Cases

I recently built my computer and made a mistake I have been dreading since. The case I bought was utter shit. It was the Roswill SRM-01. There is barely room for the power supply and the cables are bent at a 90 degree angle just to get out of the way of the DVD drive. There is also no room for cable management and there is no way to have more than two drives. There is also no airflow and cant even hold an average sized heat sink. I would like no one to buy this case as it is CRAP.

PS. If anyone knows of a cheap case that has a decent amount of airflow, a good amount of drive bays, and enough space to hold a 160mm heat sink (the hyper 212 evo). a clear side panel is a bonus, and I would like it to be around $30-$50

 

The Cougar MX330 I think could fit that cooler and it even has a side window for 46$.
Or for just 67$ you can buy the case I use now which is huge inside.

 

This is my case, it was really cheap, but has all the good features:
http://www.deepcool.com/product/case/2013-12/9_590.shtml

I did throw dust filters out though as they restrict airflow too much, but there is cable management space, airflow is ok, 1080 fits there, lots of space for sdd and hdd etc.

Also no sharp bits to cut fingers on.

Macho Rev. B CPU cooler fits, so pretty much any cooler will fit.

Bad point are those drive mounting this, DVD burner is not very tightly held, would prefer screws. Also back wall fan mesh grid thing is too restricting to my liking, but I cut it out.

Case is something I would not put big money on, PSU is another thing.

There is actually side window design of this case http://www.deepcool.com/product/case/2014-05/9_840.shtml

Not sure where you can get them though, also I did throw fans out, no idea how bad they might be.

 

Thanks for the advice, ill check them both out and see if any of them work

 

I've always wanted to get an old beige case from a thrift store pc and make a sleeper.

 

How about a Cooler Master N400? As far as I know all Asus Strix graphics cards fit and it has space for coolers up to 16.3cm tall.
It's pretty expensive though it has a very high quality as far as I'm concerned.

 

Cooler Master cases are awesome. I have a Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced full tower from around 2014 and it's amazing. It even came with wheels to mount on the bottom of, and space for two PSUs.

 

I'm thinking about the DIYPC J180 BL, it is currently on sale on Newegg for $30, does anyone know much about it?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811353106

 

Its a basic case. There is nothing special about it. It does appear to be a good value though.

 

Bought the DIYPC one, actually very nice, I threw a rock at the old one and it was ripped to shreds, not very strong, thanks for all your help.

 

Now what that rock had done to you?

Good thing you got it all sorted out!

 

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