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In need of budget mATX case recommendations

BondiBlue
By BondiBlue
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Budget (including currency): $100 at the upper end, but preferably lower

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: N/A

Other details: I'm in need of a case recommendation for a Ryzen system. I've got a Ryzen 5 1400 CPU, and I'll be pairing it with an ASRock B450M Steel Legend motherboard. Currently the build has 16GB of RAM and a 2GB GT 1030, but the GPU might be upgraded in the future. I don't need anything too fancy, but I'd like something that is well ventilated and decently built. 

 

This system is a rebuild of an existing HP Omen system that decided to lay down and die for no reason. The board powers on, but no display outputs work, and all other components work just fine. The HP motherboard is mATX, but the case doesn't have a separate I/O shield. Unfortunately this means I have to replace the case as well, but that's life. 

 

Phobos: AMD Ryzen 7 2700, 16GB 3000MHz DDR4, ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 8GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, 2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 1030, 1TB Samsung SSD 980, 450W Corsair CXM, Corsair Carbide 175R, Windows 10 Pro

 

Polaris: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3, ASRock X79 Extreme6, 12GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 1TB Crucial MX500, 750W Corsair RM750, Antec SX635, Windows 10 Pro

 

Pluto: Intel Core i7-2600, 32GB 1600MHz DDR3, ASUS P8Z68-V, 4GB XFX AMD Radeon RX 570, 8GB ASUS AMD Radeon RX 570, 1TB Samsung 860 EVO, 3TB Seagate BarraCuda, 750W EVGA BQ, Fractal Design Focus G, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

York (NAS): Intel Core i5-2400, 16GB 1600MHz DDR3, HP Compaq OEM, 240GB Kingston V300 (boot), 3x2TB Seagate BarraCuda, 320W HP PSU, HP Compaq 6200 Pro, TrueNAS CORE (12.0)

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Lian Li 205M

 

Cooler Master MB311L

 

 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

Ryzen 7 5800X3D | ASRock X570 PG Velocita | PowerColor Red Devil RX 6900 XT | 4x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600mt/s CL16

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Antec NX200 M - cool looking case, lots of mesh for cooling but I'd replace the fans with some noctua redux

Thermaltake Versa H18 - lots of glass but keeps mesh front for cooling also replace the fans

Fractal Design Focus Mini G - no glass but a decent size window, cheaper(if you replace the fans on the others) and comes with decent fans already. seems they spent more on performance than glass

The best gaming PC is the PC you like to game on, how you like to game on it

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