Another case suggestion thread

[Novirius]

Hi, in addition to the title, I would like to know if there's a good place for a comprehensive list of cases.

 

My goals (Most important to least important)

- Low/Easy maintenance: Good dust filtering with easy to remove filters (I liked the top of the Corsair Carbide 400c)

- Can fit NZXT Kraken triple rad

- Small footprint or handle

- A lot of USB-C ports (Gen 2 preferred ofc)

- Can fit GPU + Intel Optane PCI-E SSD (Not mandatory, but would be a plus)

- Hinge mechanism for side glass (Unless it has no glass)

 

[Moonzy]

8 minutes ago, Novirius said:

- Small footprint or handle

- Can fit NZXT Kraken triple rad

most cases that can fit triple rad are huge, how small is small

[Novirius]

8 hours ago, Moonzy said:

most cases that can fit triple rad are huge, how small is small

I guess my idea of small footprint might be skewed because I use a Corsair Carbide High Airflow Cube. Something I can pick up and move around would be nice. If I had to choose between those two criteria though, I would pick the triple rad.I edited original post to show preference order.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Novirius said:

I would pick the triple rad.

 most triple rad fitting case i know are mid-towers sadly

there's a couple small dual rad mITX/mATX case

 

what's your motherboard form factor, inb4 EATX

[Novirius]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

 most triple rad fitting case i know are mid-towers sadly

there's a couple small dual rad mITX/mATX case

 

what's your motherboard form factor, inb4 EATX

New build, so nothing. I do plan to run 2-3 m.2 SSD if that matters.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Novirius said:

New build, so nothing. I do plan to run 2-3 m.2 SSD if that matters.

what's your expected cpu and gpu combo?

[Novirius]

52 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

what's your expected cpu and gpu combo?

3080 and the new AMD Ryzen set to release.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Novirius said:

3080 and the new AMD Ryzen set to release.

ah some pretty high powered stuffs.

 

was thinking NZXT H1, pretty compact, but probably cant power your rig with the built in PSU

and not sure how the reference cooler would fair in the case

and only 1x 120mm radiator, which is fine for a 3700x tier CPU, but above that might have issues esp if you're looking to OC

 

your criteria is making it kind of tough tbh

think there's some itx case with dual rad support, but they're not too small (enthoo evolv itx sized)

and not sure what case has plenty of USB C front port, most i've seen is 1 or 2

[Novirius]

2 hours ago, Moonzy said:

ah some pretty high powered stuffs.

 

was thinking NZXT H1, pretty compact, but probably cant power your rig with the built in PSU

and not sure how the reference cooler would fair in the case

and only 1x 120mm radiator, which is fine for a 3700x tier CPU, but above that might have issues esp if you're looking to OC

 

your criteria is making it kind of tough tbh

think there's some itx case with dual rad support, but they're not too small (enthoo evolv itx sized)

and not sure what case has plenty of USB C front port, most i've seen is 1 or 2

Unfortunate. I wanted to build this year and sell my current desktop, but maybe the case options aren't for me (yet).

[tkitch]

To fit a 360MM Radiator, any case has to be at least ~450mm in one direction.  (360mm of fan mount space, plus the tubing connector parts, plus case bits outside of that.)

So, 450mm = nearly 18"
 

If you're looking for 'reasonably sized' you'd be better off with dual 240mm rads, over a single triple.  That way no single measurement has to be that large.

 

[Novirius]

3 minutes ago, tkitch said:

To fit a 360MM Radiator, any case has to be at least ~450mm in one direction.  (360mm of fan mount space, plus the tubing connector parts, plus case bits outside of that.)

So, 450mm = nearly 18"
 

If you're looking for 'reasonably sized' you'd be better off with dual 240mm rads, over a single triple.  That way no single measurement has to be that large.

 

Fair enough. What does double 240mm rad open up to me?