Moving Building, More HDs...Space. Case Recommendations.

EspiOne

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I am planning move my build from a Fractal Design Node 804 Black Window to larger MATX Case. I am mainly looking to add 2 more 3.5 Drives. I am running a ASUS MAXIMUS VI GENE LGA 1150 Intel Z87 with a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1 GAMING OC EDITION with is very long card.

I run one SSD, Kingston HyperX 3K 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive, to include one 4TB WD Black Drive and one 1TB WD Black Drive.

I am looking to add two 2TB Drives to the PC. The case does offer a option to mount drives, hanging from the top of the case, but honestly, space seems limited.

I have been looking for a few days, and found a few cases.

I don't want to spend too much, Under $60, windowed or not, but I do want cooling.

Any recommendations.

 
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Card is 12"+ I think, so, this might be a better fit (slightly above the $60 budget), with 1x 2.5" internal and 4x 3.5" internal drive bays:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Fractal Design - Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $68.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-16 12:10 EDT-0400

Photo below shows the Core 1500 fitted with a 11.2" long GPU (a Gigabyte R7 290) just to give you an idea of how it will look like with a slightly longer ~12" GPU...
Card is 12"+ I think, so, this might be a better fit (slightly above the $60 budget), with 1x 2.5" internal and 4x 3.5" internal drive bays:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Fractal Design - Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $68.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-16 12:10 EDT-0400

Photo below shows the Core 1500 fitted with a 11.2" long GPU (a Gigabyte R7 290) just to give you an idea of how it will look like with a slightly longer ~12" GPU:
160721.a59ab630563bce5fda82feb433bf7cca.433d904530708bc46dd35d33836f2846.1600.jpg

Source: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/jxzMnQ
 
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