Looking for a recommendation

[benji_]

Hi

 

Im after a modern-ish mid tower atx case (smaller the better) that has a PSU shroud, decent space for cable managing, a side window (not required but highly prefered), atleast 2 3.5" drive bays + 2 2.5" drive bays (more the better tho) and 2 5.25" dvd drive bays (ideally 3)

 

I cant really find any that suite my needs but hopefully you might know of one, thanks and pls help

[Energycore]

Unfortunately the combination of small and 3 5.25" bays is hard to find. How much do you want to spend tops?

 

I could give you my go-to choice in the Phanteks Enthoo Pro, but that one's pretty big.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mn3RsY/phanteks-case-phes614pbk

 

As a budget option you can grab a Deepcool Tesseract, it's not amazingly well build or good looking, but it will do the job.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/g4XfrH/deepcool-case-tesseractbf

 

If you're willing to go down to 2 5.25" bays, the Fractal Design is better built, nicer looking and stays reasonably priced.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/ZHmxFT/fractal-design-focus-g-black-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-focus-bk-w

[FlpDaMattress]

8 minutes ago, benji_ said:

Hi

 

Im after a modern-ish mid tower atx case (smaller the better) that has a PSU shroud, decent space for cable managing, a side window (not required but highly prefered), atleast 2 3.5" drive bays + 2 2.5" drive bays (more the better tho) and 2 5.25" dvd drive bays (ideally 3)

 

I cant really find any that suite my needs but hopefully you might know of one, thanks and pls help

If you're looking for 5 1/4 bays, the first case that comes to mind is the Corsair Obsidian 450D. Doesn't have a PSU shroud but some sleeved cables won't look too bad.

[benji_]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

Unfortunately the combination of small and 3 5.25" bays is hard to find. How much do you want to spend tops?

 

I could give you my go-to choice in the Phanteks Enthoo Pro, but that one's pretty big.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mn3RsY/phanteks-case-phes614pbk

Preferably under £100, but if thats not possible then under £150. Looked at the enthoo pro, $99 in us but its around £100 which is $120 (?????????????). I do quite like it, do you know how much bigger or smaller it is than a 750d? I used to have one and that was pretty chunky. I dont really like the 750d so as to why ive asked here.

4 minutes ago, FlpDaMattress said:

If you're looking for 5 1/4 bays, the first case that comes to mind is the Corsair Obsidian 450D. Doesn't have a PSU shroud but some sleeved cables won't look too bad.

I had a 750d which looks similar to that and I didnt really like it, thanks anyway

[Energycore]

Just now, benji_ said:

Preferably under £100, but if thats not possible then under £150. Looked at the enthoo pro, $99 in us but its around £100 which is $120 (?????????????). I do quite like it, do you know how much bigger or smaller it is than a 750d? I used to have one and that was pretty chunky. I dont really like the 750d so as to why ive asked here.

I had a 750d which looks similar to that and I didnt really like it, thanks anyway

If you didn't care for the 750D's dimensions, the Enthoo pro is only about 30mm less tall / long.

 

Here's the 750D's dimensions

https://www.anandtech.com/show/7359/corsair-obsidian-750d-case-review

Here's the Enthoo Pro

https://www.anandtech.com/show/9062/phanteks-enthoo-pro-case-review

That's kinda why I said multiple external bays and small cases don't go together.

 

You can get the 200R which is small and has the 3 bays, but is kind of low end.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/cTQypg/corsair-case-200r

[Energycore]

If you're willing to go with only 2 5.25 inch bays, i'd say one of your best bets is the Pure Base 600

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FZ38TW/be-quiet-pure-base-600-wwindow-black-atx-mid-tower-case-bgw21

 

It's a nicely built case with good performance, and decently small

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/be-quiet-pure-base-600/

[benji_]

18 minutes ago, Energycore said:

If you're willing to go with only 2 5.25 inch bays, i'd say one of your best bets is the Pure Base 600

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FZ38TW/be-quiet-pure-base-600-wwindow-black-atx-mid-tower-case-bgw21

 

It's a nicely built case with good performance, and decently small

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/be-quiet-pure-base-600/

I do like that, ive got a Dark Base 700 right now and its nice. I saw the phantom 410 has 3 bays and alot of 3.5 bays so might try get one of those preowned. What are you thoughts on them?

[BelgianNoise]

I used the ThermalTake Suppressor F31 or something for my previous build. Its also very big to work in.

It has a shroud seperatly available.

Lots of bays and 2 5.25 inch bays. Front io is also very nice 2x usb2 and 2x usb3.