Good Cases for Airflow

[lukemurtagh1995]

Hello everyone,

I am about to finalise my new build and I would like some advice regarding case. Does anyone have any recommendations for a case with great airflow? My budget is around £200, but that can stretch if the case is worth it. I also have no restrictions when it comes to the size of the case. I have found the Cougar Panzer Evo RGB which I’ve heard has good cooling but other suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks!

My build is as follows:
CPU: Intel i7-9700K
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15
Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus XI WiFi
GPU: EVGA Superclocked GTX 1080
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3200 MHZ
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB SSD
Seagate BarraCuda 2TB HDD
PSU: Corsair RMX 650w.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Good air-flow requires un-obstructed air intake. This means - it can not be closed front cover .
Mesh front cover is the only option.

 

[lukemurtagh1995]

Good air-flow requires un-obstructed air intake. This means - it can not be closed front cover .
Mesh front cover is the only option.

Yeah, I was worried about that. Is there any mesh fronted cases you recommend?

 

[SkyNetRising]

If you were looking at Cougar Panzer Evo RGB, then check out Cougar Panzer Max - similar design, but with mesh front.

 

[lukemurtagh1995]

If you were looking at Cougar Panzer Evo RGB, then check out Cougar Panzer Max - similar design, but with mesh front.

Thanks for the recommendation. What in your experience would you say is the best case for airflow?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can't really tell, which one is the best.
Main requirements for good air-flow are

• mesh front,
  large fans in the front (200mm or 140mm),
  fans in the back (120mm),
  optional fans on top.

With such config cooling performance is more or less similar.

Some other examples - Cooler Master HAF series, Fractal Design Meshify series.

 

[lukemurtagh1995]

Can't really tell, which one is the best.
Main requirements for good air-flow are

• mesh front,
  large fans in the front (200mm or 140mm),
  fans in the back (120mm),
  optional fans on top.

With such config cooling performance is more or less similar.

Some other examples - Cooler Master HAF series, Fractal Design Meshify series.

What about this case?
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Graphite-Series™-780T-Full-Tower-PC-Case/p/CC-9011063-WW
I was thinking of removing the drive cages at the bottom to make sure the bottom front fan isn't blocked. I would have two 140mm fans at the front, one 140mm fan at the rear, and an NZXT Kraken x72 radiator at the top.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yes. That's also a good option.