Help me decide on the case

[Tyakos]

I have decieded to updgade my case from an ancient shitty Lian-Li one. 

What will be in it: ROG-Z370-G + 8700k and a small air cooler, GTX1070Ti.

Out of the unusual stuff -- Samsund 983 DCT drive, which is LONG and has to installed in the vertical slot.

 

Having gone through some cases, I ended up with the following 2 options: MasterCase MC500 and MasterCase H500P.

I like the general looks of MC500 a bit more, however the 200mm fans of the H500 look very appealing.

 

Which one would you recommend out of those 2? 

 

 

I am not after RGB and not a fan of glass front panels. 

[homeap5]

None of them in fact. But if you want some of them - MC500 seems to be better because has 4 3,5 bays for drives (H500 only two). If you buy big case, it should contains lot of space for expansions, not for circus rgb fans.

 

What do you think about be quiet! Dark Base 900?

[Tyakos]

13 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

What do you think about be quiet! Dark Base 900?

It's larger, more expenisve and is probably worse for airflow. 

It would make sense if I actually needed the space for "up to 5 HDDs, 10 SSDs and 2 optical drives out of the box.".

 

If you think these are big, what would be the smaller case that would still run silently.

[homeap5]

6 hours ago, Tyakos said:

It's larger, more expenisve and is probably worse for airflow. 

It would make sense if I actually needed the space for "up to 5 HDDs, 10 SSDs and 2 optical drives out of the box.".

 

If you think these are big, what would be the smaller case that would still run silently.

Probably smaller be quiet model. Pure Base 600 silent. And airflow is fine, you don't really need tornado inside. Is not that air magically stays inside. Made small experiment - run really heavy process, check temperature on cpu and then put some big external fan at front of your case. But don't expect big differences, if any.

 

There is also easy test without external fan - assuming you have decent radiator on cpu and fan on that radiator, made stress test, check temperatures and then disconnect all case fans, leaving only cpu fan working.

 

Pc cases are not hermetic and air convection is a fact.

[TVwazhere]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:19 AM, Tyakos said:

I like the general looks of MC500 a bit more, however the 200mm fans of the H500 look very appealing. 

The choice is kinda up to you. Functionally the cases are very similar, though the H500 comes with more fans by default, so if you purchase the MC500 you might want to buy an extra fan or two to meet the potential airflow of the H500. 

 

Though I will note, you're looking at ATX cases when you have a mATX board. Are oyu lookin gat aTX cases on purpose in case your future build uses an ATX board, or would a smaller mATX case suit you like the Mastercase Pro 3? (keeping in the same style as the MC500)

[Tyakos]

Yea, I want ATX support for future builds. Maybe ryzen 4

 

Went through a few more reviews and stuff, I think the MC500 is the better option since only the H500P got good reviews but is a bit more expensive because of the RGB stuff, whereas the MC500 is still great for airflow and is like a refined version of the Mastercase.