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Hey guys, some of you may know I've been using my pretty powerful PC inside an HP Pavillion case from 2007 (:o), meaning that the H100i's radiator actually sits outside the case and lies on the floor...

 

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I have about $50 to spend on a new case, and I want the best one I can get for the money. I love stuff like the Betfnix Prodigy, but obviously that's out of my range. I prefer a more compact case, but it needs to support my H100i's dual-120mm radiator, and my MicroATX motherboard. Preferably black or white, and with as many fans as possible... my PNY GTX 760 actually underclocks itself because of the terrible cooling it has :(

 

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NZXT Source 210 (Elite if you want front USB 3.0). 

Corsair 100R, 200R, 330R 

NZXT S340 (like $60~ from Microcenter -- online/in store) <-- my suggestion

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S340 is worth it if you can stretch an extra $10-20 

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NZXT Source 210 (Elite if you want front USB 3.0). 

Corsair 100R, 200R, 330R 

NZXT S340 (like $60~ from Microcenter -- online/in store) <-- my suggestion

 

 

S340 is worth it if you can stretch an extra $10-20 

I'll check them out. Thanks a lot! The 330R looks pretty sweet :D

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NZXT Source 210 (Elite if you want front USB 3.0). 

Corsair 100R, 200R, 330R 

NZXT S340 (like $60~ from Microcenter -- online/in store) <-- my suggestion

Don't the 100R and the 200R have heating problems?

 

 Anyways, I'd pick up a Shinobi. The Shinobi Window sells for like $55.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-shinobiwindow

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NZXT Source 210 is a great budget case. Has cable management, a large fan, multiple fan installation locations and looks great.

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I like that case, but when I said $50 I meant $50, not $70 :(

Is the Bitfenix Shinobi good? It look nice, but I don't know if it's worth it.

Ah.

How about get a cheap itx board and mod ur iMac g4 to fit it. I want to try that

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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One day I'll fit a NUC in there.

But for now, my H100i and GTX 760 might make for a tight fit :P

Right right.

I want to put a system in my g4 cube too

On topic:

N200 is good

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Don't the 100R and the 200R have heating problems?

 

 Anyways, I'd pick up a Shinobi. The Shinobi Window sells for like $55.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-shinobiwindow

I have a 200r and I have 0 heating issues. :) Thats me using stock fans with the case. Id highly suggest 200r for non-window or s340 for window. (I currently own 200r and buying s340)

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I have a 200r and I have 0 heating issues. :) Thats me using stock fans with the case. Id highly suggest 200r for non-window or s340 for window. (I currently own 200r and buying s340)

Cool. Anyways, yeah the Shinobi is a pretty solid case. I'm pretty sure the windowed version has no differences from the non window besides a window too.

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I have a 200r and I have 0 heating issues. :) Thats me using stock fans with the case. Id highly suggest 200r for non-window or s340 for window. (I currently own 200r and buying s340)

The 200r is far from space efficient especially when housing a matx board. A s340 or N200 would be much more appropriate. 

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