Cube style case

ade555

ade555

ade555

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Hi

I'm looking for Cube style case to fit in space of my desk, budget is like with anything cheaper the better as long as quality is there, I always had corsair cases and they preformed well but straggling to find something with the dimension I need

H 36cm
W 38cm
D no more then 50 cm

Found the Kolink Sanctuary but been honest is not my cup of tea but it will fit where I need it, is well with in price range, ideal as front intake and rear outlet for air despite them blue fans and most likely will have to be replaced but whats the score with the top mesh? can't find any info if you can fit fan to top, maybe someone will recommend something else with in £70.

Thanks
 
What form factor motherboard will you be using? Any specific features you're looking for in a case other than the dimensions?

Thermaltake Core V1 (ITX):
Dimensions (H x W x D) 276 x 260 x 316 mm
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Fractal Design Core 500 (ITX):
Dimensions (WxHxD) 250 x 203 x 367 mm
Core_500_1-810x810.jpg


Lian Li PC-V351 (micro-ATX):
Dimensions (WxHxD) 279mm x 262mm x 373mm
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an0nym0us said:
What form factor motherboard will you be using? Any specific features you're looking for in a case other than the dimensions?

Thermaltake Core V1 (ITX):
Dimensions (H x W x D) 276 x 260 x 316 mm
CA-1B8-00S1WN-00_8c68a2afccf041a99f8c9651e4f945c6.jpg


Fractal Design Core 500 (ITX):
Dimensions (WxHxD) 250 x 203 x 367 mm
Core_500_1-810x810.jpg


Lian Li PC-V351 (micro-ATX):
Dimensions (WxHxD) 279mm x 262mm x 373mm
CA154LL_21846_800x800.jpg
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Hi

Thanks for your recommendation, system is build with micro atx board, gtx 1070 at 285mm, for cooling using evo 212 so is fairly bulky but can swap to hydro, 2xHDD and 2x SSD front air intake and rear exhaust is must on this case, front usb and headphone jack would be ideal, I do like the core V1 you listed but is only mini itx :(
 
ade555 said:
anyone knows how good the airflow is?
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No but let me know please, need to change my little case for better airflow and been looking at this.

Mind you i'm also considering going to town on it with a drill and dremel :)
 
I had this case a year or so back... You have to keep an eye on the front intake as it gathers dust rather quickly.. The only thing I didn't like was the psu and cables being bunched up at the bottom which I reckon can cause issues with cooling
 
@Minibiker thanks for that.

Is it an issue only if you have hdd/ssds down there? It looks like only the psu is on the bottom and it'll take air from underneath no?
 
adidan said:
@Minibiker thanks for that.

Is it an issue only if you have hdd/ssds down there? It looks like only the psu is on the bottom and it'll take air from underneath no?
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Yeah the PSU sits at the bottom alone unless you have HDD's which is a pain as the trays take up some space and.. SSD trays slide on a rail and stand up right if I remember rightly which tidies it up abit
 
Minibiker said:
Yeah the PSU sits at the bottom alone unless you have HDD's which is a pain as the trays take up some space and.. SSD trays slide on a rail and stand up right if I remember rightly which tidies it up abit
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Thanks will keep it in mind if i choose not to attack may case, or if i do and it goes horribly wrong :)
 
Unfortunately I'm still stuck in dark age and using 2xHdd and don't have modular PSU so will have to be very creative, looking at this moment on fans for this case, I'm thinking rear 140mm pure wings 2 or 3 and possible will swap the front 200mm to 2x 140mm, anyone has any experience with 200mm fans?
 
All turned up and fitted, first impression I like the case, fits perfectly in my space, mine come with 2 mesh panels with magnetic filters and 1 window,I would prefer to have all mesh been honest, as you know you only get front 200mm fan, at this price range it should have at least another fan but we going to skip this, case is well build, once I figured out how to mount the PSU bracket I manage to tuck all the cables behind PSU and just cable tie them, now this is full ATX psu so there is lot of cables, the way I done it it blocks the HDD a fair bit but leaves all open space to mount rad on bottom if you like, other wise you can move cable further forward and opens better airflow to HDDs, for SSD you better have longer sata cable if you want to route them neat as on mine all sata connectors are on opposite end, my GTX1070 has turbo fan so it exhaust all heat at rear, like other member has mention the front grill intake have foam filter which you can't remove so I think it will require good hoovering in near future but the best part is you can just pull of the panel and clean it Now the comparison to my trusted corsair 500r which I am still very surprised temps are not that much worse and the Core v21 I have been running with out the front intake fan even connected, just please don't ask why as I am ashamed to say it , take a look at pic, this was after 1h of gaming, as you can see HDDs have bit more heat but will test tomorrow with front fan plugged in. In nut shell if you after cube style case that you can move stuff about and don't brake bank I would recommend this one, I will upload more pictures tomorrow and will point out what could be changed with very little mods to have lot batter cable management.


Sorry for quality of pics they have been taken with phone
Corsair 500r - 2 x 120 intake and 1 120 exhaust and is big case

Core v21 only exhaust 120mm
 
I connected the front fan and now the HDD temp drops tiny little bit, but there is not much difference so looks like the PSU cable do restrict a fair bit specially because the PSU is right next to it, what you think should be ok?



That's what it looks like with cable tucked in, my motherboard is matx but is tiny



Also if you want you could cut holes out in mobo tray for better cable management, marked in white
 
That is one thing I didn't like on that case, abit like when I had the level 20 case.. The cable routes were restricted
 
I need a little help with this case, when I have the front fan running at full RPM it sounds like hover is running, So I connected this to motherboard and in bios changed in DC fan control to run slower until 65C at 600rmp, anything over 700rmp is very noisy, what would be the best solution to solve this? New fans? if so which one best flow of air but needs to be quite at the same time
 
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