Reddit mentions of Corsair CC-9011014-WWCORSAIR Carbide 300R Mid-Tower Case, Window Side Panel

I ended up going with this case its cheaper on amazon than newegg. It's sexy simple matte black and evil internals are what sold me. And hey you can't beat the price.

Yes! This is the one I have. It's not as attractive or solid-feeling as a Mac Pro case, but it's also pretty inexpensive.

Bottom-mounted power supply, pretty much tool-less installation, USB 3 and audio ports on the front, no stupid windows or ugly styling.

How much of a budget do you have? I normally suggest the 300R. It has a "sleek" look, USB3, good drive bays, and decent cable management.

Actually no! Yes technology does advance at a rapid rate, but you don't need the best and highest end to feel secure with what you have. You can still game on a PC, but sometimes it gets tempting to add better parts to it. Here is my build.

Motherboard

CPU

RAM

Hard Drive

Case

GPU

These are the basics of my build. There are other things in it, but aren't important as of right now. The GPU, RAM, Hard Drive, and Case are what remain from the original build. Everything else either broke or were given away since I upgraded. Right now I am working on my last upgrade before I refrain from putting more money into my PC. I say this because there is a limit to how powerful you can make a PC before your next upgrade gives you diminishing returns.

If you set a goal for your gaming PC to be 1080p with steady 60fps and good graphics, then there are great budget builds on PC Part Picker. Feel free to head over to /r/buildapc for any questions you would like answered in their FAQ, or even ask me!

I stand by Corsair and there's pretty much anything in each price range.

300R - £63 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Carbide-Series-CC-9011014-WW-Mid-Tower/dp/B006I2H0YS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374875117&sr=8-1&keywords=300r

The case doesn't really matter although they do decide how easy of a build it will be and how difficult cable management will be. Corsair is always a solid option when you want a sturdy case. They're a bit expensive but they have nice case fans. I personally have a Carbide 300r but you could go for anything really. For the OS, once you put the PC together, you can just boot it up. All you have to do then is get a flash drive or CD with Windows on it and put it in. There are many guides and tutorials out there to help you properly install everything. And no, you will not have to solder any CPUs like Ahmed :P

The Carbide series of Corsair, specifically the 300R would be a great step below $100,00: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-Mid-Tower-Computer-CC-9011014-WW/dp/B006I2H0YS

Also the Fractal Design R4 is still on top http://www.amazon.com/Fractal-Design-Define-Cases-FD-CA-DEF-R4-BL/dp/B008HD3CTI. However a bit bigger.

Oh yeah, I was just getting it closer to your build cost. The 200r is a great case. If wanted to spend a little more the 300r is only £6 more than the 200r on Amazon.

Corsair 300R

Ah, cool. Yeah I was thinking of getting a corsair carbide case, this one. or the R4 fractal. I just want to keep everything cool.

So, had to kill some time on the toilet anyways.

This is the correct one (althoug none of those would be bad).

> also why a better case?

The case is what you're going to put your parts in. It's nice to have some cablemanagement, good airflow, some modularity (like removable drive cages), and last, but not least, good looks.
Here are 2 recommendations: Source 210, Carbide 300R

I generally prefer to spend more money on a case (~$90-$150) to get those good looks combined with nifty features, but I don't know if you want to pay that much for something to " simply put your parts in".

And yes, it can take an SSD. It can take in fact 6 SSDs at SATA 3 (also known as SATA 6 GB/s (SATA 2 is only 3 GB/s i think)).

This case is a little overkill, unless you plan on putting in a lot more hardware in the future. Take a look at the Corsair 300R.

It is very room and is so easy to use. Should help drop the price down by $70

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Carbide-Mid-Tower-Performance-Computer/dp/B01LE111X8/ <--- winner imo!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CC-9011075-WW-Windowed-Mid-Tower-Computer/dp/B00RORBQSW/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Mobile-Phone-Cases-Covers/Corsair-9011017-Carbide-Windowed-Tower-Performance-Computer/B006I2H0YS/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CC-9011023-WW-Carbide-Performance-Computer/dp/B009GXZ8MM/

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor | £173.94 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard | £109.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory | AMD Entertainment Edition 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | £12.49 @ Amazon UK
Memory | AMD Entertainment Edition 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | £12.49 @ Amazon UK
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | £86.62 @ Amazon UK
Hard Drive | Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | £52.98 @ Amazon UK
Video Card | MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card | £166.27 @ Scan.co.uk
Case | Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case | £59.33 @ amazon.co.uk
Power Supply | Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply | £78.78 @ Scan.co.uk
Optical Drive | Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer | £12.88 @ CCL Computers
| | Total
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | £765.77

I don't know why, but the Corsair 300R was not listed in pcpartpicker so I "tricked" a little bit and used a link to amazon for it. The i5 3570k performs even better for gaming than the i7 2600 (only benefit of i7s is hyperthreading, which is not used in games) and the ASRock Extreme4 is perfectly for overclocking (you will have to buy an aftermarket cooler for overclocking though). WD produces some very nice HDDs and caviar black is the fastest of their series (after the velociraptor). I included a 64GB SSD by Crucial for your OS and your most used programs. Crucial produces reliable SSDs with a great cost-benefit-ratio. I upgraded your 560 to a 560 Ti - however you can see, that everything is slightly over your budget. 560 is also a good card, so if you want to save some money, you could go with this MSI 560 for 130 bucks. The Cosair Case has a front and a PSU dust filter, USB 3.0 in the front and cable management and I think 650W will be enough for this rig (even if you SLI two 560 Ti).

You've got a good gaming rig here. If you like the 600t but it was out of your budget, check out some of the other Corsair cases. They have many of the same features but are just a little smaller. [Corsair 400R] (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008&Tpk=corsair%20400r) for $89.99, or [Corsair 300R] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006I2H0YS/?tag=pcpapi-20) for $75.00

Case is here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006I2H0YS/?tag=pcpapi-20
Motherboard is here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WWC7BTJ/?tag=pcpapi-20

https://www.amazon.de/Corsair-CC-9011014-WW-Computer-Mid-Tower-Performance/dp/B006I2H0YS/?tag=logicaincrem-21

Gonna use this case.

Looks very nice. My only recommendations would be bump up to the Corsair 300r case. It isn't too much more, and I believe it is a substantial increase in overall quality vs. the 200r. I have never used the 200r, but I have used the 300r and had very good luck with it.

NZXT 340 doesn't have any optical drives. So if you want a dvd drive the NZXT will not work.

Between the two, I like the corsair better.

My personal pick >100 -
Corsair 300R windowed is a traditional black box.
I've always liked the look of the NZXT Phamton 410
Antec P100 is a quiet simple case

Motherboard should fit if you're going from ATX -> ATX.

I wouldn't bother getting a new motherboard unless you have a "K" model CPU and want to overclock.

I enjoy Corsair in general. Had the Carbide 300R and now sporting the Obsidian 750D.

Not sure why p6 is 1, but it’s disabled.

I get over 2k consistently with the Vega, if I crank the fan above 85% and change power to only -20%.

I can take a picture later, but I have this case:

Corsair CC-9011014-WWCORSAIR Carbide 300R Mid-Tower Case, Window Side Panel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006I2H0YS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_I5xwDbF767G16

with this MoBo:
ASRock ATX DDR4 Motherboards FATAL1TY Z170 Gaming K4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012D7GXNK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_U6xwDbVQY852S

This R9 is on top of the Vega. Those two vents shown on the case each have Noctua fans attached to them running above 65% at all times.