Looking for an excellent Air Cooled Case?

[Space Monkey]

Hey,

I'm looking for an really decent air cooled case, low temps being a priority, low noise a second consideration.

Now I know these 2 things don't always go together but maybe something matches my needs?

It'll be housing a either a Noctua NH-D15 or a Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU cooler, ATX motherboard, large air cooled GPU, basically a normal-ish PC.

Budget, not too concerned with, already looking at cases costing £200 so around that or less is perfect.

Any ideas? TIA

 

[Space Monkey]

Not tried air cooling
In my new enthoo luxe 2
But think it would be good
Finger thickness opening all around
Front and top panels
I can really feel air coming out the top
Of this thing
Much more than enthoo luxe 1
Which had the more standard
Perforated type top
Though I am watercooling
If anything air cooling should draw
More air in the front as I am having
To push it through a radiator

Thanks, I'll have a deeper look tomorrow, but it seems like a decent case, would you say it's well built, good quality etc..?

I like the idea of fans on the bottom as well for better airflow

 

[Space Monkey]

I've already said it and some agreed and some got defensive but nearly all modern cases are that same design with glass and RGB and 120-140mm fans, bring back the big cases with 200mm fans IMO.

I am still on my NZXT Phantom 630 for this very reason.

I have been looking at the Cooler Master H500M with 2 x 200mm front fans, though I need to check reviews etc.. 200mm fans don't tend to push much air though, so I'm keen to read up on it

 

[Space Monkey]

I've got a H500P mesh in white. You can tests the designs of new aircraft in it as its a wind tunnel.

What's your setup and what are the temps like?

 

[Space Monkey]

Just edited my previous post. GPU, can't get it over 50C even with it maxed out in VR. 4790K doesn't go much higher either.

Thanks that's very useful, some I'm guessing the H500M would be slightly cooler again with the improved design?

 

[Space Monkey]

I've some purple strips inside the case which make the noctuas look better.

Would love some pics if you've got them?

 

[Space Monkey]

Any of the H500's without the plastic front panel are going to be cool. The plastic front panel was slated by gamers nexus, so they introduced the mesh.
I'll get some pics uploaded tomorrow

Thanks, looking forward to them

 

[Space Monkey]

Take a look at the Silverstone FT05. A Dark Rock Pro fits fine; the Noctua DH15 is too big. Note that Silverstone have a new rotated case in the offing. The rotated case eliminates the problem of GPU droop and makes the whole system much quieter - especially GPUs with blower coolers. The only issues with the FT05 are the difficulty of hiding cables behind the tray and there's no cut-out for the 8 pin CPU connector - you have to put it on before you seat the motherboard.

Ooo, I like as I had fond memories of my FT02 and the air cooling was first class, though it looks like a tight squeeze in there?

Silverstone could really bring out a smash hit if they made a modern high quality version of the FT02!