Recommendation for Case

[ilikemusic]

Hi bros, am looking for a case recommendation from my current setup.

Specs:

Ryzen 5 3600
B550m Gigabyte DS3H
MSI RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 2x OC
ID Cooling SE224 XT CPU Cooler
Klevv Bolt 2 x 8gb
Lexar NM700 500gb SSD
Super Flower Legion GX PRO Series 750W
TECWARE NEXUS M
ARCTIC P12 PWM x 2
Xiaomi 34 inch 144hz.

Am looking to change my Tecware Nexus M case to either of these 2

Phanteks P300A Mesh
Be Quiet Pure Base 500

Have 2 questions

1. For efficient cooling and good temps, will they be good enough?
2. Will I need to add additional fans on top of my 2 x P12 Fans.

 

[shadow84]

Pure Base 500 is solid front panel, so best to get Pure Base 500DX instead which is mesh front.

P300A mesh has 2 front, 1 top, 1 rear. You can mount your current 2x F12 at the front then get 1 more P12 for top as intake. Then set the rear to exhaust.

But since your mobo only got 3 fan headers, CPU_Fan header for heatsink, SYS_fan2 for rear fan, you are left with SYS_fan1 for the 2x front and 1x top. So best to get a PWM hub. Also, best to have all fans to be same so that fanspeed are similar instead of imbalance airflow. Heatsink fan can be different.


Do indicate your budget for case or for overall changes you need/want.

 

[ilikemusic]

Pure Base 500 is solid front panel, so best to get Pure Base 500DX instead which is mesh front.

P300A mesh has 2 front, 1 top, 1 rear. You can mount your current 2x F12 at the front then get 1 more P12 for top as intake. Then set the rear to exhaust.

But since your mobo only got 3 fan headers, CPU_Fan header for heatsink, SYS_fan2 for rear fan, you are left with SYS_fan1 for the 2x front and 1x top. So best to get a PWM hub. Also, best to have all fans to be same so that fanspeed are similar instead of imbalance airflow. Heatsink fan can be different.


Do indicate your budget for case or for overall changes you need/want.

Ok thanks for the recommendation, so I'll probably need an additional PWM hub then.

Budget wise, probably 100+ should be okay!

 

[skrekro]

Td500, mesh 2, nr400, masterbox 511

 

[watzup_ken]

Td500, mesh 2, nr400, masterbox 511

I second Cooler Master NR400 or 600. The latter being ATX instead of MATX. Price looks reasonable, and airflow based on reviews is good.

 

[watzup_ken]

Ok thanks for the recommendation, so I'll probably need an additional PWM hub then.

Budget wise, probably 100+ should be okay!

You can consider the Arctic Cooling PWM Fan hub. I got one for 17 bucks before discount on Lazada.

 

[skrekro]

I second Cooler Master NR400 or 600. The latter being ATX instead of MATX. Price looks reasonable, and airflow based on reviews is good.

Should probably get the 600 as his mobo is atx. My mistake unless he type wrongly

 

[ilikemusic]

Should probably get the 600 as his mobo is atx. My mistake unless he type wrongly

Opps, my mobo is matx, edited haha.

 

[ilikemusic]

I second Cooler Master NR400 or 600. The latter being ATX instead of MATX. Price looks reasonable, and airflow based on reviews is good.

Thanks! Will check out the NR400 then

 

[ilikemusic]

What about Fractal Design Meshify C Mini?

 

[shadow84]

Opps, my mobo is matx, edited haha.

Thanks! Will check out the NR400 then

Lucky u clarify, but the fan headers quantity still the same as the ATX brother, at 3. So u will still need a fan hub.

Also, NR600 can be gotten at $89+$4.60 shipping at Cooler Master lazada whereas NR400 is going for $89 in lzd and sls shop. You can consider NR600 instead as it will have more space from gpu to the psu shroud to allow gpu to draw in more air. And since both are same price, why not the bigger 1?

 

[leeerwin]

Do they have RGB ? Haha

 

[hao_jun]

What about Fractal Design Meshify C Mini?

I have worked on both Nr400 and Meshify C (mini and non mini) for my friends/self.

I would say both casing is easy to work with. Meshify C is more solid cos of the material used and price. But the QC dropped for meshify c.

My friend bought a pre build pc (meshify) from SLS 1.5yrs ago and the tempered glass cracked by itself few days later.

I helped my friend to build a new system (2months ago) for mini and the glass instantly shattered when I unscrew and took it out.

Both my friends have to travel down to distro to get a replacement. The glass that shattered few days later the distro still wanna argue saying my friend crack it when he did not do anything at all and we google and a lot of feedback regarding the glass panel in reddit where the glass shattered by itself and we send the link to the distro and they finally replace it for free.

Suspect glass shattered is due to manufacturing process issue.

 

[Goodshot]

All the cool temp are bullsh1t , as long u game at aircon room , ur pc wont be hurt

 

[flame2000]

This case is very good. Can fit M-ATX board.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/jwqfco/seems_like_this_is_the_nr200_killer_that_can_fit/

 

[Goodshot]

This case is very good. Can fit M-ATX board.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/jwqfco/seems_like_this_is_the_nr200_killer_that_can_fit/

This 装机猿 , i saw him quite active at B站

 

[flame2000]

This 装机猿 , i saw him quite active at B站

Ya, most of these reviews from bilibili or chiphell. They usually first to get the hardware.

 

[Limexx]

The new lian li case good or not