New case suggestions

[A Silver]

I have a Corsair Spec-03 Case which is good but impossible to do any cable management. According to amazon the dimensions are "49.3 x 49.3 x 21.5 cm" and it is the perfect size for my tiny setup but obviously as I said, there is no places to rout the cables and it is really hard to tuck them around the back. I am looking to get a new case with a lot of room to hide the overly long cables included with my power supply; a side panel and room for my 4 120mm fans. Preferably around the same size as the spec 03 but it can be 14cm taller and needs room for a hyper 212 evo. My budget is £150 or around that and the side panel can be plastic or glass (preferably plastic as I am worried I may damage the side panel). Thanks in advance!

[Vx0x]

Fractal design meshify c or define c?

Phanteks p400s?

[A Silver]

3 minutes ago, Vx0x said:

Fractal design meshify c or define c?

Phanteks p400s?

Any without tempered glass? I am worried I may scratch and potentially damage it

[Vx0x]

3 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Any without tempered glass? I am worried I may scratch and potentially damage it

Both the p400 and define c come in acrylic versions.

Also the acrylic panels scratch waay more easily...

[A Silver]

1 minute ago, Vx0x said:

Both the p400 and define c come in acrylic versions.

Also the acrylic panels scratch waay more easily...

True but I have knocked my case many times and I am worried the glass may shatter or crack. Do you think that would happen or am I just being overly paranoid? 

[Vx0x]

Tempered glass has very good durability you will probably not break it if you dont hit it with a hammer or something

[A Silver]

Just now, Vx0x said:

Tempered glass has very good durability you will probably not break it if you dont hit it with a hammer or something

Alright  The three you suggested look really good so i'll consider those!

[Vx0x]

1 minute ago, A Silver said:

Alright  The three you suggested look really good so i'll consider those!

Nice!

Good luck!

[Corsair Blake]

If you need assistance with cable management, I can possibly help. I've built into this series so many times, I've got plenty of tips.

 

Here's one of the more recent ones I've built: 

 

[A Silver]

 

On 21/09/2017 at 11:21 AM, Vx0x said:

Fractal design meshify c or define c?

Phanteks p400s?

I was almost 100% sure I was going to get the meshify C but it is not long enough to fit a G1 gaming 1080 and a radiator in a push pull config. Do you have any other suggestions that can fit that and are easy to cable manage in like the meshify?

[TVwazhere]

1 hour ago, A Silver said:

 

I was almost 100% sure I was going to get the meshify C but it is not long enough to fit a G1 gaming 1080 and a radiator in a push pull config. Do you have any other suggestions that can fit that and are easy to cable manage in like the meshify?

Define S. It doesnt come with a TG panel sadly, but it's almoist the exact same layout as the Define C/Meshify C, just longer in the direction you need it to be

 

Also Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG 

[A Silver]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Define S. It doesnt come with a TG panel sadly, but it's almoist the exact same layout as the Define C/Meshify C, just longer in the direction you need it to be

 

Also Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG 

Ok, that's perfect then. So with the Define S it will be able to fit the GPU and the radiator with push pull?

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Ok, that's perfect then. So with the Define S it will be able to fit the GPU and the radiator with push pull?

Definitely!

[A Silver]

26 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Definitely!

That case is almost perfect (funny as I said it was perfect) but first, I like the shroud that covers the power supply and also I would prefer to be able to see the fans at the front as they will have LED's which is why the Meshify is perfect but just too short. I am really bad at looking for cases. Any other suggestions?

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, A Silver said:

That case is almost perfect (funny as I said it was perfect) but first, I like the shroud that covers the power supply and also I would prefer to be able to see the fans at the front as they will have LED's which is why the Meshify is perfect but just too short. I am really bad at looking for cases. Any other suggestions?

Enthoo Pro M TG is the other suggestion off the top of my head, you'd be able to see the fans from the front and it has the PSU shroud, and has the same overall length as the Define S

[A Silver]

@TVwazhere I found the Masterbox Pro 5 which is perfect as it looks great,can fit all my hardware and has a clear front so you can see the fans with the LED's! Do you know how easy/hard the cable management is in that case? The only issue is I can't find it anywhere apart from the cooler master website. When I google it, it comes up with the lite version and the Master Case which i don't want either.

[TVwazhere]

3 hours ago, A Silver said:

@TVwazhere I found the Masterbox Pro 5 which is perfect as it looks great,can fit all my hardware and has a clear front so you can see the fans with the LED's! Do you know how easy/hard the cable management is in that case? The only issue is I can't find it anywhere apart from the cooler master website. When I google it, it comes up with the lite version and the Master Case which i don't want either.

I've never heard of the masterbox pro5, only the mastercase version, so it must be very new. Probably why you cant find it anywhere else yet. The Masterbox series is the "lite" version of the master case series so there are a lot of cut corners in terms of the quality of the case. I'm also concerned where it gets the front airflow from, as the original Masterbox has an entirely mesh front panel, and the top right and left of this one are completely covered, which only really leaves an opening at the bottom as a possibility for airflow, which is awful! I would say cable management is "okay" but difficult because A, no rubber grommets and B, those openings are ginormous! This would be more than one step down from the Meshify C