Case upto £80

Minibiker

Minibiker

Minibiker

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Hi all

My plan was to go ITX as I needed more room on the desk, we've now swapped the room around abit and I can go with a MATX instead... I currently have the Kolink Citadel TG but I'd like something with better airflow and something they may keep abit of the noise in..

Can anyone recommend me something upto £80

Must have a window as I like to see my components

Must have a PSU shroud

Colour doesn't matter to me

I was considering the BeQuiet 500 but would rather get some input from you all

Cheers
 
I have the BQ 500 case in black. Its a nice case, not the easiest to build in but once done looks good with the tempered glass window.

Decent vaule for a quality case.
 
Zeebedy said:
I have the BQ 500 case in black. Its a nice case, not the easiest to build in but once done looks good with the tempered glass window.

Decent vaule for a quality case.
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I'm glad someone on here has it... It looks a great case and there are some YouTube videos that give it a lot of praise... I've liked it for
 
Minibiker said:
I'm glad someone on here has it... It looks a great case and there are some YouTube videos that give it a lot of praise... I've liked it for
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Ive just built my Dad a new PC, I cant give it to him yet because of the current situation, its just sitting here ready to go, I struggled like hell to find a case to suit everything I wanted to get into it, and then I stumbled across a Sharkoon Case, the V1000, then another, the S1000, they are both the same case, just a different front panel, really really cheap and surprisingly, very versatile, i'll post some picts of the build I made for my dad to give you some idea, I have since added a Gigabyte WiFi card to the build that you wont see in the picts, and changed the PSU to a 500w EVGA GQ, but you'll get the idea, sorry but it had to have a DVD drive, he's the only person I know that has to have an internal drive still, the vent on the PSU shroud is an interesting idea.....basically around the back you have room for 2 SSD's and 2 x 3.5" HDD's, however, if you only want to use 1 HDD, you can install a 120mm fan in the other position, either blowing air over your hard drive, or exhausting it out into the case.

https://imgur.com/a/qg2lsKc
 
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Looks nice, I see a lot of YouTubers using that case. I shall have a look.. I only use 2 SSD's so plenty of space for them
 
Minibiker said:
Looks nice, I see a lot of YouTubers using that case. I shall have a look.. I only use 2 SSD's so plenty of space for them
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This is what the back looks like, there's no drives in it at the moment as he has an SSD and HDD in his current machine that I built 5 years ago, i'll just swap them over when I finally deliver it to him, im hoping it wont need formatting, his old system is an AMD FM2, hoping I can get away with just removing the drivers, doing the swap, and installing new drivers.

https://imgur.com/a/SVZKTmi
 
Jamin280672 said:
This is what the back looks like, there's no drives in it at the moment as he has an SSD and HDD in his current machine that I built 5 years ago, i'll just swap them over when I finally deliver it to him, im hoping it wont need formatting, his old system is an AMD FM2, hoping I can get away with just removing the drivers, doing the swap, and installing new drivers.

https://imgur.com/a/SVZKTmi
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Plenty of space for cable management, that's good as I like my cables to be out of sight.
 
I recently got an antec p120 and its a really nice case especially if you want to see your components and its £70.
The placement of the hdd caddies and psu is a little strange but i like it.
 
Andygully said:
I recently got an antec p120 and its a really nice case especially if you want to see your components and its £70.
The placement of the hdd caddies and psu is a little strange but i like it.
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I was actually considering the P120, the only place I can get it is OCUK's competitor as other retailers don't seem to have it.. It is a very nice looking case and I like where they've put the PSU

Gray2233 said:
Not sure how you feel about the flashing lights, but what about the new Zalman M3 range?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £97.98 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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I'd lean toward the be Quiet! if you've the budget for it though, I'm a big fan of their cases and the 500 is an awesome bit of kit.
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I had a Zalman case before, for a lower budget case it was actually pretty nice, the M3 plus is smart with the front panel being filled with 3 fans, Cheers for the recommendations
 
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