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Budget (including currency): ~$1000 Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mostly AAA Titles, Video Editing, Work Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Hello everyone, I'm brand new to the forums and need some help on a few issues with my upgrade plans Currently I'm running a 3060ti, Ryzen 5 26000 with stock cooler, 32gb Vengeance 3000mhz RAM, Corsair 220T RGB ICUE with 6 SP Pro RGB 120mm, a 1TB 970 Samsung N.2 drive, 1TB Samsung 860 SSD, EVGA 600W psu. I'm looking to upgrade due to the performance demands of newer titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 and one of my friends is looking to getting into PC gaming so I said, "hey you can buy mine once I'm done upgrading it." So right now I'm being told in order to run the i7-10700K, it would be best to liquid cool it. I have my doubts but I'm looking at the Corsair iCUE H115i Elite Capellix cooler 280mm. I love my corsair rgb fans and I'm wondering if liquid cooling is the way to go. Also, I'm not sure if the corsair iCUE 220T is the best case for airflow with RGB on the market and wanted help picking out a new one. I don't want to spend over $200 on a case because, well its a case. I just feel there are some better options out there like the Corsair iCUE 570X or the 465X. If anyone can help that would be very much appreciated. If I were to get a liquid cooler, I would much rather prefer a case that wouldn't look too crammed with that 280mm radiator on top. Spent too many hours watching videos and reading up on this but my overall indecisiveness is getting the better of me. Here are some links to some of the products I'm contemplating: iCUE 570X: https://www.newegg.com/white-corsair-crystal-series-570x-rgb-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811139092?Description=570x%20case&cm_re=570x_case-_-11-139-092-_-Product iCUE 220T: https://www.newegg.com/black-corsair-icue-220t-rgb-airflow-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811139142 iCUE 465X: https://www.newegg.com/black-corsair-crystal-icue-465x-rgb-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811139149?Item=N82E16811139149 Cooler: https://www.newegg.com/corsair-liquid-cooling-system-icue-h115i-elite-capellix/p/N82E16835181202?&quicklink=true

I'm gonna be remove my custom hardline loop around this December and go back to air cooling and wanted to switch my case too. I was looking at high airflow cases and the one that interested me the most was the Cooler Master H500P Mesh, but the problem was that I wanted to use a 360mm AIO but it wouldn't be smart to put it on top and I didn't want to switch the front 200mm fans for it either. My current favorite is the Lian Li 011 Air, but it's also the reason I'm making this post. I'm really interested in this case but the problem is that it has a lot of fan spots which isn't a problem but I don't want to use all of them so I was wondering which fan spots are okay to leave fanless, and where would I mount the 360 aio. All help is much appreciated :).

I thinking to get my self a new probably better case, I currently have an CiT Goblin Case and I don't like the look of it and can only have 3 fans and my pc gets high temperature quickly when running 2 120mm aerocool shark fans and the standard fan witch came with the case. I am looking to get a case is around £60 and then 4 if the case can have 120mm be quiet! Pure Wings 2 fans. Can you suggest any good cases for good airflow and good looking cases? and I was wondering if there is any difference with the Full tower cases and the Small Form Factor part that this ones are smaller and wider. It is better to have a small form factor case or the full tower one? This are the cases that I am about Full Tower http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NIJKMEE/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=OX5WJU6DEOJD&coliid=I3BWF5DCP2IY55 Small form Factor http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Elite-120-Advance/dp/B00BTQAWH0/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1432806599&sr=1-2&keywords=Small+Form+Factor+case This is my current PC - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wQ27FT I ACTUALLY FOR GOT IT MUST HAVE A CD SLOT OR WHAT EVER ITS CALLED

Hello, I'm having a hard time deciding a case. [What I want] 1. Decent airflow I will use H100i to cool cpu I like to use reference GPU card because..... it just looks cool idc how bad it perform compare to after market.....it just loooks awwwwwwesome 2. Looks clean and cool 3. Not extremely huge ^ I bought a pre-built pc last year (I refund it cuz it was horrible) and the case of it was huuuge. I'm not familiar with computer building things (I know all the parts and stuff but doesn't have any actual experience with pc) I just want mid sized case that doesn't look extremely dumb and big. Dimensions (HxWxD) Inches: 22.4" x 9.64" x 21.92" Front Ports: 4 x USB 3.0, HD Audio, 1x SuperCharge Front: 1 x 230mm Rear: 1 x 120mm Top: 2 x 230mm <- removed and replaced with Corsair H100i (have 2 120mm fans) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This was the case i had on my prebuilt pc and it was too big for me. 4. room for future upgrades 5. PC that can handle following spec i7 5930k Asus x99 deluxe motherboard Gtx 980 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just put it simple because these are the main parts that "HAVE" to fit in side the case 6. Not extremely noisy I'm not really sure how loud the fans are so yeah... In my opinion, the noise from my prebuilt pc (230mm fan on the front) didn't really bothered me. <- My prebuilt pc had quiet a lot of fans running in full speed with after market video card in idle (Not really sure in under load because I refund the pc as soon as I turned it on once) [Anyway] I'm thinking about Corsair 450D, 540 and 750D. I am not sure if 750D is smaller than case from pre built pc. Not planning on doing any insane liquid cooling beside using H100i for the CPU. Also, what's better on airflow + not that loud under load 450D vs 540 vs 750D? I am planning on filling out all the fans that case can handle and I'm not sure how loud it's gonna be. I'll be fine if it's loud as 1x230mm and 3x120mm fans running in full speed. What's the best case for High airflow + future upgrade + mid size + clean looking? I'm open for any cases if it has following stats. Price doesn't matter for me.