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What is the best $50 case with decent cable management and airflow. Needs to support a 212 EVO (159mm tall) A gtx 970 (257mm long). Also must have 1 HDD and 1 SSD mount.

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What motherboard size?

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3 minutes ago, VinsinityKT said:

What motherboard size?

mATX

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4 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

mATX

Cooler Master N200 is a nice one. I usually get it during rebates though for cheaper.

Main Gaming and Streaming PC: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Vinsinity/saved/TjwVnQ

Ultrabook and College Laptop:

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XPS 13 9350:

i5-6200U

8GB RAM

Samsung PM951 250GB M.2 Solid State Drive

Workstation Laptop:

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Sager NP8672 (P670SG):

i7-4720HQ

32GB (4 x 8GB) CORSAIR Vengeance Performance

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2 Solid State Drive (Boot Drive)

Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 Solid State Drive (Video Drive)

Crucial MX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Secondary SDD Storage)

Western Digital (Blue or Black) 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Storage Drive)

GeForce GTX 980M 4G

 

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12 minutes ago, VinsinityKT said:

Cooler Master N200 is a nice one. I usually get it during rebates though for cheaper.

smallest mATX you can get (at the price) that will fit the Hyper212.

 

Thermaltake's Versa H15 looks decent too but I can only confirm that the Hyper212x will fit, not sure about the EVO.

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7 minutes ago, Noyu said:

smallest mATX you can get (at the price) that will fit the Hyper212.

 

Thermaltake's Versa H15 looks decent too but I can only confirm that the Hyper212x will fit, not sure about the EVO.

Assuming the 212x fits, will I be able to fit 2 case fans at the top with the 212x installed?

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34 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

 

I like the Ostrog aesthetically although it doesn't have specialized 2.5" mounts.  http://pcpartpicker.com/part/enermax-case-eca3253br

 

If you want a m-ATX case I like the Carbide 88R. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011086ww

 

And if you just want room for cable management and good airflow there's the Rosewill Challenger http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-challengers

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24 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I like the Ostrog aesthetically although it doesn't have specialized 2.5" mounts.  http://pcpartpicker.com/part/enermax-case-eca3253br

 

If you want a m-ATX case I like the Carbide 88R. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011086ww

 

And if you just want room for cable management and good airflow there's the Rosewill Challenger http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-challengers

Thermaltake core v21 is 39.99 right now. Yay or nay

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1 minute ago, PokeCatz said:

Thermaltake core v21 is 39.99 right now. Yay or nay

If you like the aesthetic, go for it.

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

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Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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1 hour ago, FRN said:

Assuming the 212x fits, will I be able to fit 2 case fans at the top with the 212x installed?

Yeap. The dude I asked it from installed 2 LED FANS up top even with the 212x installed.

 

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If it's best budget case? I have a serious contender:

Fits a 212, every video card and all you ask for and more. With a PSU shroud. Looks *very good*. Easy to build in.

Downside: this will need you to add some aftermarket fans.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811853035&cm_re=deepcool_dukase-_-11-853-035-_-Product


I recently reviewed it here:

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