Cases

The Fractal Design Ridge is a unique and slim ITX case, but its design limits CPU cooling performance.

NZXT’s H5 Elite bridges the gap between pretty glass and component-cooling airflow–by adding one to the front of the case.

The Azza Aero 480 case offers a boatload of RGB for less than expected, but in testing, its thermal performance wasn’t as good as you might expect.

Montech’s Sky One Lite packs RGB, a hinged tempered glass side panel and a mesh front for about $100. But does its performance stand up to the budget case competition?

On paper, the Ssupd Meshroom S looks like the most versatile SFF case ever. But it’s expensive at $160, and complicated to build in if you veer from a traditional ITX layout.

Lots of mesh and four 140mm fans

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.