Best PC Cases of 2024: $80 to $800 Airflow, Cable Management, & Thermal Leaders
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Date: 2024-11-25
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paulw3182
As a stubborn curmudgeon who works to preserve media, when builders moved from the traditional case deleting forward bay's the blue-ray discs are essentially dead which has grave implications for archival media. I was recently working with grandparents 70 year old 16 millimeter film, which was stored properly - the images are as crisp as the day it was developed. Can we say the same for our family pictures, documents and memories stored on SSD's or spinning media Case builders need to offer a slimline laptop-style drive bay in future cases or our great grandchildren will experience faltering data retrieval. While optical media is imperfect, if stored in a climate controlled dark area 50 year life expectancy is possible allowing for media shifting. The power of optical discs, it is possible to format the media which is independent (agnostic) of the operating system. In 50 years how many systems will be able too retrieve OS dependent and hardware specific stored data
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As a stubborn curmudgeon who works to preserve media, when builders moved from the traditional case deleting forward bay's the blue-ray discs are essentially dead which has grave implications for archival media. I was recently working with grandparents 70 year old 16 millimeter film, which was stored properly - the images are as crisp as the day it was developed. Can we say the same for our family pictures, documents and memories stored on SSD's or spinning media Case builders need to offer a slimline laptop-style drive bay in future cases or our great grandchildren will experience faltering data retrieval. While optical media is imperfect, if stored in a climate controlled dark area 50 year life expectancy is possible allowing for media shifting. The power of optical discs, it is possible to format the media which is independent (agnostic) of the operating system. In 50 years how many systems will be able too retrieve OS dependent and hardware specific stored data
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timyfin
Where are 200mm cases I m not going to change my cases into smaller fan cases than 200mm, because they just got better air flow and more silent. December holiday build will get my unpacket Cooler Master M500H (9800x3D already in and waiting 5000 series GPU). Put lot of small 120 fans inside those fish tanks are just scam. Think if u take air from side, turn airflow 90 degree. U lose a lot cooling power and make lot of noise. new cases works airflow from bottom to top. Yes that works, but they not really been desing for that well enough. And that require empty space under the case so fresh cool air get under the PC first so there would be something to suck in. Lian li 215 got 200 mm. does 216 got 200mm it got 2 x 160 so development take this year step back.
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Where are 200mm cases I m not going to change my cases into smaller fan cases than 200mm, because they just got better air flow and more silent. December holiday build will get my unpacket Cooler Master M500H (9800x3D already in and waiting 5000 series GPU). Put lot of small 120 fans inside those fish tanks are just scam. Think if u take air from side, turn airflow 90 degree. U lose a lot cooling power and make lot of noise. new cases works airflow from bottom to top. Yes that works, but they not really been desing for that well enough. And that require empty space under the case so fresh cool air get under the PC first so there would be something to suck in. Lian li 215 got 200 mm. does 216 got 200mm it got 2 x 160 so development take this year step back.
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MATIvmr
Thanks to your review of Lian Li Lancool 207 I picked it up for my new, first builds since 2009.
I slapped 2x140 P14 Max, 2x P12 on bottom and 1xP12 on the rear, slapped Arctic's Freezer III 360 AIO and temps are A-MAZING!
Keeps 7600X (OC UV) at 31 Celsius degrees idle (which makes the whole PC virtually soooo quiet!) and doesn't go above 60-62 Celsius degrees 7900 XTX.
About the cable management and not being able to close side panel Nah, I'd say not true, as I didn't bother with any cable management, slapped the panel no problem lol, case sits on desk so no problem with getting air for PSU. Love the stealth look and no shitty RGBs!!!!
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Thanks to your review of Lian Li Lancool 207 I picked it up for my new, first builds since 2009.
I slapped 2x140 P14 Max, 2x P12 on bottom and 1xP12 on the rear, slapped Arctic's Freezer III 360 AIO and temps are A-MAZING!
Keeps 7600X (OC UV) at 31 Celsius degrees idle (which makes the whole PC virtually soooo quiet!) and doesn't go above 60-62 Celsius degrees 7900 XTX.
About the cable management and not being able to close side panel Nah, I'd say not true, as I didn't bother with any cable management, slapped the panel no problem lol, case sits on desk so no problem with getting air for PSU. Love the stealth look and no shitty RGBs!!!!
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ICEMANZIDANE
You guys definitely need to test the standard Antec Flux because the Pro is quite more expensive and out of stock.
People are curious about the standard Fluxs Performance.
This is quite important especially when considering the Lancool 207 and its lower price than the Flux Pro.
PS: In general it seems like as if Antec sent out the Pro to all reviewers on the internet, there are barely any reviews about the standard Flux so people are curious if its as good as the Pro.
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You guys definitely need to test the standard Antec Flux because the Pro is quite more expensive and out of stock.
People are curious about the standard Fluxs Performance.
This is quite important especially when considering the Lancool 207 and its lower price than the Flux Pro.
PS: In general it seems like as if Antec sent out the Pro to all reviewers on the internet, there are barely any reviews about the standard Flux so people are curious if its as good as the Pro.
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hoofhearted4
I came seeing if anything would pique my interest for my next PC build, but all of these are boring or ugly. I'm still leaning towards the Montech King95. The design is boring from the perspective that its just another fish tank case, but I think it looks good. I have a regular tower now (Fractal Define S), so even though fish tank is kind of over done, its new to me. Will be a nice change of pace.
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I came seeing if anything would pique my interest for my next PC build, but all of these are boring or ugly. I'm still leaning towards the Montech King95. The design is boring from the perspective that its just another fish tank case, but I think it looks good. I have a regular tower now (Fractal Define S), so even though fish tank is kind of over done, its new to me. Will be a nice change of pace.
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EgaoKage
I really hate the superficial wood. Especially given that wood is an excellent building material! Why not allow the lumber to do its job, structurally I mean, it's _only_ served us well for the past _ten-thousand years._ Surely it can be used to make _a box!_ And the semi-exotic species of woods seen on certain cases is just the icing on the sheet-metal cake. Leave rare trees alone! >.
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I really hate the superficial wood. Especially given that wood is an excellent building material! Why not allow the lumber to do its job, structurally I mean, it's _only_ served us well for the past _ten-thousand years._ Surely it can be used to make _a box!_ And the semi-exotic species of woods seen on certain cases is just the icing on the sheet-metal cake. Leave rare trees alone! >.
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s1nb4d59
I have a Lian Li 011 Dynamic XL running a front mesh kit with x3 bequiet silent wings 4 140mm PRO draw and the same extract at the top with an AIO 360 extract on the side running a sapphire nitro 7900 xtx,7900x3d and a gen 5 and gen 4 ssd layout that keeps cool under load at 45 c constant,no bottom fans or rear extract and this case was'nt even considered.
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I have a Lian Li 011 Dynamic XL running a front mesh kit with x3 bequiet silent wings 4 140mm PRO draw and the same extract at the top with an AIO 360 extract on the side running a sapphire nitro 7900 xtx,7900x3d and a gen 5 and gen 4 ssd layout that keeps cool under load at 45 c constant,no bottom fans or rear extract and this case was'nt even considered.
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mytech6779
Still waiting on a decent flow through mobocase layout. Basically somewhat like a rack mount server adjusted to desktop dimensions and cabling, so all of the dimms, drives, and cards are aligned with the flow.
These artsy fartsy atx cases all have terribly inefficient airflow (not total volume of air, but effectiveness per cubic meter)
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Still waiting on a decent flow through mobocase layout. Basically somewhat like a rack mount server adjusted to desktop dimensions and cabling, so all of the dimms, drives, and cards are aligned with the flow.
These artsy fartsy atx cases all have terribly inefficient airflow (not total volume of air, but effectiveness per cubic meter)
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Suchtzocker
Used cases are the best, cheap, you can have what you want and do something for humanity by using stuff instead of buying new stuff that has to be produced.
Right after that the Define R6 is prob. the most useful case you could have and i would never buy something else anymore for builds lol
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Used cases are the best, cheap, you can have what you want and do something for humanity by using stuff instead of buying new stuff that has to be produced.
Right after that the Define R6 is prob. the most useful case you could have and i would never buy something else anymore for builds lol
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JosephKarthic
I'm Upgrading after 14 years here, from i5 760 to 9800x3d, p7p55d-e to x870e-e, 12gb ddr3 ram to 64gb ddr5, hd5770 to 4070 super, hyper 212 to atmos 360 aio, 1tb 7200rpm hdd to t500 2tb nvme and 011D evo XL, Inf fans, strimers etc etc...feels like a whole another world..
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I'm Upgrading after 14 years here, from i5 760 to 9800x3d, p7p55d-e to x870e-e, 12gb ddr3 ram to 64gb ddr5, hd5770 to 4070 super, hyper 212 to atmos 360 aio, 1tb 7200rpm hdd to t500 2tb nvme and 011D evo XL, Inf fans, strimers etc etc...feels like a whole another world..
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Y0URGRANDMA
Modern SFF are the only ones worth your time, no modern medium and larger cases deserve rewards at all for just being straight up less functional waste of space and having less options than in those in the past and are just made to be gimmicky tacky display pieces.
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Modern SFF are the only ones worth your time, no modern medium and larger cases deserve rewards at all for just being straight up less functional waste of space and having less options than in those in the past and are just made to be gimmicky tacky display pieces.
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stedz2000
please - next year can we add a its not a case category for stuff that you can bolt pc bits to without it being a full enclosure. I fondly remember my Antec Skeleton :) - edit going on the case puns below, perhaps you can call it the edge case category
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please - next year can we add a its not a case category for stuff that you can bolt pc bits to without it being a full enclosure. I fondly remember my Antec Skeleton :) - edit going on the case puns below, perhaps you can call it the edge case category
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geisen713
Thanks a ton! All of the information was well put together, amazingly delivered, and worth every second of listening. Was already hard looking into the Antec Flux pro.. And now I m sold. Added to cart(From the affiliate link of course), and done.
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Thanks a ton! All of the information was well put together, amazingly delivered, and worth every second of listening. Was already hard looking into the Antec Flux pro.. And now I m sold. Added to cart(From the affiliate link of course), and done.
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Noblehand
I think I'll be getting a Fractal North xl case, I am planning to get an Rtx 5070 Ti, and I don't think my current case will be wide enough. Speaking of which, do you guys think that the 5070 Ti will be able to match the 4080 super in ray tracing
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I think I'll be getting a Fractal North xl case, I am planning to get an Rtx 5070 Ti, and I don't think my current case will be wide enough. Speaking of which, do you guys think that the 5070 Ti will be able to match the 4080 super in ray tracing
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bcd2048
I just received my Cougar MX600 Mini RGB case. Had to import it out of Canada since it's not for sale in the US yet. Would love to see a review of this one because it's an excellent option if mATX support is one of your main requirements!
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I just received my Cougar MX600 Mini RGB case. Had to import it out of Canada since it's not for sale in the US yet. Would love to see a review of this one because it's an excellent option if mATX support is one of your main requirements!
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jovan_spasovic
I still actively recommend the Phanteks NV5 and NV7 cases to my friends. I have built computers for them with practically 0 additional fans inside of them besides the radiator fans for the CPU cooler and the temps are astonishing.
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I still actively recommend the Phanteks NV5 and NV7 cases to my friends. I have built computers for them with practically 0 additional fans inside of them besides the radiator fans for the CPU cooler and the temps are astonishing.
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marianosanti1961
I just put together my setup with a Thermaltake The tower 600, the problem is that I don't know how to efficiently place my MSI coreliquid e360. The hose up or the hose down with the radiator on the left side... I'm going crazy.
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I just put together my setup with a Thermaltake The tower 600, the problem is that I don't know how to efficiently place my MSI coreliquid e360. The hose up or the hose down with the radiator on the left side... I'm going crazy.
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polo2005
What about adding a category for most silent/noise reduction without compromising airflow to much for bedrooms builds where silence/less disturbance is gold, noise normalizing is good, but what about a pure noise category
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What about adding a category for most silent/noise reduction without compromising airflow to much for bedrooms builds where silence/less disturbance is gold, noise normalizing is good, but what about a pure noise category
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Spockmaster1701
Awesome video, thanks Steve!
A question though: did you end up testing side GPU exhaust on the North XL I'm thinking of getting one and am curious as that would make my decision between mesh and glass. Thanks!
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Awesome video, thanks Steve!
A question though: did you end up testing side GPU exhaust on the North XL I'm thinking of getting one and am curious as that would make my decision between mesh and glass. Thanks!
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gravef1ghter
IMHO, Corsair has always been a disappointment. Yes, they have had some nice chassis, but by the same token, their price and niche features have really limited their sale potential for what my customers wanted.
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IMHO, Corsair has always been a disappointment. Yes, they have had some nice chassis, but by the same token, their price and niche features have really limited their sale potential for what my customers wanted.
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