Recommend me a casing please

[noobiee]

-Can fit normal size atx mobo

-Can fit at least 5 3.5" hdd and 1 SSD (very important)

-1 dvd slot

-1 or 2 140mm or 120mm front intake

-1 exhaust fan

-decent cable management

-no water cooling

-usb3.0 and input ports in front, not on top (placing my rig on my table)

-removable PCI slot covers

-1 year warranty

-budget below $150

 

[noobiee]

b u m p

 

[goenitz33]

Corsair 300R?

i dont think they come with removable PCI slot covers.

u could always get some Silverstone Aeroslots or Lian Li de to cover.

 

[alvintan89]

Corsair 400R

Coolermaster 690II Advanced USB 3.0

Coolermaster HAF 912 Advanced

 

[noobiee]

wah forgot to include one point

no mesh looking for the front panel

 

[kennethtk]

Lol no mesh is really quite tough.

Can try Lian Li's A05-Fn, 159 at pc themes. It only has 3 x 3.5" bays though so gotta convert 1 5.25 bay and the external 3.5 bay to fit your hdd.

If dont mind top input ports and power switch, can go with fractal design's define R4(nt sure pricing bt around 150), or bitfenix's Merc Alpha, I'm leaning towards the R4 as its a real silent and well designed chassis.

 

[i1magic]

-Can fit normal size atx mobo

-Can fit at least 5 3.5" hdd and 1 SSD (very important)

-1 dvd slot

-1 or 2 140mm or 120mm front intake

-1 exhaust fan

-decent cable management

-no water cooling

-usb3.0 and input ports in front, not on top (placing my rig on my table)

-removable PCI slot covers

-1 year warranty

-budget below $150

I personally find that the Xigmatek is not bad. Value for $$.

 

[noobiee]

Lol no mesh is really quite tough.

Can try Lian Li's A05-Fn, 159 at pc themes. It only has 3 x 3.5" bays though so gotta convert 1 5.25 bay and the external 3.5 bay to fit your hdd.

If dont mind top input ports and power switch, can go with fractal design's define R4(nt sure pricing bt around 150), or bitfenix's Merc Alpha, I'm leaning towards the R4 as its a real silent and well designed chassis.

watched the r3 video review

I am quite interested in that

r4 has a removeable cage and that is really good news to me

I will wait and see how

thanks for your suggestion

however for sg version will there be a side window?

 

[kennethtk]

No side window yet but they will take in by end of the year i think, around 30 bucks for the side window. can check 'fractal design singapore' on fb for announcements. Yea the R4 is really quite a worthwhile chassis, value for money, silent, and looks good.

 

[stamina]

Why not matx aerocool qs 200 lite!

 

[noobiee]

my casing's switch uplorry

time to hunt for new casing

hehe

 

[weap0nx]

The R4 is an amazing case, used it for a Xeon server build of mine and so glad I made that choice. Very very spacious and the build quality was so surprising, I think it weighs like 15kg without anything inside and the finish of everything top notch. You're gonna love it except the USB ports are on top because of the door in front that covers everything. You can't have your cake (super clean design) and eat it.

Since you only need 1 DVD slot, the R4 has traded all that space for 2x 140mm fan mounts and more HDD mounting space. Comes with tons of other fan expansions but the best part of this, and this was the real joy for me, is that they have padded covers to block unused fan ports (essentially to prevent noise leak) so dust does not get in.

It's very hard to fault this case.

 

[gladiusgg]

The R4 is an amazing case, used it for a Xeon server build of mine and so glad I made that choice. Very very spacious and the build quality was so surprising, I think it weighs like 15kg without anything inside and the finish of everything top notch. You're gonna love it except the USB ports are on top because of the door in front that covers everything. You can't have your cake (super clean design) and eat it.

Since you only need 1 DVD slot, the R4 has traded all that space for 2x 140mm fan mounts and more HDD mounting space. Comes with tons of other fan expansions but the best part of this, and this was the real joy for me, is that they have padded covers to block unused fan ports (essentially to prevent noise leak) so dust does not get in.

It's very hard to fault this case.

TLDR ver.
Yes go for R4 if you want:
- lots of hdd cages
- silent rig
- sleek (no mesh) look
- solid build

 

[noobiee]

but the buttons/usb/jacks are located at the top of the casing

 

[gladiusgg]

but the buttons/usb/jacks are located at the top of the casing

aint that a plus point? to keep ur front panel clean ma.