Question Reuse Case with New Fans or Buy New Case

[drakrhal]

I currently have a system that is about 10 years old in a Fractal Meshify C (I transplanted the system a few years back). Planning to build a new system next year with a large air cooler (noctua) and something equivalent to a 3080 or 3080 ti. Would I be better off (budget and performance) buying some after market fans and keeping the meshify C or going with stock fans on something like a Corsair 4000D or Fractal Torrent Compact?

 

[Koekieezz]

I currently have a system that is about 10 years old in a Fractal Meshify C (I transplanted the system a few years back). Planning to build a new system next year with a large air cooler (noctua) and something equivalent to a 3080 or 3080 ti. Would I be better off (budget and performance) buying some after market fans and keeping the meshify C or going with stock fans on something like a Corsair 4000D or Fractal Torrent Compact?

if you're replacing the case and meant that the new case stock fans, it should be fine.

better fans for airflow would be better but it always depends on how you would like to config the fans. better use the stock ones and feel if its okay enough for your daily use

 

[drakrhal]

if you're replacing the case and meant that the new case stock fans, it should be fine.

better fans for airflow would be better but it always depends on how you would like to config the fans. better use the stock ones and feel if its okay enough for your daily use

Yeah, the basic debate is buy new fans and keep using the Meshify C or buy a new case and just use the fans the new case comes with.

 

[lvt]

If you can't justify the purchase of a new case, better stay with it.

 

[Phaaze88]

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New case, IMO. Many of those cards are bloody long, and will find the Meshify C a bit lacking in depth(front to rear), thus reducing your options.
To add to that, I think the ones that do fit inside the Meshify C change the airflow inside due to how big they are... and not necessarily in a good way.
If it were a lower gpu tier, I'd think you could keep using the current case.

As for which case, that's a personal decision. I find either of the other 2 are acceptable.

 

[Karadjgne]

Lol. None of the above. Option C. You choose. None of us has to look at your case, or build in it or change fans etc. Only you do. So the real question is 'Do I still want this case?'

If you like the case, and granted I do like the Fractals simplicity and quality, and don't mind looking at it for the next few years, keep it and do whatever with the fans (fractals fans are not too shabby at all for 'stock' fans).

If you really just want a change of view, a different than black color, built in RGB or type-C connectivity or any of half a dozen other reasons, dump it, sell it, stick it on the closet and buy a new case.

It's really that simple.