Need some suggestions about the case!!

[Ciri]

Hi guys! Currently i am building my first PC in NZ, and as you guys know that things in NZ are just stupidly expensive, so i cant really decide which case should i choose

Here is my situation:

I7 8700 + Msi Z370 Gaming plus 

Gigabyte GTX1070 G1gaming

Cooler : cooler master hyper212x

 

i kinda wanna choose INWIN303 now, it's around 100 us dollars, but i am not quite sure, please give some advice!

 

 

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

pick another cooler. hyper212 is fine but not for that hottie :-)

 

casewise: what does a define R6 cost you?

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Ciri said:

 

Get a case with some airflow man

And how much is that system? What's your monitor set up?

More than likely you should buy an R5 1600 at least to save some cash and still be fine for gaming.

Better yet save your money and buy an R5 2400G system and game on the APU just fine at 1080p so long as you've got some fast memory.

What's the whole parts list?
 

 

[Princess Luna]

I use the Hyper 212X with the i7 8700 and it is by all means sufficient and silent.

 

I would change motherboard to this one instead:

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/Vys8TW/asrock-z370m-pro4-micro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z370m-pro4

 

It is of better quality and it is Micro-ATX which allows you to get one of these cases:

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/CdndnQ/cooler-master-masterbox-lite-31-tg-microatx-mid-tower-case-mcw-l3s3-kgnn-00

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/bwgPxr/cooler-master-mastercase-pro-3-microatx-mini-tower-case-mcy-c3p1-kwnn

 

Which I know from experience to be worth the price.

 

[TVwazhere]

2 hours ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

pick another cooler. hyper212 is fine but not for that hottie :-)

 

casewise: what does a define R6 cost you?

Thats the 8700, not the K

 

$259 NZ dollars according to PCPer

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#m=106&G=1,12&t=3

 

2 hours ago, Ciri said:

i kinda wanna choose INWIN303 now, it's around 100 us dollars, but i am not quite sure, please give some advice!

Watt's your budget for a case currently? (In your currency)

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

Thats the 8700, not the K

 

$259 NZ dollars according to PCPer

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#m=106&G=1,12&t=3

 

Watt's your budget for a case currently? (In your currency)

still too hot for the standard hyper 212 in my mind.

[TVwazhere]

Just now, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

still too hot for the standard hyper 212 in my mind.

I think it would technically be able to handle it, but there are nicer options like the Cryorig H7 (though, thy both cool about the same)

[Ciri]

15 hours ago, ItsTheDuckAgain said:

pick another cooler. hyper212 is fine but not for that hottie :-)

 

casewise: what does a define R6 cost you?

that one is mega expensive! its like 200 us dollars

 

13 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Thats the 8700, not the K

 

$259 NZ dollars according to PCPer

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/products/case/#m=106&G=1,12&t=3

 

Watt's your budget for a case currently? (In your currency)

around 150 nz dollars hopefully : )

[AngryBeaver]

https://www.amazon.com/DEEPCOOL-GENOME-II-Pre-installed-Compatible/dp/B01JYCJLPO

 

nice looking case and a cooling solution for your 8700k all in one place!!

 

On a serious note though there are lots of good cases out there, but you will definitely want to get away from entry level air coolers.

 

Ouch that case is $389 in NZ... the exchange rate is bad >.< 

[Ciri]

15 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Get a case with some airflow man

And how much is that system? What's your monitor set up?

More than likely you should buy an R5 1600 at least to save some cash and still be fine for gaming.

Better yet save your money and buy an R5 2400G system and game on the APU just fine at 1080p so long as you've got some fast memory.

What's the whole parts list?

I got that brand new i7 8700 + Z370 gaming plus from a friend in China, so it is relatively cheap, it cost me around 600NZD, which is like 435USD.

so i saved some cash to get a AOC agon 241qx monitor( 24" TN 144HZ and 1440P), i bought it in NZ with 500NZD.

I was about to get a R5 1600, but i read many comments from everywhere, and they just told me about OC stuffs, so i am not quite sure if i can handle that, besides it only costs me 170nzd(120usd) more to get a i7 8700, so why not?

 

6 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

https://www.amazon.com/DEEPCOOL-GENOME-II-Pre-installed-Compatible/dp/B01JYCJLPO

 

nice looking case and a cooling solution for your 8700k all in one place!!

 

On a serious note though there are lots of good cases out there, but you will definitely want to get away from entry level air coolers.

 

Ouch that case is $389 in NZ... the exchange rate is bad >.< 

On that website, it says "this item does not ship to NZ", and i already got the hyper 212X, otherwise maybe i will consider it, that water cooling looks really fancy : )

[AngryBeaver]

6 minutes ago, Ciri said:

I got that brand new i7 8700 + Z370 gaming plus from a friend in China, so it is relatively cheap, it cost me around 600NZD, which is like 435USD.

so i saved some cash to get a AOC agon 241qx monitor( 24" TN 144HZ and 1440P), i bought it in NZ with 500NZD.

I was about to get a R5 1600, but i read many comments from everywhere, and they just told me about OC stuffs, so i am not quite sure if i can handle that, besides it only costs me 170nzd(120usd) more to get a i7 8700, so why not?

 

The 8700 is MUCH better than the 1600 or 1600x. So a good choice. Much higher IPC and clocks.

 

On a separate note I am sick and tired of all of these people suggesting the 2200g and 2400g in every thread. I feel like they watch a video and now think it is the end all be all and want to ride around on the bandwagon for it. It is NOT that great for 1080p. Sure it can run low and medium in games just fine, but that is about it. It is also limited to 2gb of ram and it uses SYSTEM ram not the much faster vram on most cards. Even then the performance on it is only on par with an entry level card like the 1030. You can get a used card for $50 that will vastly out perform it. 

[Ciri]

13 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

I use the Hyper 212X with the i7 8700 and it is by all means sufficient and silent.

 

I would change motherboard to this one instead:

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/Vys8TW/asrock-z370m-pro4-micro-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z370m-pro4

 

It is of better quality and it is Micro-ATX which allows you to get one of these cases:

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/CdndnQ/cooler-master-masterbox-lite-31-tg-microatx-mid-tower-case-mcw-l3s3-kgnn-00

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/product/bwgPxr/cooler-master-mastercase-pro-3-microatx-mini-tower-case-mcy-c3p1-kwnn

 

Which I know from experience to be worth the price.

I really should join this community earlier, and then i could just get things from your list without thinking,  but now i cant really make the change, because they are on the way 

> < sad.....

 

6 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

The 8700 is MUCH better than the 1600 or 1600x. So a good choice. Much higher IPC and clocks.

 

On a separate note I am sick and tired of all of these people suggesting the 2200g and 2400g in every thread. I feel like they watch a video and now think it is the end all be all and want to ride around on the bandwagon for it. It is NOT that great for 1080p. Sure it can run low and medium in games just fine, but that is about it. It is also limited to 2gb of ram and it uses SYSTEM ram not the much faster vram on most cards. Even then the performance on it is only on par with an entry level card like the 1030. You can get a used card for $50 that will vastly out perform it. 

Glad that i dont know anything about 2200g and 2400g : ), otherwise maybe i would get distracted by this. In the first place, the only CPU i knew was I5 8400, and then i googled a lot, so i got to know there is another one called Rython 5 1600, it literally took me lots of time struggling between these two, and then i saw1600X 1700 i7 8700, i7 8700K......what a period > <

 

15 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Get a case with some airflow man

And how much is that system? What's your monitor set up?

More than likely you should buy an R5 1600 at least to save some cash and still be fine for gaming.

Better yet save your money and buy an R5 2400G system and game on the APU just fine at 1080p so long as you've got some fast memory.

What's the whole parts list?

Just watched the video, interesting fact that SilverStone Redline RL06 and Fractal Design Meshify C, these two cases' prices are similar in USD (75-80usd), but RL06 costs 110 in NZD, and Fractal C costs 190 nzd... on my lunar god T_T

 

 

All right, guys! After loads of vedios, googleing and pricespy(a website in NZ shows you the lowest price, ranks, user rating)

These are my current considerations:

Fractal design Meshify C (190NZD)    f*** it, just cut my coffees for 2 weeks > <

Fractal design define C    (160NZD)    maybe one week?  : )

NZXT source S340   (154NZD)111usd

Corsair carbide Clear 400C    (149NZD)

SilverStone Redline RL06     (110NZD)80usd

 

The thing here is that i can afford the expensive one, because i dont really need to pay at once, but i just not sure if it is really worth it.

4 nzd for one cup of coffee by the way : )

 

[Streetguru]

3 hours ago, Ciri said:

 

The RL06 is great, but the "PRO" Version is the one that comes with 4 fans at stock

You also didn't answer any other questions unless you already purchased all the other hardware

[Ciri]

9 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

The RL06 is great, but the "PRO" Version is the one that comes with 4 fans at stock

You also didn't answer any other questions unless you already purchased all the other hardware

I got everything except the case and fans (if needed) : )

The "PRO" version is only available on Amazon UK...So that is out of reach

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, Ciri said:

I got everything except the case and fans (if needed) : )

The "PRO" version is only available on Amazon UK...So that is out of reach

You could always add the fans later

[Ripper7620]

I'm a big fan of the 303, although I haven't built in one. The bottom looks to have great airflow(which is a valid concern). Here's my favorite version of the 303 in case you haven't seen this one yet: 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zsc48d/inwin-303-msi-dragon-atx-mid-tower-case-303-msi-dragon

 

Good luck on your build!

[Ciri]

10 minutes ago, Ripper7620 said:

I'm a big fan of the 303, although I haven't built in one. The bottom looks to have great airflow(which is a valid concern). Here's my favorite version of the 303 in case you haven't seen this one yet: 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zsc48d/inwin-303-msi-dragon-atx-mid-tower-case-303-msi-dragon

 

Good luck on your build!

It looks awesome! I like that pattern, but unfortunately it is not available in NZ and also people say the airflow is not so good compared to others (not sure). Thanks for sharing anyway

[Ripper7620]

8 minutes ago, Ciri said:

It looks awesome! I like that pattern, but unfortunately it is not available in NZ and also people say the airflow is not so good compared to others (not sure). Thanks for sharing anyway

I understand the concerns about the airflow, as I didn't get it either at first, and was really turned off at first, but the bottom is where a lot of the airflow comes from. I certainly wouldn't consider it to have great airflow, but I would absolutely love to build on one.