I'm looking to buy the below spec, ideally tonight, and I'm now needing a case. My current 10 year old PC case is falling apart (£25 coolermaster, served me well) and my friend was going to give me an old one he has in the garage but I don't see the point of scrapping a working PC just for the case.
I was previously recommended the Zalman i3 but I just noticed that it doesn't have an external 3.5 slot for a DVD drive. Granted I don't use it all that often (does anyone anymore?) but I don't want to buy an external DVD drive and store it somewhere when my internal one is working fine. My drawer of random PC stuff is already overflowing.
I have a couple of old 120mm Akasa fans from years back that still work so doesn't matter if they don't come preinstalled. My target for the entire build was £800 with a max of £900. Can someone recommend me a case that isn't awful? Ideally less than £50 but I'm willing to pay a bit more if it's worth it.
I'm not bothered about lights or windows, my PC sits under my desk with the left side close to the wall. Stealthier the better but budget/performance are more important to me.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
I was previously recommended the Zalman i3 but I just noticed that it doesn't have an external 3.5 slot for a DVD drive. Granted I don't use it all that often (does anyone anymore?) but I don't want to buy an external DVD drive and store it somewhere when my internal one is working fine. My drawer of random PC stuff is already overflowing.
I have a couple of old 120mm Akasa fans from years back that still work so doesn't matter if they don't come preinstalled. My target for the entire build was £800 with a max of £900. Can someone recommend me a case that isn't awful? Ideally less than £50 but I'm willing to pay a bit more if it's worth it.
I'm not bothered about lights or windows, my PC sits under my desk with the left side close to the wall. Stealthier the better but budget/performance are more important to me.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £178.99
- 1 x MSI B450-A PRO MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £88.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £59.99
- 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £379.99
- 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 550W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £59.99
- 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £52.99
Total: £832.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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