So now that I have most of my gear in, now im gonna look for a case. I currently use a Cooler Master HAF 912 case. One big issue is that theres a hole thats pre-enginneered (possibly for water-cooling, but cant remember anymore), but all it does is attract bugs & therefore its a great place for junk to get inside. Ive heard about mentions of Phantek, but would like more options. It should be at least a mid tower since I will be putting my ASRock B450 Steel Legend mobo in there, but definitely not looking to do any form of OC on it.
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Hi Pillar!!
I just built in a Phanteks P360A (smaller version of P400/P500), literally like 1 hr ago.
Highly recommend. Build quality is great for a $70 case, comes with 2 DRGB fans (good at this price), and has mesh option if you care about performance. I think the non-mesh versions have a largerish opening at the bottom to let air in, so might be better to get the mesh anyways.
I don't think there are any holes for ingress larger than like ~1-5mm (exhaust outlet has ~5mm hole grate like most cases). They seem to have blocked off most entry points in order to get the air to flow correctly thru the designated areas, which would also have the effect of not allowing moderate sized bugs in.
Hopefully you can solve the bug problem!
edit: for non-Phanteks options, I cross shopped the Corsair 4000D, and was going to purchase but it sold out while I was debating so I went with the P360A instead. The 4000D Airflow version is a good performer, and I believe the front intake has a filter that should keep bugs away. Otherwise they have a non-airflow version, but thermals are probably significantly worse.
I just built in a Phanteks P360A (smaller version of P400/P500), literally like 1 hr ago.
Highly recommend. Build quality is great for a $70 case, comes with 2 DRGB fans (good at this price), and has mesh option if you care about performance. I think the non-mesh versions have a largerish opening at the bottom to let air in, so might be better to get the mesh anyways.
I don't think there are any holes for ingress larger than like ~1-5mm (exhaust outlet has ~5mm hole grate like most cases). They seem to have blocked off most entry points in order to get the air to flow correctly thru the designated areas, which would also have the effect of not allowing moderate sized bugs in.
Hopefully you can solve the bug problem!
edit: for non-Phanteks options, I cross shopped the Corsair 4000D, and was going to purchase but it sold out while I was debating so I went with the P360A instead. The 4000D Airflow version is a good performer, and I believe the front intake has a filter that should keep bugs away. Otherwise they have a non-airflow version, but thermals are probably significantly worse.
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NZXT makes some good stuff for the price, lower and medium end.
Corsair makes some nice medium end stuff, you'll find a lot of "airflow" cases from them.
bequiet has some nice stuff but they're all pretty expensive.
CoolerMaster also has some nice lower end stuff.
Overall it's mainly just aesthetics, I would check out all of their pages and see what looks nice and fits in your budget and then go check out a review. As for the bugs, almost every case nowadays comes with a dust filter, so you should be good haha
Corsair makes some nice medium end stuff, you'll find a lot of "airflow" cases from them.
bequiet has some nice stuff but they're all pretty expensive.
CoolerMaster also has some nice lower end stuff.
Overall it's mainly just aesthetics, I would check out all of their pages and see what looks nice and fits in your budget and then go check out a review. As for the bugs, almost every case nowadays comes with a dust filter, so you should be good haha
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Meyers said: NZXT makes some good stuff for the price- Well I second that!!!
I just completed a build for my niece with an H510i case: https://www.nzxt.com/products/h510i-matte-white
and got this desk on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-IRONSTONE...dchild=1&keywords=desks&qid=1609129187&sr=8-6
I am buying both for myself and my daughter after using them for this build!! That desk is awesome for cable/wiring management! You can only see one wire under the desk!!!
I just completed a build for my niece with an H510i case: https://www.nzxt.com/products/h510i-matte-white
and got this desk on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-IRONSTONE...dchild=1&keywords=desks&qid=1609129187&sr=8-6
I am buying both for myself and my daughter after using them for this build!! That desk is awesome for cable/wiring management! You can only see one wire under the desk!!!
Hey guys, I am fully aware that this post is almost a month old, but its still on the front page, so I should be good. Anyways just wanted to post a small update: I found a decent little case on Newegg & wanted to get some thoughts about it: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811553061
