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Hey Guys. I've made a couple of topics always about 2 cases, 1 versus the other to see which one I like best but in those topics I always discovered more cases and the disadvantages to the cases I liked. So I thought to myself : "linustechtips is the fastest forum with so many knowledgeable people who own most of the cases I ask about and those people have so much insight to what to get or not to get". Well I think the best idea for someone like me, a person who wants to build his first pc and does not have a store next to his house with those cases so he can check them out for himself, to just make a Case War in the best website to see what people think and in the process open a 2016 discussion (since many people are building new cases around this time) to what case is the best to buy for 2016 and why. The Cases I'm familiar with (know about not seen myself) are: *Prices in my country* - Fractal Design Define S (Window): 100$ - Corsair Obsidian 450D: 145$ - CoolerMaster MasterCase 5: 145$ - Fractal Design Define R5 (Window): 158$ - NZXT H440: 161$ - Corsair Carbide 540 Air: 170$ Corsair Obsidian 750D: 194$ - Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition: 197$ - Corsair Carbide Clear 600C: 203$ - CoolerMaster MasterCase Pro 5: 204$ - In Win 805 (Tempered Glass): 236$ - Corsair Graphite 760T: 241$ - Corsair Graphite 780T: 244$ - Corsair Obsidian 900D: 440-485$ - Phanteks EVOLV Tempered Glass: 500-520$ I need to choose one of those cases for my build so here we go. I love aesthetics, I am one of those people who really appreciates what he has when its beautiful to the eye, an eye candy freak ! For that reason I will buy the NZXT Hue+ Led Kit so the PC i buy will also have Red/Purple lights coming out of it. Window Necessary. my most preferred cases are box cases not cases with extreme curves and designs from 2012 (NZXT Phantom lmao). Most if not all the cases i wrote up there are box cases except for the MasterCase,Graphite,EVOLV, but those cases are cases i appreciate for being themselves and i kind of like how they look. I want the case to be quiet but quietness is not why i am building a new pc, i want my room to look Premium and have nice headphones (ATH-M50X) with a beautiful IKEA table and beautiful 5.1 speakers, an incredible 34 Inch 3440x1440 Predator X34A or P and RGB Lights behind all of that to light up my room (Also having an RGB Keyboard and mouse). Basically not something special to most of the 2000$+ Builders but still i want to note what I'm getting and how i feel and why I'm buying them. Performance is of course my first and only real real priority since i want the ultimate performance for the price and items i am getting. Build: Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha. CPU: i7 6700K. CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i. RAM: Corsair Vengeance Red LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3000 MHz or 3200 MHz. PSU: Corsair AX860i. SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB. HHD: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB. Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 RGB. Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB . System: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit. Monitor (in the future): Acer Predator X34 or X34P Thank you for your thoughts and opinions

HELP! I want to buy my first and beautiful gaming rig and the thing i really can't decide on is do i wait for the Dark Pro 900 or just go with the EVOLV tempered glass edition case. If im going with the Dark Pro il probably go with the 1080TI but if i go with the Evolv im not sure i might get the Non-TI 1080. By the way this is not only a gaming rig this is also a video-editing rig (no high end rendering **** just colorful music videos for electronic music maybe more complex in the future). Build: Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha. CPU: i7 6700K. CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i or NZXT Kraken X61. RAM: Corsair Vengeance Red LED 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3000 MHz or 3200 MHz. GPU: 1080 or 1080TI, depends on the release date and performance of the TI against the non-TI. don't want to be one of those who wanted high-end and went 980 and then felt heartbroken when the 980TI came out. PSU: Corsair AX1200i. SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB. HHD: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB. Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGB Rapidfire or K95 RGB. Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB or Corsair M65 RGB. System: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit. Monitor: Acer Predator X34P G-Sync Ultra Wide (3440x1440@100hz) Basically I'm 20 years old and i never had a gaming pc in my whole life. My PC is complete ****, if you go to my channel and see the latest video it took me 4-5 hours to render that ****. Links for my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEKBa-c2Ykg Links for what kind of video's i plan to render with new rig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPZnDVnNZ6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZbbkIyLFU I wanto to render those kinds of video's in a minutes and not hours So basically for over a year now i've been saving up and wanting to build my first system and let it be my high-end dream system gift of heavens pc. I also plan to render my "music videos" on it and in the future render more complex stuff as my channel grows. PS: i chose an AX1200i because i plan to SLI in the future (maybe 2 1080TI's). plus it has red in it and i want a red/black or red/purple/black PC. What do you guys think for the case choice and small choices like cpu cooler,gpu, keyboard,mouse. what do i chose and is there a better choice not listed.

So I am almost done with the planning part of my first build (I've chosen all the parts) but I am still missing a case. I've looked at several cases with my favourites being: NZXT H440, NZXT S340, Fractal R5, the Noctis 450 and the Enthoo Luxe. I am looking for a case with a nice window, good quality, airflow, and can allow for liquid cooling in the future. My build so far is: CPU: Intel i5 4690K CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) SSD: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Twin Frozr V PSU: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX If you have any suggestions for another case that's better than the ones I mentioned feel free to tell me Also if there is anything wrong with my setup please let me know!

Hi, I am planning to build my first pc soon but I don't know what case I should get. I live in the Netherlands and can buy the case from any Dutch site. I want a classy looking case (sidewindow prefered) like the nzxt 340 and it must have good airflow. Maybe even the 340 I don't know if it has good cooling. My budget is €70. I also wanted to ask you guys if I may neeed to change some of the parts. If I can get better ones for the same price. I want to be able to play the latest games at 1080p 60 fps+ and maybe some little streaming. these are my parts: cpu: Intel i5-4690K mobo: MSI H97 GAMING 3 memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600MHz psu: Corsair CX600M cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo gpu: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB hard drive: Crucial MX100, 256GB (already have a 1tb external hdd) case: ?? Thank you for the help

I was wondering what would be the best computer case for $80-$120, give or take 10 bucks. I would really want these features though: 1. Side panel window 2. Rubber gromits for cable management

hi guys, Planning a upcoming build which will be aperture science themed. looking for a white case (atx) with a nice big window and space for at least 2 240 rads. So far the only thing i have seen are the phantoms(530) but they look a bit plasticy, are there any other options out there? i wouldn't mind doing a bit of modding if needed. thanks in advance

I'm most likely expecting too much here, but all reccomendations are appreciated.