Case Recommendations Needed

[Tehdood]

My current build

 

CPU: i7-8700k (Thermaltake Floe Riing 360mm Premium)

GPU: GTX 1080

RAM: TridentZ DDR4 2666

MOBO: ROG STRIX Z390-H

PSU: Seasonic Platinum 1200W

STORAGE: 500GB SSD (OS/Misc) 1TB Samsung Evo 860 (Games)

CASE: Thermaltake View 71 (42lbs, 23.3H x 10.8W x 22.7D)

 

The View 71 has to go. It's too large and far too heavy to keep on my sit/stand desk that I just purchased. I have been looking at some different "mid size" cases but haven't pulled the trigger yet and I figured it would be best to ask other people what they think. Ideally, I want to transplant my current hardware into a new, smaller case. I have looked at the Fractal Meshify S2 and it seems to fit the bill, but as I said I wanted to see if anyone else had any recommendations for me? I would be willing to replace the AIO with something smaller but I'm also planning to upgrade to the new Nvidia 3k series cards when they release so I would like to retain some room to upgrade if those cards are longer.

 

 

 

 

 

[Haro]

Depends on your budget 

A good case I like to recommend is the p400a 

It is atx , it's not too big and it has exceptional air flow 

The mechify s2 is also really good  and also has really good airflow but I'm biased towards it  lol 

 

[Tehdood]

4 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

Depends on your budget 

A good case I like to recommend is the p400a 

It is atx , it's not too big and it has exceptional air flow 

The mechify s2 is also really good  and also has really good airflow but I'm biased towards it  lol 

 

Budget is pretty open. Anything up to around $250 would be fine.

[Haro]

Just now, Tehdood said:

Budget is pretty open. Anything up to around $250 would be fine.

Then I guess my answer is really still the same 

The p400a or the s2 

Obviously I'm biased towards the s2 but both of these are really good cases and it comes down to looks imo 

[Zusafek]

33 minutes ago, Tehdood said:

Budget is pretty open. Anything up to around $250 would be fine.

The S2 is nice but I also like the P400 series. Especially the mesh front versions. I can fit very large gpus in it with no issues. 

[TVwazhere]

9 hours ago, Tehdood said:

 want to transplant my current hardware into a new, smaller case. I have looked at the Fractal Meshify S2 and it seems to fit the bill, but as I said I wanted to see if anyone else had any recommendations for me? ... I would like to retain some room to upgrade if those cards are longer.

The above listed options are good, so I'll excluide them from the lsit

CoolerMaster Mastercase H500 (the base model is the smallest, the h500P mesh and H500M are slightly larger)

CoolerMaster Masterbox NR600, MB511 (cheaper options, not as good build quality, some versions dont come with fans)

Phanteks P600S (shorter than the Meshify S2, but I believe is heavier) I have a comparison list

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M (alternative to the P400a, build quality is better)

Corsair 275r Airflow

 

Cases excluded due to having "short" GPU max length with a 360mm AIO at the front

Meshify C

Corsair 220T

[Tehdood]

After looking at the recommended cases, I am going to purchase the Meshify S2. At half the weight and considerably smaller with the features I want and room to expand I think it's a good middle ground.

 

Also, I was wondering about fan configuration with my AIO in this new case?

 

My initial thoughts are to mount my AIO on top and have the fans pushing over the rad and out of the case. I would then leave two 140mm fronts as intakes and the rear 140mm as exhaust or go to three 140mm front and 140mm rear exhaust?

 

Thoughts?

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, Tehdood said:

My initial thoughts are to mount my AIO on top and have the fans pushing over the rad and out of the case. I would then leave two 140mm fronts as intakes and the rear 140mm as exhaust or go to three 140mm front and 140mm rear exhaust?

imo i would put the aio on top and then like what you said three 140 intake and 1 rear exhaust