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Hello everyone. I will be ordering within the hour. 

 

I currently have a five year old prebuilt that, despite its poor specs, is very much alive and kicking and still surprising on what it can do performance wise. I feel that this PC deserves a fresh coat of paint, starting with a new PSU and case. I already have the PSU, it's the Corsair CX450M.

 

The Case I am getting is 44% off and looks really nice. At least, I want to get it. My motherboard is an oldie, but it holds up. It's MicroATX. I also plan to get a new cooler for it, but that's a little bit later.

I am wondering about anyone's thoughts on this case. I will be ordering very soon. 

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353062&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

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4 minutes ago, QuantumElement said:

Hello everyone. I will be ordering within the hour. 

 

I currently have a five year old prebuilt that, despite its poor specs, is very much alive and kicking and still surprising on what it can do performance wise. I feel that this PC deserves a fresh coat of paint, starting with a new PSU and case. I already have the PSU, it's the Corsair CX450M.

 

The Case I am getting is 44% off and looks really nice. At least, I want to get it. My motherboard is an oldie, but it holds up. It's MicroATX. I also plan to get a new cooler for it, but that's a little bit later.

I am wondering about anyone's thoughts on this case. I will be ordering very soon. 

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353062&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

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Does your pre-built have standard front pannel connectors? Some OEM mobos don't.

REMILIA Mk.IIIE CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X, Cooler: Arctic Freezer II 240 (Noctua NT-H2), RAM: 4x 8Gb sticks of Patriot Viper Steel Series 3600 CL17, Mobo: AsRock X570 Taichi, GPU: Inno3D RTX 3080 iChill x4 10G, Storage: 1TB Intel 670p NVME SSD boot drive, a few 1TB and 512gb SATA/NVME SSDs for game storage, 6 hard drives 1-4 TB, PSU: Corsair RM750 MY2019, Case: Cooler Master Mastercase 5 MC500 (with add-ons, Noctua NF-A14 and Arctic P14 fans), PCIE Cards: Cheap Chinese Marvell 88SE9215 4 port SATA card, Sonnet Allegro USB3.2 Card Monitors: ViewSonic Elite XG270QC (165hz, 1ms MPRT, 1440p, VA, Freesync PP, pneumatic stand), Hp Z27n (IPS, 60hz, 1440p, 8Ms), iiyama G2530HSU-B (75Hz, Freesync, one in landscape, one in Portrait, all on pneumatic monitor stands).

 

Mic: iSK UPM-1 USB XLR interface with Neewer NW700, Audio: Sabaj A3 160W DAC/AMP + Wharfdale Diamond 220 + Mission MS6 Sub, ifi Zen DAC v2 + ifi Zen CAN, Littledot Mk.II (w/ Soviet Power tubes and British Mulard M8100s/Soviet Voshkod 6JP-EV/ American General Electric JAN 5654W dependent on mood), Sendy Aiva (Primary), Beyer Dynamic DT990 250ohm Black Special Edition, Audeze EL-8 Open Back, Sennheiser HD598SE (modified to be a headset, snapped headband held together with gorilla tape), Mouse: SteelSeries Rival 600, Keyboard: Glorious GMMK ISO with Mengmoda MMD Tactile (main) and Kailh Box Navy (Function keys), Tribosys 3203 brush lubed, Taihao Green forest caps.

 

KOAKUMA Mk.IB (24/7 Folding Slave PC made of spare parts): CPU: Core i7 4770, Cooler: Some small antex cooler with 80mm fan, RAM: 2x 4Gb Sticks of 2400Mhz DDR3, Mobo: Asus H81i-Plus, GPU: R9 390 Nitro+ (barely fits in case), Storage: 256gb Korean no-name SATA SSD, PSU: Corsair CX550 (Gray label), Case: Antec ISK600 ITX case. [Given away to friend]

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Just now, Lethalmonk said:

Personally i wouldnt because the large front fan can be very noisy and has bad airflow. (almost all large fans are this)

It's a lot better than the prebuilt, which only has one 80mm exhaust fan. Also, I plan on replacing the fans, so I don't care about the current case fans. And I don't care about noise. I use headphones :) and I sleep with a loud fan on at night, so I just tune it out, anyhow.

1 minute ago, ibabyslapper said:

Does your pre-built have standard front pannel connectors? Some OEM mobos don't.

Not sure. This is the motherboard here: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6393918803

 

Just now, cdsboy2000 said:

I've built in it before. Nothing felt very premium so honestly I'd look elsewhere, there are much better options from companies like NZXT and Fractal

Well, I can't go over much over 50$. It needs a side panel window and to be small since the motherboard is MicroATX

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6 minutes ago, QuantumElement said:

It's a lot better than the prebuilt, which only has one 80mm exhaust fan. Also, I plan on replacing the fans, so I don't care about the current case fans. And I don't care about noise. I use headphones :) and I sleep with a loud fan on at night, so I just tune it out, anyhow.

Not sure. This is the motherboard here: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6393918803

 

Well, I can't go over much over 50$. It needs a side panel window and to be small since the motherboard is MicroATX

I'm not 100% sure because of the bad res photos, but it looks like it has standard connectors. (see bottom right where it says F_Pannel)

The case is well equipped for the price, if you like how it looks go for it.

REMILIA Mk.IIIE CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X, Cooler: Arctic Freezer II 240 (Noctua NT-H2), RAM: 4x 8Gb sticks of Patriot Viper Steel Series 3600 CL17, Mobo: AsRock X570 Taichi, GPU: Inno3D RTX 3080 iChill x4 10G, Storage: 1TB Intel 670p NVME SSD boot drive, a few 1TB and 512gb SATA/NVME SSDs for game storage, 6 hard drives 1-4 TB, PSU: Corsair RM750 MY2019, Case: Cooler Master Mastercase 5 MC500 (with add-ons, Noctua NF-A14 and Arctic P14 fans), PCIE Cards: Cheap Chinese Marvell 88SE9215 4 port SATA card, Sonnet Allegro USB3.2 Card Monitors: ViewSonic Elite XG270QC (165hz, 1ms MPRT, 1440p, VA, Freesync PP, pneumatic stand), Hp Z27n (IPS, 60hz, 1440p, 8Ms), iiyama G2530HSU-B (75Hz, Freesync, one in landscape, one in Portrait, all on pneumatic monitor stands).

 

Mic: iSK UPM-1 USB XLR interface with Neewer NW700, Audio: Sabaj A3 160W DAC/AMP + Wharfdale Diamond 220 + Mission MS6 Sub, ifi Zen DAC v2 + ifi Zen CAN, Littledot Mk.II (w/ Soviet Power tubes and British Mulard M8100s/Soviet Voshkod 6JP-EV/ American General Electric JAN 5654W dependent on mood), Sendy Aiva (Primary), Beyer Dynamic DT990 250ohm Black Special Edition, Audeze EL-8 Open Back, Sennheiser HD598SE (modified to be a headset, snapped headband held together with gorilla tape), Mouse: SteelSeries Rival 600, Keyboard: Glorious GMMK ISO with Mengmoda MMD Tactile (main) and Kailh Box Navy (Function keys), Tribosys 3203 brush lubed, Taihao Green forest caps.

 

KOAKUMA Mk.IB (24/7 Folding Slave PC made of spare parts): CPU: Core i7 4770, Cooler: Some small antex cooler with 80mm fan, RAM: 2x 4Gb Sticks of 2400Mhz DDR3, Mobo: Asus H81i-Plus, GPU: R9 390 Nitro+ (barely fits in case), Storage: 256gb Korean no-name SATA SSD, PSU: Corsair CX550 (Gray label), Case: Antec ISK600 ITX case. [Given away to friend]

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