FD R6 vs Meshify C, buyer's remorse

[vwcrusher]

Having a little buyer's remorse, as I purchased a R6 today, and while looking at a few reviews and comments I am a little concerned about air flow vs the Mesh.

Am I nuts?

System will be based on 650W PSU, 1070 ti GPU and eventually a 8700 or AMD equivalent.

 

[vMax]

The R6 is a great case period..yes airflow will not be at the Meshify level but nonetheless it has everything needed to last a long time. The front closed panel does have a bit more room to breath due to better side ventilation. You could probably compensate on the airflow going an AIO route which would be my suggestion.

280/360 AIO on top exhaust, front 3x 120 or 2x 140mm intake and rear 140mm exhaust...should be more than good enough on cooling.

Finally, if you cannot get over that...and I know sometimes when something just does not feel right it can be hard...then bite the bullet and change...If you can refund great or sell it on ebay and I am sure you will get nearly your money back as it is a great case..

And no, you are not nuts!!!! close but not...

 

[vwcrusher]

The R6 is a great case period..yes airflow will not be at the Meshify level but nonetheless it has everything needed to last a long time. The front closed panel does have a bit more room to breath due to better side ventilation. You could probably compensate on the airflow going an AIO route which would be my suggestion.

280/360 AIO on top exhaust, front 3x 120 or 2x 140mm intake and rear 140mm exhaust...should be more than good enough on cooling.

Finally, if you cannot get over that...and I know sometimes when something just does not feel right it can be hard...then bite the bullet and change...If you can refund great or sell it on ebay and I am sure you will get nearly your money back as it is a great case..

And no, you are not nuts!!!! close but not...

@vMax,

Thanks very much for the reply; so you feel that even with the upgraded cpu (eventually) the case will work fine?
Forgive me, is AIO water cooling or just a CPU cooler like Noctua?

 

[vMax]

The R6 is a great case period..yes airflow will not be at the Meshify level but nonetheless it has everything needed to last a long time. The front closed panel does have a bit more room to breath due to better side ventilation. You could probably compensate on the airflow going an AIO route which would be my suggestion.

280/360 AIO on top exhaust, front 3x 120 or 2x 140mm intake and rear 140mm exhaust...should be more than good enough on cooling.

Finally, if you cannot get over that...and I know sometimes when something just does not feel right it can be hard...then bite the bullet and change...If you can refund great or sell it on ebay and I am sure you will get nearly your money back as it is a great case..

And no, you are not nuts!!!! close but not...

@vMax,

Thanks very much for the reply; so you feel that even with the upgraded cpu (eventually) the case will work fine?
Forgive me, is AIO water cooling or just a CPU cooler like Noctua?

No problems at all... Yes the case will be more than fine even for an 8700K with all the trimmings. The H150i Pro is a 360mm All In One watercooler... So completely sealed and just plug and play with never having to change anything...It works great as I have one on my 8700K overclocked to 4.9GHz and cools unbelievably well... Though any good AIO from 280mm to 360mm should do a great job.

 

[vwcrusher]

Again, thanks!