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I have this case

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DOYT6FY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=317JCHHINHF33&coliid=I39CH5SKB4SRQK

 

Around Christmas, I'm looking to upgrade to Ryzen 5 and I'm wondering. Would it be worth upgrading this cheap af case to something with better build quality or just stick with it. It's not the worst case ever but my GTX 960 Gaming 2GB barely fits. Since I will most likely upgrade the GPU after about a year. it may be worth the upgrade.

 

Max budget would probably be about £50. Any suggestions appreciated. Need support for at minimum ATX motherboard, 1x 2.5" drive bay (For SSD) 2x 3.5" drive bay (WD Blues) and 1 or 2 5.25" bays (I use my rig for watching DVDs and ripping CDs). Have seen the Fractal Design Focus G and quite like it in White. Thoughts?

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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2 minutes ago, TheOriginalHero said:

Cooler master masterbox lite 5 is a pretty nice choice and its like £44

just looked it up price is good but no 5.25" bays so no go

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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Whats your motherboard cos i got my nano s for £55 on amazon

SPECS:

i5 6400

Asus H110i-PLUS

Kingston 8GB RAM

HyperX 3K 120GB SSD

Western Digital Black 320GB HDD

Corsair RM550x

Fractal Design Nano S

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1 minute ago, Jamil367 said:

Whats your motherboard cos i got my nano s for £55 on amazon

Gonna probably be getting an ASUS B350-Plus. It's ATX but I might get an mATX if I find a case I really like.

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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4 minutes ago, Himommies said:

What about the Cosmos 2 25th anniversary edition or anything on this list

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#G=1,12&xcx=0

How is a £400 case anywhere near a £50 budget?

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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1 hour ago, Inversion said:

Max budget would probably be about £50.

1 hour ago, Himommies said:

What about the Cosmos 2 25th anniversary edition

I reaaaaaaaaaaly hope thsi was sarcasm

 

Anyways for $60 USD/£50 euro the Focus G is probably your bets bet since you also want an optical drive bay

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17 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I reaaaaaaaaaaly hope thsi was sarcasm

 

Anyways for $60 USD/£50 euro the Focus G is probably your bets bet since you also want an optical drive bay

Thanks I just need to decide between blue and white.

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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No get a nano s its way better its got watercooling support and everything

SPECS:

i5 6400

Asus H110i-PLUS

Kingston 8GB RAM

HyperX 3K 120GB SSD

Western Digital Black 320GB HDD

Corsair RM550x

Fractal Design Nano S

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17 hours ago, Jamil367 said:

No get a nano s its way better its got watercooling support and everything

I'll look at it but I don't care about watercooling. I'll probably never do it but for the record, the Focus G does have support for watercooling as well.

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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22 hours ago, Jamil367 said:

No get a nano s

On 7/31/2017 at 8:24 AM, Inversion said:

Need support for at minimum ATX motherboard

 

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On 7/31/2017 at 2:53 PM, Inversion said:

How is a £400 case anywhere near a £50 budget?

I have the aerocool aero 300. IT should be around 30 pounds. Afaik it also Has 3 5.25 drive bays, has a power supply shroud and looks pretty good thanks to a tinted acrylic window.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-Aero-Midi-Tower-Window/dp/B00FDUZ35E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501676315&sr=8-1&keywords=aerocool+aero+300

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37 minutes ago, david cassar said:

I have the aerocool aero 300. IT should be around 30 pounds. Afaik it also Has 3 5.25 drive bays, has a power supply shroud and looks pretty good thanks to a tinted acrylic window.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-Aero-Midi-Tower-Window/dp/B00FDUZ35E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501676315&sr=8-1&keywords=aerocool+aero+300

Is Is Aerocool's build quality normally as good as Fractal's? The reason I'm considering this upgrade in the first place is to be able to swap out my GPU in the future easily without needing to get a new case at the time and rebuild my whole PC. I'd much rather just build my Ryzen system once so I'd like a good quality case to last me to the end of my Ryzen build (that has to be 6 years minimum due to university and lack of disposable income) and preferably beyond that.

|| CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (@3.9GHz) || Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350 Plus || Cooler: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports Edition || GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB C16 (@2933MHz) || SSD: SanDisk 128GB || HDD: WD Blue 2TB, Toshiba 2TB, Transcend 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM550x || Case: Fractal Design Focus G || Monitor: 2x AOC 23” I2369VM IPS Full HD, Samsung 32" LED TV Monitor || Mouse: Logitech G703 Wireless || Keyboard: Cooler Master MK750 RGB (Cherry MX Brown) || Speakers: Dell Stereo Speakers || Headphones: Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT / Samsung Galaxy Buds ||

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2 minutes ago, Inversion said:

Is Is Aerocool's build quality normally as good as Fractal's? The reason I'm considering this upgrade in the first place is to be able to swap out my GPU in the future easily without needing to get a new case at the time and rebuild my whole PC. I'd much rather just build my Ryzen system once so I'd like a good quality case to last me to the end of my Ryzen build (that has to be 6 years minimum due to university and lack of disposable income) and preferably beyond that.

Well i only have experience with the aerocool aero 300 and overall quality isn't too bad. There aren't any sharp edges and overall the presentation is good. The case is also pretty roomy and you should be able to fit in graphics cards up to 370 mm in length. However since you need the case for at least 6 years I would be more comfortable spending a bit more and getting something like the fractal tbh.

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