Cases

The Fractal Design Pop Silent is impressively quiet thanks to sound-dampening foam, but we’d prefer better cooling, even if that meant adding a few decibels.

Phanteks’ Eclipse G360A makes it clear that a case doesn’t have to cost a lot to be truly great. With good airflow, three PWM aRGB fans and a light strip, there’s a lot to love here for $100.

Quiet airflow? Count me in.

Lian Li’s mini-ITX Q58 case delivers a brilliant layout to achieve a compact, yet thermally capable ITX system. It looks pretty great, too.

Antec’s P82 Silent isn’t an exciting chassis, but sometimes that’s exactly what you’re after.

Antec P10 Flux: the most likeable boring case.

Although Thermaltake’s The Tower 100 isn’t the most practical case, it’s joyfully weird and doesn’t cost much.

Cooler Master MasterFrame 700 transforms from creative showcase to practical test bench in a matter of minutes.

Silverstone’s Sugo SG14 is a chassis that allows a wide range of ITX build configurations, but where it scores well in modularity and versatility, it falls short on materials and excitement.

Corsair’s 5000X RGB chassis offers glass on four sides, but has a neat trick up its sleeve to keep cooling performance in check.

Can’t make up your mind? The be quiet! Silent Base 802 offers silent performance with lots of damping, but also a mesh front panel.

Lian Li’s Lancool 215 offers up a mesh front with two 200mm D-RGB intake fans and all the features you need for simple ATX builds – at just $69.

Silverstone’s SETA A1 ATX chassis comes with sophisticated, understated looks, subtle RGB effects, and two whopping-big 200mm intake fans, but does it live up to its promises?

With great performance and a unique style, the Corsair 275R Airflow is a chassis worth a look for those on a budget.

It’s pricey, but iBUYPOWER's Snowblind chassis has something no one else has and everything an enthusiast could want. At $299 (£), this case, though expensive, may actually save you money in the long run.

Boutique system builder Maingear now offers its sophisticated Vybe chassis as a stand-alone product at a reasonable price

Fractal's latest case is versatile and quiet. But neither airflow, nor the asking price are ideal.

Priced at $150 (£110), Corsair's latest mid-tower chassis has just the right amount of RGB bling and great thermal performance to boot, but is it really a smart choice?

Corsair’s iCUE 220T RGB Airflow chassis, is an intriguing reimagining of what is perhaps the most empirically important piece of case design out there: good airflow.

Master’s Silencio 400 focuses on quietness and a moderate price. Does it perform well-enough to become a value leader?