Downsizing to Midi tower case help please

[Robin Gregg]

Hi,

I currently use a Coolmaster cm590 first generation full tower case which has been pretty good in the 10 years or so I've been using it. However over the years I've removed the CD/DVD drive, all my 6 mechanical HDD and now use M.2 drives only with a gold rated modular power supply which means there's now a lot of unused space in the case. I'm looking to go positive airflow as my current case is really bad for letting the dust in.

My system is currently air-cooled with 2x 140mm corsair as intakes, 2x 120mm corsair as exhausts and CM212X CPU heat sync.

I've currently got my eye on the Phanteks Enthoo pro M glass but I've got no idea if its a good case.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-enthoo-pro-m-glass-midi-tower-case-black-ca-063-pt.html

If you could help me out on case suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it.

 

[PC777]

I think that Phankteks is pretty nice, but I just changed my case to this Corsair 450D and highly recommend it despite it being a slightly older case, as it has an aluminium front and an acrylic window (I don't like tempered glass or plastic fronts) with amazing airflow and completely removable bays ( I use a 5.25 bluray but took out the HDD cages.)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...w-mid-tower-case-cc-9011049-ww-ca-173-cs.html

I use 2 x AF 140s that come with it and 2 x ML140s and 2x ML120s, so you could easily use your existing fans and have very good air cooling, I use the slightly weaker AF's as exhaust so I do get slight positive pressure with more powerful intake settings. The front aluminium grill has such good airflow that it's noticeably cold to the touch even running fans at 400rpm for silent mode. It has 16.5cm cpu heat sink clearance so I think your existing one would fit as well.

 

[HoneyBadger]

I've currently got my eye on the Phanteks Enthoo pro M glass but I've got no idea if its a good case.

It's a great case. (Ex owner, I'm a bit of a case w***e)