Question Looking for a new case

[Tomchew]

Not looking for anything fancy with lighting or see threw. I just want one with great airflow and possibly a handle for transport to lan parties, but it's not required. One under 150 canadian would be great if there is such a thing.

 

[Darkbreeze]

What size case, motherboard form factor, are you targeting? Mini-ITX, mid tower ATX, micro-ATX?

I'd assume since you want it to be easy to transport you are looking for as small as possible, but that might depend on what motherboard you are planning to use and what size graphics card you will be using?

 

[Tomchew]

I already have a 1080ti and atx mobo, so mid size.

 

[AllanGH]

Something like these?

https://www.amazon.com/product/dp/B0093W1ERO
https://www.amazon.com/product/dp/B00FFJ0H3Q
https://www.amazon.com/product/dp/B007S02GLQ

 

[Darkbreeze]

Cooler master (Who would not otherwise be my first choice) is one of the very few case manufacturers that is still offering mid tower cases with handles. So either the MC500 or Storm Scout 2 advanced would be the primary considerations in that category. Obviously there are a lot of other choices if a handle isn't an imperative but if you have to carry around a mid tower case I'd think you probably REALLY want it to have a handle if you take it with you very often.

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product...se-mc500-atx-mid-tower-case-mcm-m500-kg5n-s00

The fact that you are in Canada, makes the options even fewer than there might be were you in the US or UK though. Also significantly more expensive, much like Australia.

 

[WillJohnson]

What about this (https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Tempered-Interchangeable-Computer-CA-1L2-00S1WN-00/dp/B07FDFZDDW )?

It looks light but without any handles.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'm going to assume, for the sake of argument, that you are not just intentionally trolling by suggesting that case to somebody who is asking for a case that can be easily carried around. Not only is it not light, it's a 20 lb case not including the rest of the hardware.

It also has no handle as you mentioned, which makes lugging around 20 lbs of tempered glass even less desirable. Granted, most others are going to be somewhat near that weight as well if they are mid tower cases but it's a lot easier to manage if there is an intentional method of carrying it around.

I have to admit though, much as I typically don't like Thermaltake's product stack, I don't dislike that case model. It has some appeal to me. Minimally it reminds me of a couple of the Lian Li cases that came out last year but with somewhat different configurations and somewhat less expensive as well. Could be an option but I suspect it would be a lot better OF an option for a static installation rather than something that's going to be traipsed around town.