Case challenges

Ihiri · January 22, 2018

Hello,

im putting together a build that is more or less together in terms of having the parts. But my problem is the case I had (Dark base 700) die on my attempt to test the initial boot up. The fan hub caught fire and died. The frame was also dented under the tempered glass so due to this lack of quality control and out of stock I opted to not get it again. But now I’m torn between what case to get.

I have an Asus Z370-E gaming so I want to make sure I have a 3.1 port on the case. I’m attempting to stay below 250 in case price.

Cooler master is releasing a new MC-500M first quarter, confirmed by talking to them. But not sure if I want to wait that long. Corsair has a special edition 570x RGB black mirror case which comes with the 3.1 port and is around 189.99 for the case. Problem is that my Deepcool 240ex Rgb cpu AIO might not fit in the top since I have 2 sticks of G.Skills Trident ram. I wanted to see if anyone has a set up similar to this and had any problems putting the rad with fans on the top or has to put it in the front.

Im also considering the ThermalTaks View 71 only drawback is it does not come with a 3.1 port and does not seem like they have any accessories to expand the front I.O.

Let me know now your thoughts and if you have a build similar to this or any problems with it trying to put the rad in the top. I’m going to have 6 Corsair LL 120 fans of you wanted to know the details of that.