"Ultimate" Case design project?

[GauntletV2]

So i am working on a personal project to design the best possible m-atx case, and im looking for essential things that would make or break a case. And then things that would bring it to that next level, kinda of a best of everything, no comprimises. All criticism welcome.

 

 

Just some notes:

-I chose m-atx due to the best price to preformance and what you can fit in it.  Anything more than dual gpu's has a high diminishing return, and you can still fit all the watercooling you need.

-Looking for opinions on water cooling. Would a 240/280 in the front be good enough or should the design work for a 360? And ontop, the same deal

-how many drives should there be? im looking at 2 ssd's and up to 4x3.5, or it could work around a 4 drive system with a 3.5/2.5in bracket

-colors?

 

[Aytex]

better have a PSU shroud

tbh have SSD sleds on the shroud and the hdd's underneath the shroud cus they are ugly

 

(no im not a nzxt fanboy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

[Misanthrope]

Something I like to see if a design that's 3D printable so keep it like the parvum cases (I think) where you can easily assemble it and its more modular. 

 

Regarding your choices

 

1) YES I enthusiastically agree about your matx choice: a lot more board options and not that much of a size difference yet a lot more flexibility, we definitively need more matx cases

 

2) I think that since the case is aimed at matx anyone needing more than dual 280s/240s would end up on ATX size anyway and it should be more than enough for a good yet not crazy set up like dual cards and a CPU in the same loop

 

3) 2 to 4 ssds (two on the front by the motherboard and 2 on the back of the mobo tray) it's good but it seems way overkill for the 3.5ers. If you want that much make sure the space for them are modulars (Like vertically mounting them on the back of the mobo or the back pannel something like that) so at least you can choose to go for less drives and have more room for cable management or a pump

 

4) I like simple schemes like black and white, black and red, etc. Not too flashy but not too "love it or hate it" like bright orange or neon green.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

1. ATX Good Choice

2. I'd go with a 240 front and 240 top

3. Storage should be at least allow for 2 Desktop HDD, and 2 SSD's.

4. Keep it clean, black, grey, silver, white.

[Enderman]

no such thing as a "best" case

everyone prefers something different

you will never satisfy more than like 10% of all people

[JebKerman]

I think the Parvum S2.0 would be a good place to start.