Looking for Casing recommendations

[primmyera]

Hi there! Have about $200 I would like to spend on a quality case. Preferably corsair?

More fan mounting options would be good as well as I need more airflow through my case. Current case having high idle temps overall due to lack of airflow.

I was thinking between carbide 500r and graphite 730t, anyone can give their recommendations?(tower cases preferably)

Any other recommendations would be nice too!

 

[avsquare]

Carbide Air 540. If not wait for Obsidian 750D Airflow

 

[muddle]

Phanteks enthoo luxe

 

[monikernemo]

I don't think air flow helps much. Try reapplying thermal paste or re seat heat sinks?
Obsidian 450 has a honey comb filter in the front. Air series are your best bet because there is no obstruction (opposed to tower style casing) to your components.

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[jedi5diah]

coolmaster series are very budget n practical, choose looks vs practicality/budget

 

[OngHuatHuat]

Hi there! Have about $200 I would like to spend on a quality case. Preferably corsair?

More fan mounting options would be good as well as I need more airflow through my case. Current case having high idle temps overall due to lack of airflow.

I was thinking between carbide 500r and graphite 730t, anyone can give their recommendations?(tower cases preferably)

Any other recommendations would be nice too!

I am using obsidian 550d bought from lazada.

http://www.lazada.sg/corsair-obsidian-series-550d-26272.html

Spacious mid tower with 3 chassis fans.

Bought last time using discount code @sgd 159

 

[idjekyll]

the new nzxt noctis 450. exact same chassis as the popular h440 but with awesome aesthetics. and a fan hub!

 

[CCCustom]

No love for Lian-Li these days?

I just bought a PC-7HWX for $170 recently from t258jgn for 1 of the 2 4790k builds I'm working on, has pretty much the same fan placements as most of the "good" mid-tower cases out there, but has washable mesh filters for the front instead of sponge or that plastic sheet that some Corsairs have. On top of that it's all aluminium

 

[primmyera]

Hmm. Sidetracking a little but would full load temps of about 70c on a i5-4570 be considered high using an AIO cooler (Seidon 120V)? I've tried reapplying the thermal paste several times already but it seems that's the lowest I can go with the temps.

 

[avsquare]

Hmm. Sidetracking a little but would full load temps of about 70c on a i5-4570 be considered high using an AIO cooler (Seidon 120V)? I've tried reapplying the thermal paste several times already but it seems that's the lowest I can go with the temps.

No. Anything below 90c under full load synthetic test is fine. Daily gaming/workloads under 80c is fine.