what case should i pick?

[Mister_duckles]

hey there.

I selected a few cases and i dont know what case to pick from, if any of you guys have a better idea i would be glad to know.

corsair 4000d

corsair 4000x

nzxt h7 black normal/airflow

in the screenshot are my parts

i hope someone can help me

[Devryd]

I would pick the 4000D for airflow.
Also, you have a b660 mainboard and a K CPU. You cant overclock the CPU with that mainboard, so either get a different mainboard or a different CPU. Like that, you are wasteing money on the CPU

[Mister_duckles]

6 minutes ago, Devryd said:

I would pick the 4000D for airflow.
Also, you have a b660 mainboard and a K CPU. You cant overclock the CPU with that mainboard, so either get a different mainboard or a different CPU. Like that, you are wasteing money on the CPU

i dont want to overklock

 

[Devryd]

What are you doing with the system.?
If you dont have a use for the E-Cores, just get the 12400 instead

[IkeaGnome]

18 minutes ago, Devryd said:

I would pick the 4000D for airflow.
Also, you have a b660 mainboard and a K CPU. You cant overclock the CPU with that mainboard, so either get a different mainboard or a different CPU. Like that, you are wasteing money on the CPU

The 12600k has more cache and E cores. The 12600 doesn’t. The 12600k actually makes sense to do with a b660 board over the 12600. As well as higher base clocks and ever so slightly boost clocks. For $30 it makes sense to do if nothing else for the low end efficiency
 

[Mister_duckles]

14 minutes ago, Devryd said:

What are you doing with the system.?
If you dont have a use for the E-Cores, just get the 12400 instead

im just gaming on it nothing specia;

 

[Devryd]

the 12400 is about 100€ cheaper than the 12600k where I live. For that difference, you could get a higher end GPU. This would give you better performance for gaming

[venomtail]

Fractal Design Torrent or Corsair 570X are the prettiest cases on the markets

[Educational_Primate]

I just bought myself a

 

Thermaltake Tower 100 Black Edition

  not but a few seconds ago...

 

Can't wait...

[Mister_duckles]

25 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

The 12600k has more cache and E cores. The 12600 doesn’t. The 12600k actually makes sense to do with a b660 board over the 12600. As well as higher base clocks and ever so slightly boost clocks. For $30 it makes sense to do if nothing else for the low end efficiency
 

so do i keep my 12600k or do i get the 12400

[Devryd]

If you have already bought everything except for the case then keep it. If you havent bought the CPU und GPU, I would get the 12400 and a 3070 instread of what you have chosen here

[Mister_duckles]

1 hour ago, Devryd said:

If you have already bought everything except for the case then keep it. If you havent bought the CPU und GPU, I would get the 12400 and a 3070 instread of what you have chosen here

but the 12600k has higher base clock and only 6 cores

the 12600k has 10

 

[Devryd]

It has 4 efficiency cores. They wont help you while gaming.
If you do a lot of rendering or code compiling, they might make a difference.

You are rigth about the higher clock speeds. But they wont do as nearly much for you in gaming as a better GPU.

[Mister_duckles]

14 minutes ago, Devryd said:

It has 4 efficiency cores. They wont help you while gaming.
If you do a lot of rendering or code compiling, they might make a difference.

You are rigth about the higher clock speeds. But they wont do as nearly much for you in gaming as a better GPU.

oke, considering i get the 12400 and 3070 it will have a 30% botlle nec

 

[Devryd]

what do you mean by "30% bottle neck"? I have never heard that before

[Mister_duckles]

9 minutes ago, Devryd said:

what do you mean by "30% bottle neck"? I have never heard that before

search up bottlenec calculator and setup what we discussed 

 

[Mister_duckles]

28 minutes ago, Devryd said:

It has 4 efficiency cores. They wont help you while gaming.
If you do a lot of rendering or code compiling, they might make a difference.

You are rigth about the higher clock speeds. But they wont do as nearly much for you in gaming as a better GPU.

i am also gona do some video editing not much though

 

[Devryd]

I dont know which games you play and not at which resolutions. There is no way for me to calculate that.

[Mister_duckles]

1 hour ago, Devryd said:

I dont know which games you play and not at which resolutions. There is no way for me to calculate that.

just 1080p general tasks with this link https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/

[Devryd]

I can only tell you what I would do. Since it is your money, it is your decision in the end.

[Mister_duckles]

2 hours ago, Devryd said:

I can only tell you what I would do. Since it is your money, it is your decision in the end.

okey

[TVwazhere]

9 hours ago, Educational_Primate said:

I just bought myself a

 

Thermaltake Tower 100 Black Edition

  not but a few seconds ago...

 

Can't wait...

That's a Mini ITX board only case. OP has an ATX board.

 

@Mister_duckles Any of your case selections would be "okay" but the best option of the three is Definitely the 4000D for the better airflow. Even if your parts are considered "mid range" now and the 4000X and H700 can both cool those adequately, the 4000D would allow you to cool higher end parts should you decide to upgrade anything in the future. 

 

And trust me. Unless you really like building and rebuilding PC's a lot, cases are the last thing you want to swap out in a PC build.

[tkitch]

On 6/27/2022 at 8:57 AM, Mister_duckles said:

search up bottlenec calculator and setup what we discussed 

 

The bottleneck calculator is a fucking lie 24/7.  Don't trust it for anything.  

 

The word bottleneck is so badly misused anymore that it literally doesn't mean anything.