£190 Budget find the best case for me!

Connection · 4 Jun 2012 at 01:44

Hey guys what is the best looking, but good cooling case for £190. £190 is quite a big budget and the less is always better (means I can get a 7970 sooner!).

-Spencer

bobo696 · 4 Jun 2012 at 08:13

What design are you looking for ? "Gamers" or "sober" ?

Schizo · 4 Jun 2012 at 08:19

This subject come's up quite a bit lately.

A case is a personal choice regarding look's.

We can come up with good air flow case's and watercooling case's but no one can tell you a "good looking" case as it's very personal.

ive just spent £660 on a case and it is everything i want/need from a case but other people would think otherwise.

Devious · 4 Jun 2012 at 13:23

Im looking to buy a new case this week also, Ive narrowed it down to these 3

Coolermaster Stormtrooper
NZXT Switch 810 (possibly white)
Corsair 600T (White)

Its possible I may go back to water cooling in future so I'm just researching a few things like if I can get a dual bay res in the hardrive cages and what thickness of radiator I can get in.

jallan · 4 Jun 2012 at 13:37

Devious said:
Im looking to buy a new case this week also, Ive narrowed it down to these 3

Coolermaster Stormtrooper
NZXT Switch 810 (possibly white)
Corsair 600T (White)

Its possible I may go back to water cooling in future so I'm just researching a few things like if I can get a dual bay res in the hardrive cages and what thickness of radiator I can get in.

Corsair 600T (White)
Coolmaster Stormtrooper
NZXT

What I did was just narrow down what cases I really expected that I would be wiling to go for, then watched in depth reviews and kind of plotted what I expect to do with it. I went from a H100 to full water cooling in less than a month but I had prepared for that, I opted for a 650D over the 600T for the sake that I might go for watercooling. With regards to watercooling I can at least tell you that a 650D will accept a 50mm radiator + 1 25mm thick fan in the roof. The 600T is the same innards apart from the roof is separated by a mesh (afaik), the videos will no doubt explain it better.

Though yeh have a good watch of videos on youtube, you usually get to see those little niggles you don't normally think about. Cable management, HDD position, what it looks like with a board in etc.

Devious · 4 Jun 2012 at 14:10

Yeah, ive been watching vids over and over and am still as I type this.

I did consider the 650d but prefered the looks of the the 600t. Do the harddrive cages in the 650d allow to install one of these or would thhe cages prevent it.

mr griffin · 6 Jun 2012 at 21:37

have built in a switch and a 650d and 600t and the switch is by far the better of the cases in my opinion. and that rez pump combo can fit in it easily.