New gaming case £70 budget.

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:23

Hi. Buying my little brother a pc case for his birthday and about a £70 budget (can be more or less it's just roughly how much I'm looking to spend).

There are 3 things I mainly want from the case so i'll list them in importance

1, Cooling
2, Looks
3, Ease of assembly and use.

What do you guys recommend?

EDIT: Prefer the front to be metal/aluminium so it doesn't look cheap.

95thrifles · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:46

2) is very subjective
But for cooling look T the HAF 912+ or even 922 maybe

Rik1254 · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:49

Any particular brand, colour and maximum price?

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:49

Well he currently has a Coolermaster Wavemaster and I like Lian Li Cases (the wavemaster was my old case). I'm not for all out blingey over the top type cases more subtle and good quality.

Rik1254 · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:53

Well Ive been recommending it everywhere else, so...
Corsair 500R in white?....its a lurvely case. The 400R has a carry handle though

This is nice though, and I recon because of its size, cooling would be pretty good.

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 20:58

The side panels on the Corsairs look terrible. Although I do trust the brand.

Hyburnate · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:00

mb size?

Rik1254 · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:08

Vegeta said:
The side panels on the Corsairs look terrible. Although I do trust the brand.

Its a lot better in the fle.....metal?

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:08

Standard ATX motherboard. Will always be that he gets my ex hardware.

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:12

Rik1254 said:
Its a lot better in the fle.....metal?

Maybe you're right as Lian Li's I used to think looked bad in pictures until I ordered one.

Rik1254 · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:36

Vegeta said:
Maybe you're right as Lian Li's I used to think looked bad in pictures until I ordered one.

Well dont buy it and shout at me, its just my preference....Ive got one about 2ft away from my face, so if you want any pictures, Ill be more than happy to take a few for you.

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:39

Think i'll leave it bit expensive anyways. How about this? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-212-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29
Looks nice to me. Good at all I said?

Vegeta · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:50

Wow what about this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-236-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=29

pgi947 · 11 Dec 2011 at 22:10

Cm690 II was going to be my fall-back case in-case there was any delay in the release of the 500R. Very nice case, especially in white!

Vegeta · 12 Dec 2011 at 00:13

Ordered a Bitfenix Raider in the end.