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Best budget air cooling case with optical drive slot

Neftex
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Im looking for a new case, i really like the performance of Silverstone RL06 but it lacks the optical drive slot and the filter at the bottom is annoying to put back in. So id like to ask you for some recommendations

 

so what would i like:

budget below $110 (including fans if i need to buy extra)

optical drive slot

all intakes with filters (easy to take out and put back in without opening the case, i guess either slide out or magnetic)

very good cooling performance with acceptable noise

should fit big cpu cooler

some room for cable management behind mobo

dont care about rgb

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9 minutes ago, Neftex said:

big cpu cooler

Phone book

All the room you need! ?

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Maybe the Focus G? It's the only one with an optical drive that I can think of off the top of my head

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I'd recommend taking a look at the cooler master website. They have a TON of high airflow cases with optical drive slots. Not sure what you're looking for style wise, but personally I've never really liked the looks of any cooler master cases.

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Focus G is the one that comes to mind

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the focus g bottom filter is really annoying to put back, seems even worse than on the rl06.

 

the 88R has closed front so good cooling performance is highly unlikely

 

the cooler master nr600 has the same bottom filter as rl06 but at least it comes with magnetic filter for the top which i could probably slap on the bottom instead. it needs another fan to perform well, which i wouldnt mind buying. overall i like this suggestion the most, but in my country the nr600 (extra fan not included) is already more expensive than the rl06 which comes with 4 fans (wtf)

 

at this point im thinking of just getting the rl06 and an external optical drive

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2 hours ago, Neftex said:

at this point im thinking of just getting the rl06 and an external optical drive

Then why not consider Meshify C?

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3 hours ago, Quadriplegic said:

Then why not consider Meshify C?

Have to agree! Such a good airflow in that case 

 

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meshify c is more expensive and performs worse than the rl06. needs extra fans to catch up which adds more cost. it does have better bottom filter access, thats true

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On 5/31/2019 at 9:51 AM, Avius said:

Cooler Master NR600 W/ ODD

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On 5/31/2019 at 6:34 PM, Bearmann said:

Maybe the Enthoo Pro

Enthoo Pro M*

 

http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Pro-M-TemperedGlass.html

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