Compact Case with Good Air Flow?

[von Humboldt]

Hello OcUk gurus.

I'm looking for a compact ATX case that lends itself to good air cooling. So far my short list includes the Fractal Torrent, Lancool 216, and the NZXT H5 Flow.

Any others I should consider, or do you have any experience with any of the ones mentioned? Candidates would need to be able to house the largest GPUs and a lack of RGB would be a bonus! Not interested in the O11 style cases as I intend to mount it under the desk.

Cheers!

 

[Grimley]

This perhaps? I built a PC in a non RGB (apart from a small strip) P300 non air a few years ago, I paid about a fiver less than this. @ 50 notes I think this is a bit of a bargain.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-09F-PT) = £49.99

Total: £57.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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[von Humboldt]

Thanks @Grimley, it looks very promising!

 

[heman]

I've been looking into similar cases, with water cooling support. For me, the Lian Li 216 you mentioned meets most of my requirements. For airflow the two 160mm are relatively unique. I think the Fractal Torrent is the only other case with similarly sized front intake fans.

I used to have a Silverstone FT02 which had three 180mm bottom intake fans and had a 90 degree rotated layout. Very good airflow, but by no means compact.

 

[von Humboldt]

I've been looking into similar cases, with water cooling support. For me, the Lian Li 216 you mentioned meets most of my requirements. For airflow the two 160mm are relatively unique. I think the Fractal Torrent is the only other case with similarly sized front intake fans.

I used to have a Silverstone FT02 which had three 180mm bottom intake fans and had a 90 degree rotated layout. Very good airflow, but by no means compact.

I still have an FT02! Unfortunately it just doesn't fit the biggest modern GPUs.

 

[heman]

I still have an FT02! Unfortunately it just doesn't fit the biggest modern GPUs.

It's a great case, really well built. I almost regret selling it, but I moved to water cooling in the TJ07, which was amazing for water cooling. Now running a more compact setup in a O11 dynamic mini. Decent case, but suffers from lack of front intake.

 

[eurokage]

I have the Fracral Torrent Compact, which is a good case with great airflow. The cable management is an issue, but for my needs (NVME only, no RGB shenanigans) it proved to be ideal.

 

[von Humboldt]

I have the Fracral Torrent Compact, which is a good case with great airflow. The cable management is an issue, but for my needs (NVME only, no RGB shenanigans) it proved to be ideal.

It's a good case, but it can't accommodate non-FE 4090s for example.

 

[Threepwood]

I can vouch for the phantexp400 air's air flow, but there is a small warning on thr rgb, check my small review out4 here

 

[von Humboldt]

I can vouch for the phantexp400 air's air flow, but there is a small warning on thr rgb, check my small review out4 here

Lack of RGB is a positive for me

 

[Threepwood]

Lack of RGB is a positive for me

I'n that case the p400 air is just what you are looking foir, the airlow, for a midi case is fantastic I got two

ARCTIC P14 fans for the top, because they have good static pressure to go against the top grill, not sure if ocuk have them, I got them off the rain forest​

you need a lot of fan headers for all these fans though, or a fair ammount of splitters, don't think ocuk have these either I had to get them from the rainforest too, really would have thought that ocuk would have splitters, but no​

 

[Threepwood]

Cheers!

see my edited post above

 

[Threepwood]

fans and splitters are both next day delivery

 

[eurokage]

It's a good case, but it can't accommodate non-FE 4090s for example.

I have seen builds with cards measuring up to 330mm in length, which should allow for other 4090s like the Asus TUF/MSI Ventus/Palit Game Rock/Gainward Phantom..

 

[Orange]

Does the Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact have good airflow?

 

[rare]

Does the Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact have good airflow?

It does!

Great case, really is quite compact as well.

 

[Orange]

It does!

Great case, really is quite compact as well.

Awesome, thanks!
Looking to downsize from the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M

 

[eurokage]

Just be aware that it won't handle an EATX MB typically, one of the reasons I went with the Torrent Compact.

 

[SpudMaster]

It's a great case, really well built. I almost regret selling it, but I moved to water cooling in the TJ07, which was amazing for water cooling. Now running a more compact setup in a O11 dynamic mini. Decent case, but suffers from lack of front intake.

i went from a TJ07 to an 011d Evo. The 011 doesn't have an front intake but I wouldn't says it needed when you've got 3 bottom intake and 3 top exhaust fans. Also 3 intake. Plus if watercooling air flow is less of a necessity

 

[Jasonst888]

Fractal torrent compact is very good case but it is not as compact as the name would suggest. I would just highlight how wide the case is to accommodate those large fans. Not a big issue but worth noting. It is an amazingly cool quite case though.