Gaming Case

[edwardjensen]

Looking for a good gaming case. Want something that is easy to work with for future upgrades. Must be able to easily handle larger video cards.

Any suggestions?

Also anyone have any experience with the Level 10 GT ?

 

[casualbuilder]

What is your Budget, and what features like USB 3.0 do you want? any color schemes? What styles do you like? a little help for us please.

 

[edwardjensen]

Budgt is under 200. And my main thing is ease of setup and ability to upgrade. No preference on colors or anything just want a solid case.

 

[casualbuilder]

Cooler Master HAF X. that is the best under $200 case out there. You can get it in red or blue, and it holds even the biggest extended ATX motherboards. Nothing is too big for it. Great cable management, and has a lot of little goodies as far as features including hot swap drives for HDD's. Best cooling case out there as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

 

[Raiddinn]

In my experience the gain from expensive cases isn't worth the cost unless you intend to do serious performance video cards and stuff.

If you are getting a low end computer according to what is available today then you are probably fine with a $50 case instead of a $200 case.

Other's experiences may vary, though, just my perspective.

Also in my experience, ease of setup and ability to upgrade aren't usually ways that cases are rated. They all have pretty standard ports and standard holes where things are supposed to go so one is just as good as another in these terms.

The motherboard is more where your upgradability comes in.

When looking at cases I almost only look at whether they can adequately cool the setup that I am trying to put in it.

- Edit - I really only work with full tower cases, as long as you get one of those it is 99% likely to handle anything you want to put in it size wise. The makers generally want to make these as pretty universally applicable as possible, again in my experience.

 

[casualbuilder]

HAF X BABY!!! thing keeps my 955BE with Thermaltake FRIO at 37c-58c at a 4.3GHz. Last case you will ever need to buy.