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I'm looking for a case for my new build and I simply cannot decide. The longer I research, the more stuff I find that makes me change my mind.

 

So you can get an idea, i'm looking fow the following

 

Up to $140

Quiet case 

Lots of features ( Good dust filters are a must no cheap flimsy ones)

Windowed sidepanel

Decent front IO

 

and I would be more interested in cases that have :

a visible SSD mount ( like the h440's ssd mount on the psu shroud )

a psu shroud

modularity

cases with fans included

 

 

I am currently stuck between the h440, be quiet dark base 800 and the define r5.

 

The h440 looks the nicest to me, and has that nice sidepanel, psu shroud, ssd mount and good fan filters with decent noise dampening with a great backlit IO.

The R5 seems to surpass the h440 in features with better spacing and cable management, however I'm not a huge fan of the look or the lack of a psu shroud

the be quiet case is so quiet, but what draws me to it is how well it is built. Rubber vibration pads, it comes with rubber grommets on the fans, comes with 3 be quiet silentwings fans ( very very good fans ), and has a nice sidepanel.

 

 

I'm thinking if I go with the be quiet! case i'd just get a be quiet CPU cooler as well to fit the style instead of an h100iv2 that I would get with the others.

 

Are there anny other cases im missing out on here that fit these profiles? 

Main Rig

CPU: Ryzen 2700X 
Cooler: Corsair H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero
RAM: 16GB (2x8) Trident Z RGB 3200MHZ
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO NVME SSD 1TB, Intel 1TB NVME

Graphics Card: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080Ti OC

Case: Phanteks Evolv X
Power Supply: Corsair HX1000i Platinum-Rated

Radiator Fans: 3x Corsair ML120
Case Fans: 4x be quiet! Silent Wings 3

 

 

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Do you like cube cases? you could take a look at the Corsair Air lineup. You don't get a shroud but everything is stored in a divided section of the case. Air 540 and 740 There is room on the bottom of these cubes to mount SSD if you want (not sure how filtered the intake on the 540 is though, so you may want to check that)

There is Phanteks with the P400 and the Enthoo Pro

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Main Rig: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/58641-the-i7-950s-gots-to-go-updated-104/ | CPU: Intel i7-4930K | GPU: 2x EVGA Geforce GTX Titan SC SLI| MB: EVGA X79 Dark | RAM: 16GB HyperX Beast 2400mhz | SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256gb | HDD: 2x Western Digital Raptors 74gb | EX-H34B Hot Swap Rack | Case: Lian Li PC-D600 | Cooling: H100i | Power Supply: Corsair HX1050 |

 

Pfsense Build (Repurposed for plex) https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/715459-pfsense-build/

 

 

 

 

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Phanteks Enthoo Pro is pretty sweet. I use it for my PC. Cable Management is great, and it is a full tower so you got a lot of room.

2016 Build

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz

Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2133 CL14 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING 

Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB, Crucial MX500 500GB

PSU: EVGA G1 650 W 80+ Gold (It's Not Great)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full-ATX

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Phanteks Evolv ATX

CPU i7 6700 Cooling Cryorig H7 Motherboard MSI H110i Pro AC RAM Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2133 GPU Pulse RX 5700 XT Case Fractal Design Define Mini C Storage Trascend SSD370S 256GB + WD Black 320GB + Sandisk Ultra II 480GB + WD Blue 1TB PSU EVGA GS 550 Display Nixeus Vue24B FreeSync 144 Hz Monitor (VESA mounted) Keyboard Aorus K3 Mechanical Keyboard Mouse Logitech G402 OS Windows 10 Home 64 bit

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