Looking for good mATX case.

[Danny P]

Hi all, I'm looking for a good mATX case that:
_Has good airflow.
_Must support the hyper evo 212
_Must support EVGA 850w gold PSU
_Must support EVGA 980ti acx2.0+
_Hdd and Ssd mounting (this is kind of obvious).
_Windowed is good, too.
_Does not make sanwiches (but if it able to, I'm welcoming it).

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thermaltake Core V21. Used in the last of these builds, and compared to the smaller Core V1. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2625445/build-log-consolidated-middle-school-builds.html

I have a NH D15S in it, a full-size PSU on the lower deck, and it has three pairs of mounting for SSD and a cage on the lower deck too.

It will fit that card. (up to 350mm)

For a heavy air cooler, the horizontal motherboard eliminates torque.

It will also take 2 x 240mm radiators and a lot of fans.

 

[Danny P]

Thermaltake Core V21. Used in the last of these builds, and compared to the smaller Core V1. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2625445/build-log-...

I have a NH D15S in it, a full-size PSU on the lower deck, and it has three pairs of mounting for SSD and a cage on the lower deck too.

It will fit that card. (up to 350mm)

For a heavy air cooler, the horizontal motherboard eliminates torque.

It will also take 2 x 240mm radiators and a lot of fans

Looks like a contender, I'm looking at the core X2 at the moment and it is very similar to this case, what is your oponion?

 

[Danny P]

Actually, the V21 is smaller so that is a win for me, however, I wish it has a 5.25 slot as I already had a fan controller and want to put it in there. Is there one that is similar to this size but have a 5.25 slot ( the x2 has it but it is a bit big imo)

 

[DonkeyOatie]

No, no EXTERNAL 5.25 slot in that form factor. The X2 is good, but BIG! Here's a review

Behind the front grille and above the 200mm fan is a cutout in the case that will take a 5.25" fan controller, it just has no panel visible to the world without modding.

 

[Danny P]

No, no EXTERNAL 5.25 slot in that form factor. The X2 is good, but BIG! Here's a review

Behind the front grille and above the 200mm fan is a cutout in the case that will take a 5.25" fan controller, it just has no panel visible to the world without modding.

So how is the temperature of the system? The case looks to have a good airflow but I've seen reviews that indicate otherwise.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Mine is great, and you can 'tune' it. I moves some fans around and moved the window from the top to the side and cooled a total of 4C.

The 200mm fan on the front is stout and I have a 120AF intake for my GPU and a 120 SP as an exhaust behind the CPU cooler. I think it does depend on build tidiness and the components in it. The roof will take two 240mm radiators.

 

[Danny P]

Mine is great, and you can 'tune' it. I moves some fans around and moved the window from the top to the side and cooled a total of 4C.

The 200mm fan on the front is stout and I have a 120AF intake for my GPU and a 120 SP as an exhaust behind the CPU cooler. I think it does depend on build tidiness and the components in it. The roof will take two 240mm radiators.

Cool! Can you post a few pics of your system? A quick search on Google show that not a lot of ppl know about this case, considering Thermaltake's low popularity.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Here's the [build log] http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2626627/build-log-middle-school-science-fair-project-system.html

The system is at school at the moment, but I could take pictures of specific features. What do you want to see?

 

[Danny P]

Here's the [build log] http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2626627/build-log-middle-school-science-fair-project-system.html

The system is at school at the moment, but I could take pictures of specific features. What do you want to see?

Probably just how the inside look after all the cable management has been dealt with, just wanted to see how clean it would look. I'm going to do an air-focus system so that is very important, don't want a full ATX since I'm just running a mATX board.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Here's the [build log] http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2626627/build-log-middle-school-science-fair-project-system.html

The system is at school at the moment, but I could take pictures of specific features. What do you want to see?

Probably just how the inside look after all the cable management has been dealt with, just wanted to see how clean it would look. I'm going to do an air-focus system so that is very important, don't want a full ATX since I'm just running a mATX board.

My Middle School students put it together and we are changing memory, CPU, cooler, and GPU frequently. Cable management will be done when the system is in it's final configuration.

 

[Danny P]

The V21 ultimately didn't work for me, even there is a 5.25 cut out, there is no mounting point, abd with massice amount of fan support the lack of fan controller didn't do it for me, also overall system temp was too high for my preference, I guess matx is not my choice. Thanks for your help though, I will continue looking for a different case.