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Side & Front Glass Panel Case with good Airflow Recommendations?

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I'm looking for a case with whole see-through side panel and front panel with excellent airflow. I have looked through, pun intended :D, a whole list of cases and it seems like their biggest flaw is airflow. I love the look of Thermaltake View 37 with the curve glass, but the airflow looks restricted. Does such a thing exist? A case with good airflow and see-through panels? Any recommendations?

 

I like the design of these cases, but the horrible airflow...

Thermaltake View 37

Corsair 460x

Thermaltake Level 20

Thermaltake View 31

 

Edit: Case reviews for Thermaltake View 37 isn't that bad...

 

 

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4 minutes ago, DejaVoodoo said:

The Coolermaster Masterbox series are good....https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/#!/ 

There are some really nice cases here. Thank you.

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What about something like the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic?

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10 hours ago, ShadyHamster said:

What about something like the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic?

I'm not familiar with newer case and this one is another great suggestion. Thank you!

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7 hours ago, Captain Chaos said:

Fractal Design Define Vision.  available in blackout version as well as with RGB fans. 

 

Blackout version

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-s2-vision-blackout/blackout/

 

RGB version

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/define/define-s2-vision-rgb/rgb/

This is really beautiful case. Thanks for the recommendation.

21 hours ago, ShadyHamster said:

What about something like the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic?

I love this case and I keep coming back to it. Sadly, no larger air coolers will work with it. Damn.

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8 hours ago, lowao said:

I love this case and I keep coming back to it. Sadly, no larger air coolers will work with it. Damn.

There is an XL version. This can fit a 167mm tall cpu cooler.

 

http://www.lian-li.com/pc-o11d-rog/

 

 

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7 hours ago, lee32uk said:

There is an XL version. This can fit a 167mm tall cpu cooler.

 

http://www.lian-li.com/pc-o11d-rog/

 

 

... I'm speechless. It's, so beautiful. Who is carrying this case? I have only found newegg and it has the ROG branding on it. :/

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I'm using a Cooler Master MB530P, and it's beautiful with a lot of airflow :) I think it fits your description well

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The XL version just came out, the non XL version is pretty solid as well and been out a while.

 

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1 hour ago, Isidar said:

I'm using a Cooler Master MB530P, and it's beautiful with a lot of airflow :) I think it fits your description well

I love those three giant LED fans. Thank you for the suggestion.

33 minutes ago, ProfBrown said:

The XL version just came out, the non XL version is pretty solid as well and been out a while.

 

Is it already available? I can only find preorder pages.

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The non XL you can buy all day long. The XL is not out yet. Check out the specs of the non XL. You can likely fit what you need in it for less than the XL version. 

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Some other Glass front cases with decent-good airflow:

 

Coolermaster Mastercase H500M (has a swap-able front panel for glass or mesh)

Corsair 570, 500D (same internal frame, different exterior panels. Bigger than the 460x)

Thermaltake View 71 TG

 

The key is fan positioning as well as well spaced side vents on both sides of the panel (1", or 25.4mm is ideal)

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On 9/1/2019 at 10:32 PM, ProfBrown said:

The non XL you can buy all day long. The XL is not out yet. Check out the specs of the non XL. You can likely fit what you need in it for less than the XL version. 

The non-XL case doesn't have the CPU clearance for the D15. It's still a beautiful case though.

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Some other Glass front cases with decent-good airflow:

 

Coolermaster Mastercase H500M (has a swap-able front panel for glass or mesh)

Corsair 570, 500D (same internal frame, different exterior panels. Bigger than the 460x)

Thermaltake View 71 TG

 

The key is fan positioning as well as well spaced side vents on both sides of the panel (1", or 25.4mm is ideal)

Thank you for all of these suggestions. I came across View 71, 570, 500D, and H500M before and they were high on my case option list.

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