Best cases in the current market?

PeteSouthgate

PeteSouthgate

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I'm planning on building a new gaming PC within the next month or two. I haven't had the opportunity to upgrade for nearly a decade so very much looking forward to it!

What's the consensus on the best mid towers right now on the market? Main priorities are good airflow/noise handling (budget up to 300), I'm anticipating my build will be an Air Cooled (Noctua Fan which I believe it fairly large) or AIO if that matters? I don't want the hassle of having liquid cooling rig from what I've read and don't want to waste part of my budget on that aspect of the rig. I've had a little browse around on You Tube and it seems some of the Corsair cases could be best, but there are just so many options out there...

So far I've got the Corsair 5000D, Lian Li Lancool III and the O11 Air Mini shortlisted as cases I like the look of. I realise the O11 Air Mini isn't a mid-tower and I've never had a small case, but I do like the idea of having something compact. If I did decide to go with an Air Mini would I'm guessing I'd have to go down the AIO route and possibly not be able to kit it out with larger parts?

FWIW I've got a budget of up to around 2500 for the gaming PC (I'm not planning on RGBing the thing out and prefer spending the budget on better performing GPU/CPU etc). Any advice is greatly welcomed for this first-time builder, my first port of call is to get the case sorted and then I'll be going on PC Part picker to experiment on what parts to combine.

Thanks
 
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The Fractal Torrent seems really well reviewed from what I've seen this afternoon on YouTube, looks like it will comfortably fit a Noctua Fan too!

Initially, I was drawn to a smaller case just for freeing up a bit of extra desk space. Though could very well regret that if the new range of components that come out won't end up fitting in properly.
 
[HB]Rugrat said:
You've mentioned the 011 mini - any reason you're not considering the regular sized 011 dynamic? They're lovely cases (though pretty much all of the ones mentioned above are).
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I wasn't too sure how good the airflow is on the Dynamic compared to the Air Mini...that's the reason. Size wise I'm fine with a Dynamic too but think I may choose another case.
 
Appreciate all the replies I've narrowed it down between the Fractal Torrent (Possibly the Compact!) or the P600s. Think I'm going to wait for the new CPUs to come out before going ahead with the build. I'll get a pic uploaded here once it's all good running!
 
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