Best case around 80$ ?

[claudinho7]

Hey im looking for a good case around 60-100$ price range that has great airflow and great cable manangement options, don't really care about rgb, if it comes with 3 good front fans even better.

I'm trying to find a case that has front mesh and side panel intake holes so i could in theory have 3 intake fans in the front and my watercooler radiator on the side plus 2 top exhaust and back exhaust. But i cant really find a case that does both front and side. Any ideas? 

 

Im curently stuck between the NZXT 500/510 and Fractal Meshify C(tho it seems smaller) or that Lianli o11 that has side holes but nothing in the front(and its way more expensive)

 

It has to be full atx and give me enough room for a 3fan GPU

[AndrewB121]

Can vouch for the quality of the Meshify C. Not sure what you mean by side intake holes, but you could easily put your intake fans on the front and rad on the top. The case is great for airflow and cable management was super easy, despite the fact that I bought the smaller version. 

[Quadriplegic]

NZXT H500 and Meshify C have fan slots in the front, back and top.

Lianli O11 Dynamic has fan slots on the side, bottom and top.

Meshify C is a great case, but has limited space for graphics card, especially if you want to put a radiator in the front.
NZXT H500 has bit more space for graphics card, but it has worse support for cooling – only 2 fan slots in the front and only 1 slot at the top.

O11 is great case, but expensive. Has great watercooling support, mediocre air cooling support
 

[claudinho7]

1 hour ago, Quadriplegic said:

NZXT H500 and Meshify C have fan slots in the front, back and top.

Lianli O11 Dynamic has fan slots on the side, bottom and top.

Meshify C is a great case, but has limited space for graphics card, especially if you want to put a radiator in the front.
NZXT H500 has bit more space for graphics card, but it has worse support for cooling – only 2 fan slots in the front and only 1 slot at the top.

O11 is great case, but expensive. Has great watercooling support, mediocre air cooling support
 

so what other options do i have around this price range that would give me more space and good cooling? 

[Sat1600]

https://www.newegg.com/black-cooler-master-masterbox-nr600-without-odd-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811119368?Description=nr600&cm_re=nr600-_-11-119-368-_-Product

[Elisis]

P400A is extremely good for the price.

[TVwazhere]

On 11/14/2019 at 7:59 AM, claudinho7 said:

I'm trying to find a case that has front mesh and side panel intake holes so i could in theory have 3 intake fans in the front and my watercooler radiator on the side plus 2 top exhaust and back exhaust. But i cant really find a case that does both front and side. Any ideas? 

Lian Li PC-O11 Air, but it's over your price range. 

 

Around or under $60 USD

Fractal Design Focus G 

Phanteks P350x, P300

Cougar MX330 

Cooler Master Master Box 5, K500, MB500, MB510L, MB511, MB511 RGB (has gone up to $80), NR600

Corsair SPEC-04

Rosewill Spectra C100

Thermaltake Versa J24 Tempered Glass

Metallic Gear Neo Air

 

Around $100

Fractal Design Meshify C

Phanteks Eclipse P400A

Silverstone RL06 

Coolermaster H500

Lian Li PC-O11 Air (beware restrictive dust filter)

Corsair 220T, 275R Airflow

Thermaltake Commander C31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

[claudinho7]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Lian Li PC-O11 Air, but it's over your price range. 

 

Around or under $60 USD

Fractal Design Focus G 

Phanteks P350x, P300

Cougar MX330 

Cooler Master Master Box 5, K500, MB500, MB510L, MB511, MB511 RGB (has gone up to $80), NR600

Corsair SPEC-04

Rosewill Spectra C100

Thermaltake Versa J24 Tempered Glass

Metallic Gear Neo Air

 

Around $100

Fractal Design Meshify C

Phanteks Eclipse P400A

Silverstone RL06 

Coolermaster H500

Lian Li PC-O11 Air (beware restrictive dust filter)

Corsair 220T, 275R Airflow

Thermaltake Commander C31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

im in uk so im ok with spending about 80-100

USD and i will wait for black firday and hope i can grab some juicy discounts. What would be the best when it comes to airflow and cable management? I will have a 5700xt/ 2070 super 3fans so need space for that plus the cpu watercooler radiator. Mashify C from what i see there is not much space and nzxt lacks that front mesh for very good airflow. And what else is around this price range most of them only has room for 1 top exhaust

[TVwazhere]

Just now, claudinho7 said:

And what else is around this price range most of them only has room for 1 top exhaust

All the cases I've listed except the P300 can hold at least two top fans. If you're using a triple fan card and a front mounted rad, Omit the Meshify C and the 220T since thy would not be able to hold the rad at the front and the GPU. 

 

Airflow wise they will all be about the same, and cable management has been designed to be trivial in almost all of these cases (Some cases like the RL06, SPEC-O4, Focus G and MX330 will require more effort, but can still be done). My suggestion is to pick the one you like the most aesthetically, because any of these cases would be good for your system.  Personally I'd go with either the MB511 or the P400A

[claudinho7]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

All the cases I've listed except the P300 can hold at least two top fans. If you're using a triple fan card and a front mounted rad, Omit the Meshify C and the 220T since thy would not be able to hold the rad at the front and the GPU. 

 

Airflow wise they will all be about the same, and cable management has been designed to be trivial in almost all of these cases (Some cases like the RL06, SPEC-O4, Focus G and MX330 will require more effort, but can still be done). My suggestion is to pick the one you like the most aesthetically, because any of these cases would be good for your system.  Personally I'd go with either the MB511 or the P400A

After looking and looking and looking i hope i will find a good price for the lian li PC-O11 Air on black friday, curently in uk is 115£ if i wait a few days for delivery. Removing the front filter while i play and having it back in while not wont be a problem i guess and having the nzxt 240m watercooler radiator on the side, 3 intake in front, 3 intake down, 1 exhaust back and 2 exhaust up would make a huge air spin in the case. The gpu should be cool af having direct air coming in from the bottom, clean air mixed with warm air from the radator going towards the cpu area but being watercooled wont affect it much, and 3 fans in that corner for exhaust should keep in all cool.

[TVwazhere]

14 hours ago, claudinho7 said:

3 intake in front, 3 intake down, 1 exhaust back and 2 exhaust up would make a huge air spin in the case.

If you're using two top fans as exhaust, you could use the top filter in the front instead. Nothing wrong with the rest of the filters since they're the same on the O11D, but the front was added later, and was of notably more restrictive materials