Hey everyone,
So my PC is pretty much nearing completion (here it is), but now I am stuck at a pretty important component.
I can't for the life of me decide what case to get.
Firstly, I must say that I feel that I am being quite difficult in terms of choosing my future case. I'd like a side window, but also a professional and powerful aesthetic.
This is the case I currently have, and the sort of aesthetic I'd like to inspire my next case off of. I love the Antec 900, but it now lacks many features, such as cable management and USB 3.0, that pretty much all cases have as standard.
Early in my research, I stumbled on the Phanteks Enthoo Pro and Luxe. After watching several reviews, I felt like it was the perfect case for me. Aesthetics were good, build quality was very good, had LED lights, etc. It basically had no faults. The problem came when I compared its size with my Antec 900. Obviously I knew it would be bigger, but after I stuck an old full tower I had next to my current Antec 900 mid-tower, I realized how much this case would stick out like a sore thumb in my room because of its size. It felt way too big for my needs, especially since all I'll have in that case is a single GPU and a HDD/SSD. Even if I SLI'd down the road, I felt like the excellent case would go to waste.
So, after that I stumbled onto the Corsair Obsidian 450d. Again, I liked the aesthetics, but based off reviews, there are just a few things that tick me off, like not being able to do SLI with Gigabyte Gaming G1 GTX 970 and a few build quality issues.
And just recently, I found out about the Cooler Master 690 2 and 3. This case seemed like the perfect compromise: great aesthetics, mid tower size, few faults. Only thing is, it seems like it's discontinued and it seems difficult to find. I can't even find a windowed version.
So, those are the cases I'm mulling over at the moment. This is the first build I'm making myself, so any feedback is appreciated. And if you guys have any other cases to propose, I'm all ears
Thanks
So my PC is pretty much nearing completion (here it is), but now I am stuck at a pretty important component.
I can't for the life of me decide what case to get.
Firstly, I must say that I feel that I am being quite difficult in terms of choosing my future case. I'd like a side window, but also a professional and powerful aesthetic.
This is the case I currently have, and the sort of aesthetic I'd like to inspire my next case off of. I love the Antec 900, but it now lacks many features, such as cable management and USB 3.0, that pretty much all cases have as standard.
Early in my research, I stumbled on the Phanteks Enthoo Pro and Luxe. After watching several reviews, I felt like it was the perfect case for me. Aesthetics were good, build quality was very good, had LED lights, etc. It basically had no faults. The problem came when I compared its size with my Antec 900. Obviously I knew it would be bigger, but after I stuck an old full tower I had next to my current Antec 900 mid-tower, I realized how much this case would stick out like a sore thumb in my room because of its size. It felt way too big for my needs, especially since all I'll have in that case is a single GPU and a HDD/SSD. Even if I SLI'd down the road, I felt like the excellent case would go to waste.
So, after that I stumbled onto the Corsair Obsidian 450d. Again, I liked the aesthetics, but based off reviews, there are just a few things that tick me off, like not being able to do SLI with Gigabyte Gaming G1 GTX 970 and a few build quality issues.
And just recently, I found out about the Cooler Master 690 2 and 3. This case seemed like the perfect compromise: great aesthetics, mid tower size, few faults. Only thing is, it seems like it's discontinued and it seems difficult to find. I can't even find a windowed version.
So, those are the cases I'm mulling over at the moment. This is the first build I'm making myself, so any feedback is appreciated. And if you guys have any other cases to propose, I'm all ears
Thanks
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