Case for a new build

Levens

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I'm struggling to pick a case for a i5 6600k build that will have a CRYORIG H7 Cooler and EVGA GeForce GTX 970

I likely wont overclock past 4.2ghz, but I want to get the best safety bang for my buck.

I'm currently trying to decide between two budget cases, and one that I think is probably overkill and costs a bit more.

DEEPCOOL KENDOMEN Black ATX Mid Tower Computer $57 after shipping on newegg. Comes with 5 fans and good air flow. Now much for cable management.

NZXT S340 Matte Black/Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Case $80ish on amazon. Lots of cable management, reviews say air flow might not be that great. Comes with 3 fans, I'd likely add 1-2 more.

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 $129 on amazon. Its hugen I wont need the bays people complain about in the reviews. Comes with 3 good fans and lots of air flow. But is it overkill? Is it really worth the money?

Each case with fit the cooler and the video card. I'm hoping you guys will say the Kendomen case will work just fine and I can save the extra little bit of money, but thats what I'm asking for.

Which case would you go for on a budget?
 
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I can't really tell you anything more than you know about the Deepcool case because I don't know if it's good or not. I used to have one case a while back from Deepcool and it was pretty cheap but ok. Now in terms of the other two I would say go for the NZXT S340 because my roomate got it in November of 2015 and I built a system for him inside there, it was spacious and had good space for liquid coolers as well as fans. I replaced the stock case fans with some BeQuiet I had lying around because he wanted to limit the amount of noise and I can say after a couple of months he is happy, the components are all air cooled and the system is clean and quiet. Also for around $80 you get good build quality and an understated design. The Carbide...
I can't really tell you anything more than you know about the Deepcool case because I don't know if it's good or not. I used to have one case a while back from Deepcool and it was pretty cheap but ok. Now in terms of the other two I would say go for the NZXT S340 because my roomate got it in November of 2015 and I built a system for him inside there, it was spacious and had good space for liquid coolers as well as fans. I replaced the stock case fans with some BeQuiet I had lying around because he wanted to limit the amount of noise and I can say after a couple of months he is happy, the components are all air cooled and the system is clean and quiet. Also for around $80 you get good build quality and an understated design. The Carbide Air 540 is good too, I too think that it's a bit expensive though. Still a very good quality case. Also you could save a couple of bucks and get an NZXT Kraken X31 for your CPU, since you'll over clock anyway. It's going to be more quiet,save you some space if you mount it in the back of the S340 and keep your CPU running cool for longer.
 
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