Help choosing a budget case

DrunkenPrayer · 10 Aug 2012 at 17:23

Just popping in for some suggestions for a budget case.
Just got all my new stuff from OC but the new heat sink is a bit big for my current case.

I'm not looking to spend much over £100 and every penny below that would be a bonus. Other than that the only restriction are it needs to be able to fit a Corsair A50 width wise and a Radeon 5800 length wise so that's about 20cm wide with a 24-27cm card length wise. Height isn't a huge issue as long as I can fit two SATA drives (room for expansion would be a plus if I decide to go for a SSD at some point), DVD. Front USBs and headphone/mic inpute would be a good but not expressly required.

Kennysevenfold · 10 Aug 2012 at 17:42

Antec 300.

T345 · 10 Aug 2012 at 17:44

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-066-CS&groupid=2362&catid=1489&subcat=

King Damager · 10 Aug 2012 at 17:46

Anything by Corsair, Bitfenix Shinobi, Fractal R3, Fractal R4, CoolerMaster 690ii, CM Storm Trooper, Silverstone RV03...

Take your pic from the above.

The latter two are best from a cooling point of view, the R3/R4 is best from a silence point of view...

kd

Apem · 10 Aug 2012 at 17:47

Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case seems a popular choice too

DrunkenPrayer · 10 Aug 2012 at 18:03

Wow wasn't expecting replies that quickly. Cheers for all the recommendations, I'll check them out.

TheVoice · 10 Aug 2012 at 18:09

Is £100 really considered 'budget' these days?

tamzzy · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:19

TheVoice said:
Is £100 really considered 'budget' these days?

i know right?
lol

King Damager · 10 Aug 2012 at 19:39

TheVoice said:
Is £100 really considered 'budget' these days?

I figured it should have been about £50 for a budget case xD

Then there's like 50-100, which is a range in itself, then 100-200 which is mid-high end.. then 200+ which is just high end xD

kd

C64 · 11 Aug 2012 at 01:42

Is this a bit of a budget pc radeon 5800 ?? I'd just go with a an antec 300 or similar priced case defo stay under 50 anything more seems like a waste for a budget pc.If you look at the makers sites they normally have specs to show maximum cpu cooler clearance and graphics cards length and so on.

T345 · 11 Aug 2012 at 11:34

Antec 300 is bad value, get the 302 if you like the antec 300

Kennysevenfold · 11 Aug 2012 at 17:57

T345 said:
Antec 300 is bad value, get the 302 if you like the antec 300

I was just going by what was in stock

100%scottish · 11 Aug 2012 at 19:55

all the fractal cases seem to have the best features for your money these days tbh you could probably get an NZXT Phantom for £100 somewhere which is IMO good value but be warned it is a big boy and the fractal cases are a bit tidier looking !

100%scottish · 11 Aug 2012 at 19:56

Btw Kennysevenfold WATP !!!!!

Kennysevenfold · 12 Aug 2012 at 12:26

100%scottish said:
all the fractal cases seem to have the best features for your money these days tbh you could probably get an NZXT Phantom for £100 somewhere which is IMO good value but be warned it is a big boy and the fractal cases are a bit tidier looking !

+1
I picked up The Arc mini a week or so back and totally love that case, great to work with and superb cable management options.

100%scottish said:
Btw Kennysevenfold WATP !!!!!

We are that.