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Deepcool E-Shield 

Okay, so I've been looking for a new case now as my current one is a used one from a friend that they gave me with the rest of the PC and it's battered to hell and needs upgrading. I have a very small desk and even smaller once I can finally get a 1080p monitor. I am just looking for a case that can fit an MSI Z390-A-PRO into it, alongside the usual power supply and 3 drives (one SSD and two full sized HDDs). My graphics card at the moment is a GTX 750 but I will be possibly getting a GTX 1650 once my friend can afford a 3000 series, so enough room for that. 

 

I also don't have that much money to spend on it so something decently cheap and UK links please. 

 

Please let me know any suggestions you have 🙂

PC: 

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

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Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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24 minutes ago, Jeppes said:

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I like the look of it, just a little bit on the pricey side. I don't really have an income so it's just using money from my savings and I'm looking to spread my savings across multiple things. 

PC: 

Spoiler

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

Spoiler

Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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34 minutes ago, Kinda Bottlenecked said:

Deepcool E-Shield 

I do like that case and it still looks like it has plenty of room to circulate air. Thank you! 

PC: 

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

Spoiler

Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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3 hours ago, Stentorian said:

I do like that case and it still looks like it has plenty of room to circulate air. Thank you! 

 

It lacks complex features but its function over form at this price range and should be at the size of a meshify compact. 

 

It can house e-atx systems so if you ever get a high end hand me down or an upgrade of your own you'll need not worry about space. You can even mount a 240mm AIO on the top.

 

 

i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case

 

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10 hours ago, Kinda Bottlenecked said:

 

It lacks complex features but its function over form at this price range and should be at the size of a meshify compact. 

 

It can house e-atx systems so if you ever get a high end hand me down or an upgrade of your own you'll need not worry about space. You can even mount a 240mm AIO on the top.

 

 

What complex features is it missing? To me, it just looks like a normal case but that's probably because the PC's I have had have always been like basic Dell systems that my family bought and handed down to me after a few years. 

PC: 

Spoiler

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

Spoiler

Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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43 minutes ago, Stentorian said:

What complex features is it missing? To me, it just looks like a normal case but that's probably because the PC's I have had have always been like basic Dell systems that my family bought and handed down to me after a few years. 

 

Features that more expensive cases will have. Like easily removable side panels and what not. 

 

Nothing of concern since essentials are all covered.  

i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case

 

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8 hours ago, Kinda Bottlenecked said:

 

Features that more expensive cases will have. Like easily removable side panels and what not. 

 

Nothing of concern since essentials are all covered.  

Ahh okay, I see what you mean. Yeah, as long as it has space for all my components, I don't really care about anything else. 

Thank you for your suggestion! 

 

6 hours ago, tkitch said:

Although I like the design, I have a small budget that cannot stretch to almost £200 just for a case. But thank you for your suggestion

PC: 

Spoiler

Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

Spoiler

Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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