New Case

[mrblue15]

Hi forum. 

 

I am looking to change my case, I want some thing that is sleek, quiet, cool, dust free, and clean looking inside. Right now I am trying to decide on if I want to go with a Mid or Full Tower. I don't really want to water cool because I don't like to overclock my processor. So I will probably just be using air cooling. As of now, this is what my build looks like, https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/  Some other things you guys might want to know is that at the moment I have a sound blaster z sound card, a SSD, and just a normal terabyte disk drive. Also my GPU is a gtx 970 and I will be looking into SLI in the future. Also I will probably upgrade my power supply to a Corsair Professional Gold 1200W 80+. So let me know what you guys think about all this. I would love your help I am pretty lost when it comes to cases and cooling. 

 

Thank you, Brian

[cheeze_tartz]

Hi forum. 

 

I am looking to change my case, I want some thing that is sleek, quiet, cool, dust free, and clean looking inside. Right now I am trying to decide on if I want to go with a Mid or Full Tower. I don't really want to water cool because I don't like to overclock my processor. So I will probably just be using air cooling. As of now, this is what my build looks like, https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/  Some other things you guys might want to know is that at the moment I have a sound blaster z sound card, a SSD, and just a normal terabyte disk drive. Also my GPU is a gtx 970 and I will be looking into SLI in the future. Also I will probably upgrade my power supply to a Corsair Professional Gold 1200W 80+. So let me know what you guys think about all this. I would love your help I am pretty lost when it comes to cases and cooling. 

 

Thank you, Brian

Your PCPP link is broken. Copy it from the permalink.

[Dabasepc]

FD R5

[RollinLower]

i would suggest you buy a better non-K CPU if you are not going to overclock!

 

also, have you looked at the NZXT H440?

[Juanse]

nzxt h440

[Exceptional OCD]

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Corsair 450D or 750D.

NZXT H440 or H630.

Phanteks Enthoo Pro or Luxe.

Fractal Design R5 or S.

 

I would say those are some solid choices.

[TheKleen]

Corsair 450D or 750D.

NZXT H440 or H630.

Phanteks Enthoo Pro or Luxe.

Fractal Design R5 or S.

 

I would say those are some solid choices.

 

These are all good options. The Enthoo Pro is probably best for the money, it's an awesome case.

[Exceptional OCD]

These are all good options. The Enthoo Pro is probably best for the money, it's an awesome case.

 

The Enthoo Pro is the best you can get for around $100.

I however don't really prefer it because I'm not a fan of the aesthetics but if you like them you can't get any better case.

[MourningSouls]

Why would you switch to a 1200W PSU? You can SLI 970's with a 750W.

 

As for the case, Fractal Design's Define S is my favourite, but limits the HDD's to 3 along with 2 SSD's and has no 5.25" bays.

 

Other good ones are Fractal's Define R5, allows 8x 3.5" plus 2x 2.5" and 2 or 3x 5.25" devices. NZXT's H440 and S340. Phanteks Enthoo Pro, and while I don't think it's available just yet, the Evolv ATX.

 

 

Also please fix the PCPartPicker link.

[mrblue15]

Alright hopefully the link works. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tcK8wP

 

Right now I am leaning towards the H440 but I am hesitant because it is a mid not a full. Do you guys think that if I have all the stuff I have it would fit well in a mid? 

 

 

i would suggest you buy a better non-K CPU if you are not going to overclock!

 

also, have you looked at the NZXT H440?

 

What CPU would you recommend? I just don't really want to learn all the small finesse things that come along with overclocking a processor. I just want it to perform solid out of the box. 

 

 

Why would you switch to a 1200W PSU? You can SLI 970's with a 750W.

 

As for the case, Fractal Design's Define S is my favourite, but limits the HDD's to 3 along with 2 SSD's and has no 5.25" bays.

 

Other good ones are Fractal's Define R5, allows 8x 3.5" plus 2x 2.5" and 2 or 3x 5.25" devices. NZXT's H440 and S340. Phanteks Enthoo Pro, and while I don't think it's available just yet, the Evolv ATX.

 

 

Also please fix the PCPartPicker link.

 

The reason why I might switch to a 1200W PSU is because I might get a whole $2000 dollar gaming computer for free that comes with one I don't know all the exact specs that's why I didn't put them in here. Long story short I may or may not get it basically the Part picker link is for the stuff that I will buy if I don't get the $2000 computer for some reason.