Question Which case would you choose?

[smalltech]

Hi,

I am looking at these 3 cases to use with B550M motherboard

ASUS A21
MONTECH SKY ONE LITE (update: decided to skip this because front panel cannot wash, front panel have connectors and light)
TECWARE FORGE M

Which case would you choose? Thanks

 

[SkyNetRising]

They all are all pretty similar.
Montech case is largest one (ATX), other are mATX.
Main difference is with preinstalled fans.

Asus case has none,​

Montech has 3 fans,​

Tecware has 4 fans preinstalled.​

Based on those differences - Tecware case wins.

You may also want to consider Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

The other thing you might want to consider is front panel Type C port, might come in handy if you upgrade the mobo and CPU.

Depending on where you are,

Jonsbo D31 MESH
Inwin A3
Deepcool CH360
Lian Li 205M

 

[smalltech]

They all are all pretty similar.
Montech case is largest one (ATX), other are mATX.
Main difference is with preinstalled fans.

Asus case has none,​

Montech has 3 fans,​

Tecware has 4 fans preinstalled.​

Based on those differences - Tecware case wins.

You may also want to consider Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case.

Are the preinstalled default fans as good (noise/airflow/durability...) as Arctic fans?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Airflow - you would have the cfm rating
Noise - you would have the db rating and fan speed
Durability - You would have to check the bearing type. FDB bearing would be preferable.

 

[smalltech]

They all are all pretty similar.
Montech case is largest one (ATX), other are mATX.
Main difference is with preinstalled fans.

Asus case has none,​

Montech has 3 fans,​

Tecware has 4 fans preinstalled.​

Based on those differences - Tecware case wins.

You may also want to consider Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case.

Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case look nice but after doing some research I prefer A21 because a review (below) said Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini temperature is the worst temp, AP201 better temp, A21 best temp. I am afraid the high temperature can cause components to become faulty faster, correct me if I am wrong.

Note to myself, I will skip cases about 400mm Height, 400mm Length, will buy larger height and length than this size. Most of the width are about the same at about 200mm

Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case dimensions (LxWxH) 396 x 205 x 406 mm
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"Swapped the case from Asus AP201 Mesh to A21 because I love to take a look at the components inside. I like the airflow performance of A21, it makes the RX 6700 XT temps down to around 75-82 during Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p Ultra settings compared to 80-85 at AP201 (the worst is Meshify 2 Mini that baked the GPU to 90-92 degree Celcius during gameplay)."
"At first, I bought the AP201 due to the lack of proper airflow on my previous case, which is the Meshify 2 Mini as this case baked my Red Devil RX 6700 XT to almost 92-94 degrees Celcius while used for gaming (I have to remove 1 intake fans at the front due to the card is longer than my previous RX 6600 XT). I thought that the mesh/perforated case would solve this issue. I love the AP201, the build quality is really solid."
source https://www.reddit.com/r/mffpc/comments/1ajfuyz/asus_a21_matx_build/

 

[SkyNetRising]

Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini case look nice but after doing some research I prefer A21 because a review (below) said Fractal Design Meshify 2 Mini temperature is the worst temp, AP201 better temp, A21 best temp. I am afraid the high temperature can cause components to become faulty faster, correct me if I am wrong.

I seriously doubt the temperature difference.
With same fans / same cooling config there would not be 10C difference.
Those cases are extremely similar design.

 

[smalltech]

I seriously doubt the temperature difference.
With same fans / same cooling config there would not be 10C difference.
Those cases are extremely similar design.

Do smaller case usually have a higher temperature than a bigger case? (assuming all components are the same, only case reduction in size) (e.g. I think cooler master TD300 is the smaller version of TD500)

 

[SkyNetRising]

Smaller case usually will have smaller number of case fans installed/supported.
Therefore also less airflow.

 

[helper800]

Smaller cases also have a small volume of air to heat up. The same heat in a smaller area can attribute to higher temperatures, however, if they are decently designed cases the amount of difference this will make is almost always going to be negligible.