GTX 1080).
These are my nice-to-haves:
1. Decent Cable Management
2. If it does the whole RGB thing (I mean, they pretty much all do now, right?), I'd prefer if it had its own controller, USB header, push button, whatever.
3. A side panel that isn't a PITA to get on or off... Or comes off too easily. I'm a fan of the simplicity of thumb screws.
4. A handle gets a big thumbs up for me to make transport easier.
5. $100 would be slick. Max budget $200, expecting $150-ish.
6. Dark colors are good. I'm also a sucker for drab\olive\ugly green; like military jeep green. A modernized Corsair C70 would be epic.
7. PSU Cover with some ventilation. I'm not a fan of sealing off the PSU, but I do like hiding all of the cable clutter.
8. Decent air flow. While I'll be water cooling the CPU, the GPU will be stock air cooling for the foreseeable future. I typically game at 3440x1440 so it can get toasty.
Example of a couple things I've looked at:
Lian Li O11 Dynamic - I like this case, but I don't think I'd want to haul it to a LAN due to the way the panels attach.
ASUS Tuf GT501 - Functionally, I think this ticks most of my checkboxes. There's something that I don't like about it, though, but I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it. Anyone use this case before?
Well, I think I've done enough wishing in one hand. Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Mike
There are a TON of options these days, and there's a lot of opinions to go with them. So here I am, hoping some of you have dabbled with enough of the current offerings to give me some guidance.
These are my must-haves.
1. Room for a 360mm radiator.
2. Room for at least 1 3.5" HDD with said 360mm rad.
3. Not-sealed front panel.
4. Enough space for future GPUs (Currently a GTX 1080).
These are my nice-to-haves:
1. Decent Cable Management
2. If it does the whole RGB thing (I mean, they pretty much all do now, right?), I'd prefer if it had its own controller, USB header, push button, whatever.
3. A side panel that isn't a PITA to get on or off... Or comes off too easily. I'm a fan of the simplicity of thumb screws.
4. A handle gets a big thumbs up for me to make transport easier.
5. $100 would be slick. Max budget $200, expecting $150-ish.
6. Dark colors are good. I'm also a sucker for drab\olive\ugly green; like military jeep green. A modernized Corsair C70 would be epic.
7. PSU Cover with some ventilation. I'm not a fan of sealing off the PSU, but I do like hiding all of the cable clutter.
8. Decent air flow. While I'll be water cooling the CPU, the GPU will be stock air cooling for the foreseeable future. I typically game at 3440x1440 so it can get toasty.
Example of a couple things I've looked at:
Lian Li O11 Dynamic - I like this case, but I don't think I'd want to haul it to a LAN due to the way the panels attach.
ASUS Tuf GT501 - Functionally, I think this ticks most of my checkboxes. There's something that I don't like about it, though, but I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it. Anyone use this case before?
Well, I think I've done enough wishing in one hand. Anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks!
-Mike
