Looking for some case Reccommendations

[Firewrath9]

Looking for a Case for my secondary PC:

Requirements:

• Somewhat Good airflow (i.e worst I'd accept would be NZXT H500)
• Between 70-120$ on AMAZON.
• At least 1 non-tinted tempered glass side panel
• Maximum volume: 50-55 liters
• Maximum height: 500mm
• At least 150mm cpu cooler clearance
• PSU shroud
• No stock fans required (optional)
• At least 2 USB 3.0 front panel (or 1 usb c and 1 usb A)
• Good cable management (plan to get cable extentions.
• no exterior 5.25 bays
• at least 1 2.5 inch bay, no 3.5 inch bays required.
• Maximum weight: 22lbs, 10kg.
• ATX + 7 expansion slots

Case's Im looking at:

• Meshify C
• H500
• P350X
• Corsair Spec-06

 

[Bananasplit_00]

Meshify C seems like a good choice to me, its a really nice frame to build in from my experience and its very compact

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Meshify C

Winner winner chicken dinner 

[Firewrath9]

Just now, Slottr said:

Winner winner chicken dinner 

 

1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Meshify C seems like a good choice to me, its a really nice frame to build in from my experience and its very compact

only problem, is that I've heard it doenst have the best cable management, as it is so small.

do you think I can get nice cables with thicc indy sleeved cable extensions?

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

 

only problem, is that I've heard it doenst have the best cable management, as it is so small.

do you think I can get nice cables with thicc indy sleeved cable extensions?

its not the best i have used but its still decently good. I had mine stuffed full of watercooling and managed to get it fairly tidy looking  

[Slottr]

5 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

 

only problem, is that I've heard it doenst have the best cable management, as it is so small.

do you think I can get nice cables with thicc indy sleeved cable extensions?

I have a define C (same body with a different front panel)- like @Bananasplit_00 said, its a little cramped but you can make it look good with some effort. The basement of it has a lot of room to shove extra cable in as well 

[DailyProcrastinator]

Meshify C TG is the best case I have owned by a long shot (10+ cases over the past 3 years), it has great cable management, airflow, and the none dark TG version looks awesome in my opinion. I paid like $100cad and if it was $180 I would have still bought it after having built in it. 

 

Edit: For reference I have an EVGA 850W P2 with individually sleeved cables, using 2x CPU EPS cables, 2x PCIE VGA cables, 2x Sata cables, 1x ATX cable, and 1x molex cable, so nearly every cable I could use and the cable management is still far easier than the larger Thermaltake F31 TG I had before and my Phantkes Enthoo Pro M TG that I also have right now.

[_Hustler_One_]

3 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

as it is so small.

do you think I can get nice cables with thicc indy sleeved cable extensions?

I assume you haven't experienced building a PC in a compact case and adding cable extensions.. It consume your time the most of the whole build proccess.. Unless you plan the cable routing in the designated case well enough and measure the curves to get the least cable mess by replacing the stock PSU cables and order them all from @CableMod

[CableMod]

@Firewrath9 it does get tight, but I actually just did a quick client build this past weekend in the Meshify C and used our Pro Carbon Extension kit. Again, it was tight, but the side panel went on without force, have had other cases I had to sit on the side panel to close it.

 

I should've got a pic of the cable management at the back, but he came from out of state for me to build it so it was a bit rushed, didn't get many pics:
https://builds.gg/nuggetking/client-build-3091

 

[_Hustler_One_]

1 hour ago, CableMod said:

@Firewrath9 it does get tight, but I actually just did a quick client build this past weekend in the Meshify C and used our Pro Carbon Extension kit. Again, it was tight, but the side panel went on without force, have had other cases I had to sit on the side panel to close it.

 

I should've got a pic of the cable management at the back, but he came from out of state for me to build it so it was a bit rushed, didn't get many pics:
https://builds.gg/nuggetking/client-build-3091

 

Dang! That GPU power cables looks so sleek and very neat.. Great job!

[TVwazhere]

19 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

only problem, is that I've heard it doenst have the best cable management, as it is so small.

Bullshit, cable management is good in the Meshify C. I barely had to try in this system and got decent results. 

[Firewrath9]

51 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Bullshit, cable management is good in the Meshify C. I barely had to try in this system and got decent results. 

Yeah, but i have to try to stuff another 30cm (or 50cm) of indy sleeved cable extentions, Am planning on maxing out the fan slots (3 front, 3 top/rear), with rgb fans (2 wires each), and controllers.

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Am planning on maxing out the fan slots (3 front, 3 top/rear)

Meshify C can only handle 2 fans at the top. 

4 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Yeah, but i have to try to stuff another 30cm (or 50cm) of indy sleeved cable extentions

That's what PSU basements are for  especially since you can just remove that HDD cage from the bottom. 

[Velcade]

20 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

Case's Im looking at:

• Meshify C

My man!

[Firewrath9]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

Meshify C can only handle 2 fans at the top. 

That's what PSU basements are for  especially since you can just remove that HDD cage from the bottom. 

3 Rear/Top

yeah, meshify C is my first choice. What I'd like is a meshify C, but a half inch taller, (for better top rad), and mabye an inch longer(for more rad support front), and another 5mm wider for more cable management.

Oh wait, thats the Define R6/S2.

A Meshify S2 would be sweet.

[TVwazhere]

15 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

3 Rear/Top

I AM BLIND, BLIND I SAY!  

15 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

What I'd like is a meshify C, but a half inch taller, (for better top rad), and mabye an inch longer(for more rad support front), and another 5mm wider for more cable management.

Oh wait, thats the Define R6/S2.

A Meshify S2 would be sweet.

You also define the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG which is basically just a larger Meshify C. 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854042

 

Stil good cable managment, build wuality and airflow of the Meshify C while being just slightly bigger for better radiator support. 

[DailyProcrastinator]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

You also define the Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG which is basically just a larger Meshify C. 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854042

 

Stil good cable managment, build wuality and airflow of the Meshify C while being just slightly bigger for better radiator support. 

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Yeah, I own the Pro M TG as well as the Meshify C TG, the Meshify has far better cable management. Not saying the Pro M is bad but it's not quite as good. 

 

@Firewrath9 if you are looking for better rad support get the Define S2/R6 or the Pro M. But as I said in my first post, The Meshify can easily fit a sh!t ton of cables.

 

Pro M:

 

Meshify:

[Firewrath9]

19 minutes ago, JM21 said:

Yeah, I own the Pro M TG as well as the Meshify C TG, the Meshify has far better cable management. Not saying the Pro M is bad but it's not quite as good. 

 

@Firewrath9 if you are looking for better rad support get the Define S2/R6 or the Pro M. But as I said in my first post, The Meshify can easily fit a sh!t ton of cables.

Yeah, I am considering the R6/S2, but only if they are available for around 120$.

 

I'll probably get the Meshify, as I won't have any Hard drives, so there will be plenty of space. BTW for the Meshify, should I get 2x140mm for front intake or 3x120mm? (I'm leaning 3x120 as It'll look better through the mesh from the front. Love that blue Cryorig R1 and those ML120s., I'm considering the R1 universall, but probably will just get a Mugen 5 and stick my Noctua Reduxs' on that.

 

[DailyProcrastinator]

28 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Yeah, I am considering the R6/S2, but only if they are available for around 120$.

 

I'll probably get the Meshify, as I won't have any Hard drives, so there will be plenty of space. BTW for the Meshify, should I get 2x140mm for front intake or 3x120mm? (I'm leaning 3x120 as It'll look better through the mesh from the front. Love that blue Cryorig R1 and those ML120s., I'm considering the R1 universall, but probably will just get a Mugen 5 and stick my Noctua Reduxs' on that.

 

The R6/S2 are really expensive, honestly, you will love the Meshify.

 

I like the look of the 2x 140mm fans up front, otherwise, you need to remove a top panel off the PSU shroud and it doesn't look as good. Yeah, I have the Universal as well, looks great with the Blue CustoMod covers that Cryorig has. ML fans are my favorite, even prefer them over my Noctua F12's.

[Firewrath9]

50 minutes ago, JM21 said:

The R6/S2 are really expensive, honestly, you will love the Meshify.

 

I like the look of the 2x 140mm fans up front, otherwise, you need to remove a top panel off the PSU shroud and it doesn't look as good. Yeah, I have the Universal as well, looks great with the Blue CustoMod covers that Cryorig has. ML fans are my favorite, even prefer them over my Noctua F12's.

k, btw any reccommendations for Cheap RGB fans (i.e. 50$ for 2x140 or 3x120), that look good? I'm currently considering Deepcool RF120/RF140.

Sadly, the ML-series fans are too expensive, at almost 30$ each. Might as well go with corsair HD140s or LL140s at that price point.

(I'm doing a white/black build)

[ch3w2oy]

I love my Entho Pro M. Basically unlimited options. It is a little on the bigger side, though /: