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Ok, so I have had a gaming rig going for a while, and to be honest it was rather half assed with core 2 quad, gtx 760, 6gb ram clocked horribly low etc.

 

My motherboard has bust after three years. I am going to overhaul the entire system. But i need help picking a new case (I am not dead set on needing a new one but you know two birds). It's been in a cooler master k350 case for only a year but it has crap all space for cabling behind the motherboard and that isn't helped by my novatech modular power supply.

 

I need a new case for my mobo and cpu shopping list (It's fine i've picked out good components don't recommend any). 

 

My specs for a case are: 

-Cable management good, with a fair bit of space behind the motherboard.

-Decent dust filters (the k350 has a dust filtered front but it draws all the air from the bottom at the front so they are fudging useless

-Preferably with a plexi side panel (I know the pro's and cons of these)

-DOES NOT COST A LOT. I have like maybe £50 to budget on amazon here. I thought maybe bitfenix prodigy m, but i don't know if I want to risk choosing the really small case. 

 

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Ok, so I have had a gaming rig going for a while, and to be honest it was rather half assed with core 2 quad, gtx 760, 6gb ram clocked horribly low etc.

 

My motherboard has bust after three years. I am going to overhaul the entire system. But i need help picking a new case (I am not dead set on needing a new one but you know two birds). It's been in a cooler master k350 case for only a year but it has crap all space for cabling behind the motherboard and that isn't helped by my novatech modular power supply.

 

I need a new case for my mobo and cpu shopping list (It's fine i've picked out good components don't recommend any). 

 

My specs for a case are: 

-Cable management good, with a fair bit of space behind the motherboard.

-Decent dust filters (the k350 has a dust filtered front but it draws all the air from the bottom at the front so they are fudging useless

-Preferably with a plexi side panel (I know the pro's and cons of these)

-DOES NOT COST A LOT. I have like maybe £50 to budget on amazon here. I thought maybe bitfenix prodigy m, but i don't know if I want to risk choosing the really small case. 

 

Thanks

Don't even cheap out on a case if you can actually afford it later on, I kind of did and.... I WANT ME THAT H440 IN WHITE.

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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Oh my god me too :P I want it in the maybe black and orange though   :P

I wanted to jump off a cliff at one point, that's what happens when you build a budget PC then all of a sudden want something high end :/

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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I wanted to jump off a cliff at one point, that's what happens when you build a budget PC then all of a sudden want something high end :/

Tell me about it. I realised today how much of it I half assed and cheapskated. All of use in there now is 1 stick of ram, a gtx 760 and a HDD. Also PWM fan. Thats it. The rest is scrap.

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Tell me about it. I realised today how much of it I half assed and cheapskated. All of use in there now is 1 stick of ram, a gtx 760 and a HDD. Also PWM fan. Thats it. The rest is scrap.

I actually would swap over to the H440 but I'm gonna miss the red LED fans on the Corsair SPEC-01 where as the H440, the fans are hidden :(

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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What form factor?

This belongs in the Case and Power Supplies section. I'm moving the thread.

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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Fractal design R4 with window? Alittle above your budget, but a good case for the money I believe.

Is it bad that my dream setup only costs a few thousand not counting the obutto?


 

CPU: FX-8320

Motherboard: asrock 970Pro3 r2.0

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB DDR3-1600 Memory 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card 

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  

SSD: MX100 128GB

HDD: WD 2TB black edition

 

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What form factor?

This belongs in the Case and Power Supplies section. I'm moving the thread.

I'm pretty much undecided. I could do either, probably mATX depending on whether I go all out or not. I always wanted to do a BitFenix Prodigy build but it seems daunting.

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I'm pretty much undecided. I could do either, probably mATX depending on whether I go all out or not. I always wanted to do a BitFenix Prodigy build but it seems daunting.

Have you taken a look at the s340? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340wb1

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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