builds New PC, New Case. HELP!

[Janocte]

Hi all, I’m looking to build a PC and have been driving myself bonkers looking at cases. I have it narrowed to an airflow case and the 3 I’ve come to like are the lian li 216, Masterbox TD500 mesh and the Meshify 2 compact. What are your thoughts on these? Have other recommendations? Great! Here are the criteria.

 

1) sub $250;

2) ATX Mobo;

3) accommodates 240mm gpu;

4) handle up to 260mm cpu cooler

Thanks

[TVwazhere]

45 minutes ago, Janocte said:

 lian li 216, Masterbox TD500 mesh and the Meshify 2 compact. What are your thoughts on these?

These are all great options. The 216 is my personal favorite of the three because I'm a big fan of big fans (heh) but the Meshify 2 compact is built really well. I've built in the predecessor Define series and it's my favorite that i've built in so far.

 

Many people will also point you to the Corsair 4000D airflow and the Phanteks P400A as good cases in the $100-ish bracket

[syntinel]

Just going to add my vote for the meshify compact as ive built an m-atx system in it and really like the build quality and cable management. Most Fractal Design cases are really nice to work in. Plus airflow is top.

[Janocte]

Thanks to you both! I’ll go to microcenter and try to see all three cases in person.

 

 

[TPCEA]

14 hours ago, Janocte said:

Hi all, I’m looking to build a PC and have been driving myself bonkers looking at cases. I have it narrowed to an airflow case and the 3 I’ve come to like are the lian li 216, Masterbox TD500 mesh and the Meshify 2 compact. What are your thoughts on these? Have other recommendations? Great! Here are the criteria.

 

1) sub $250;

2) ATX Mobo;

3) accommodates 240mm gpu;

4) handle up to 260mm cpu cooler

Thanks

If you want modularity with the possibility to expand in the future, you might want to look at the Inwin ModFree. They don't have it at MC, though.