Optimal price range for a case?

[minervx]

It still seems like $75-100 is the sweetspot.  There are $100 cases with great aesthetics, build quality and airflow.  So while spending $125-150+ on a case gives you more options, whether the more expensive cases look better is subjective.

 

I understand there are a portion of people who only care about functionality and not aesthetics.  But many of the cases at the $50-60 either lack airflow and/or lack fans.  And I think increasing a budget from $50-60 to $70-80 would offer a noticeable improvement in options.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

25 minutes ago, minervx said:

It still seems like $75-100 is the sweetspot.  There are $100 cases with great aesthetics, build quality and airflow.  So while spending $125-150+ on a case gives you more options, whether the more expensive cases look better is subjective.

 

I understand there are a portion of people who only care about functionality and not aesthetics.  But many of the cases at the $50-60 either lack airflow and/or lack fans.  And I think increasing a budget from $50-60 to $70-80 would offer a noticeable improvement in options.

Thats for the west

 

Here in the east atleast in southeast asia we have many many great case options around the 30-40$ range thanks to china and local brands, these include 3-4 fans and most are mesh/perforated front so good airflow

 

Ive already seen the case options for the philipines, malaysia, and my country indonesia and this seems to be fairly consistent to have many solid options in the 30-40$ range to the point that spending anymore than 40$ is pretty stupid

 

I got a 23$ cyclops with 3 incl rainbow fans but ofc molex no argb and doesnt fit 120mm towers so went abit too cheap here but it still has pretty decent airflow, ill opt for a 30$ ish case next time

[Blue4130]

7 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Thats for the west

 

Here in the east atleast in southeast asia we have many many great case options around the 30-40$ range thanks to china and local brands, these include 3-4 fans and most are mesh/perforated front so good airflow

 

Ive already seen the case options for the philipines, malaysia, and my country indonesia and this seems to be fairly consistent to have many solid options in the 30-40$ range to the point that spending anymore than 40$ is pretty stupid

 

I got a 23$ cyclops with 3 incl rainbow fans but ofc molex no argb and doesnt fit 120mm towers so went abit too cheap here but it still has pretty decent airflow, ill opt for a 30$ ish case next time

Yep, I'll echo this. In China we have plenty of dirt cheap options that don't suck. They may not be pretty, but they work well.

[freeagent]

Any case can have good airflow if you have good fans

 

You don't need to spend a ton on a case. Prices are pretty crazy though..

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, freeagent said:

Any case can have good airflow if you have good fans

Yeah but some cases are so poorly designed you'd need to fill it with server fans to do so and wear ear protection while using it.

[tkitch]

16 hours ago, freeagent said:

Any case can have good airflow if you have good fans

 

You don't need to spend a ton on a case. Prices are pretty crazy though..

incorrect.  You can have all the fans in the world, and STILL have shit for cooling:

 

 

As for price?  Shipping a large metal box overseas is *expensive* and there's no way around that.

[freeagent]

47 minutes ago, tkitch said:

incorrect.

You haven't used strong fans before have you? I didn't say anything about stuffing every orifice with one.

[tkitch]

26 minutes ago, freeagent said:

You haven't used strong fans before have you? I didn't say anything about stuffing every orifice with one.

bro, I was running deltas before it was a meme.  
I know all about it.  And even then, an overpowered fan cannot overcome extra shit case design.

[freeagent]

16 minutes ago, tkitch said:

bro, I was running deltas before it was a meme.  
I know all about it.  And even then, an overpowered fan cannot overcome extra shit case design.

Well, we cant really argue about anything.  We don't know what case he went with.

 

The case would have to be extra shitty if Deltas couldn't do anything

 

I think those days are gone now? 

 

With exception to Steve's fave case 

[Alex Atkin UK]

5 hours ago, tkitch said:

bro, I was running deltas before it was a meme.  
I know all about it.  And even then, an overpowered fan cannot overcome extra shit case design.

It can, if its powerful enough to shatter the tempered glass side panel.

As always, LTT has you covered!

 

[tkitch]

37 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

It can, if its powerful enough to shatter the tempered glass side panel.

As always, LTT has you covered!

 

i saw, and even then it wasn't the best at cooling!

(I suspect that using the Noctua Passive cooler would have been better, due to larger air gaps needing less pressure to move through)

[Blue4130]

56 minutes ago, tkitch said:

i saw, and even then it wasn't the best at cooling!

(I suspect that using the Noctua Passive cooler would have been better, due to larger air gaps needing less pressure to move through)

Would have been better if they cut the back out of the case. Even a well ventilated back like that case will restrict that fan.

[freeagent]

I was surprised he left the fan installed.

 

Maybe a Torrent would have been better

[r00tb33r]

Back when computing was fun a case had to hold parts and be cheap enough to fit into the budget, because it was a cardboard box otherwise.

 

...And it wasn't considered a good deal if it didn't come with a power supply.

[AI_Must_Di3]

3 hours ago, r00tb33r said:

Back when computing was fun a case had to hold parts and be cheap enough to fit into the budget, because it was a cardboard box otherwise.

 

...And it wasn't considered a good deal if it didn't come with a power supply.

LMAOOOO..... thats funny, i actually was laughing out loud. Those are the old Tigerdirect/Mwave/CompUSA etc... days. They'd squash ANY gutless wonder in a tan/gray box, with the psu on the friggin ceiling so the whole case was top heavy. Anything to beat the other guy by 10 bux!

[Alex Atkin UK]

11 hours ago, freeagent said:

I was surprised he left the fan installed.

 

Maybe a Torrent would have been better

That was a huge flaw, he said they removed the cooler fans so they wouldnt fry the motherboard yet clearly left the exhaust fan, why?

 

I was very surprised the side panel didn't explode into a billion pieces of deadly shrapnel though.

[freeagent]

I was surprised with how little torque it had. 

[fred82]

On 7/5/2023 at 3:56 PM, freeagent said:

You haven't used strong fans before have you? I didn't say anything about stuffing every orifice with one.

he is right

what you say is non sense. of course case matters. it is not only the importance of fans it is importance of how the case is made so to let the airflow going in the right way. there are many videos explaining it.

[freeagent]

1 hour ago, fred82 said:

he is right

what you say is non sense. of course case matters. it is not only the importance of fans it is importance of how the case is made so to let the airflow going in the right way. there are many videos explaining it.

Whatever you say boss

[fred82]

8 hours ago, freeagent said:

Whatever you say boss

tonight i will fantasm to be a boss 

and dream to kick the ass of my boss thinking he is my employee 

thx

[freeagent]

3 minutes ago, fred82 said:

tonight i will fantasm to be a boss 

and dream to kick the ass of my boss thinking he is my employee 

thx

Attaboy.

 

Yesterday was a bad day for me, maybe the day before too.

[fred82]

Just now, freeagent said:

Attaboy.

 

Yesterday was a bad day for me, maybe the day before too.

don't worry you'll have better day take care 

[freeagent]

3 minutes ago, fred82 said:

don't worry you'll have better day take care 

Today is better 

 

Thanks for caring

[thrasher_565]

On 7/6/2023 at 2:35 AM, r00tb33r said:

Back when computing was fun a case had to hold parts and be cheap enough to fit into the budget, because it was a cardboard box otherwise.

 

...And it wasn't considered a good deal if it didn't come with a power supply.

ya the psu burned your house down... or died with in 3 moths. my dad got a "good deal" on a $40 1000w psu... lasted 3 moths he said was still under warinty i said forget it not wroth it. back then when psu were like 250w...

 

looking at you ocz...

[r00tb33r]

4 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

ya the psu burned your house down... or died with in 3 moths. my dad got a "good deal" on a $40 1000w psu... lasted 3 moths he said was still under warinty i said forget it not wroth it. back then when psu were like 250w...

 

looking at you ocz...

Yeah and CPU fans were like 50mm.

 

Music was better too back then, I actually listened to the radio.