Best and Worst PC Cases of the Last DECADE!
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- The last 10 years have seen some of the best PC cases ever released but there have also been some absolute duds where we wondered what the companies were thinking. So as 2020 starts, let's look at the last decade of case design and talk about our most memorable reviews.
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#bestpccases2019 #bestpccases2020 #hardwarecanucks
Can’t wait for best cases of the century in 2100 with HardwareCanucks’s grandkids.
You literally shouldn't wait because in 80 years you may be dead
By 2100 I'll do a review of my coffin.
great grandkids
@@MrHajimeHitoshi or not, and HC may just run with the same cast because we can now exist digitally with Tesla Life subscription plan
it will be another phanteks
man, I love the amount of effort you guys do. like, look at 5:58 when the floating text is reflected off the cases panel. it's all in the details
“It’s touchscreen so your fingers get some action”
-Dmitry 2020
whos Dmitry ? i just see a Canadian Chris Pratt that reviews hardware
About as much action as your bank account when you have to buy a new one in a year when it fails
I really like the nzxt case but it's good that I don't want to take the h710i h700i pls answer 😟🙏🙏🙇😅😅
HUGOGamer 115 ????
@@meese1k I need buy new case PC who the best case NZXT Corsair Li ???
You look life if Chris Pratt didn't get his role as Starlord
Chris Pratt if he was in the pcmasterrace
Dimitri is a sexy boi. My late mum loved it when I played HardwareCanucks videos and Dimitri was on the screen
Chris pratt part time job..
He's half Chris Pratt, half Matt Damon
Starlords weird uncle, galaxyduke
"Probably the only thing they haven't copied" I just LOL'ed. RIP CaseLabs!
Its amazing that he didn't mention caselabs at all. They had some amazing cases.
@@imbleu1067 True but they were usually in limited numbers so not that widely available. Still they at least deserved an honourable mention.
Ouch, what a slap to TT. Hats off to Dimitry.
@@meaphotographica Still very much deserved. I personally avoid Thermaltake as if they were built by Lada. Bad business practices and unreliable build quality.
@@CheapBastard1988 Depends, I only use Lian Li but Thermaltake has been tearing through the case industry ATM, nobody cares that they copied CaseLabs because CL has nonexistant presence here in Asia. Also CaseLabs has been copying MM for many years but nobody said anything.
Dmitry doesn't disappoint.. PC cases of the decade!
Still using my Phanteks Enthoo Pro.
Back in January of 2016 i remember watching Dmitry's review of the case, and i was so hyped as it was my first desktop computer.
Just built 2x PC in this case with the solid black side panel, still excellent. Very difficult to beat at any price.
Same, been using it since 2014, and it's never let me down!
Case reviewer of the decade:
Our boi Dmitry!
Steve from Gamers Nexus
@@hwstar9416 Indeed hwc case reviews are not reviews but overviews.
@@hwstar9416 GN does performance testing but doesn't really take aesthetics, build quality and material choices into account. Otherwise he'd never recommend anything with a plastic front (what is this a 2004 Cadillac?).
@@CheapBastard1988 he does take build quality into account, it is one of the main reasons he recommends the h500. and aesthetics are very subjective, what's the point of the reviewer talking about aesthetics when the viewer can see it.
I watch the reviews from both HWC and GN when I'm looking at cases, because two opinions are better than one. GN gives you a great look at how well the case performs in sound and thermals. HWC gives a better look at the structure and layout of the case, and how easy it is to build with. Both perspectives are important.
As far as I'm concerned, the case reviewer of the decade is Stevmitry from Gamers Canucks! 😄
Hey Dimitri, just wanted to thank you for your review of the Evolv X, I bought that a couple weeks ago and built a brand new Ryzen system in it. Most pleasurable build I've ever had. My terrible cable management skills are covered up by those two SSD doors, lol. Anyway I appreciate your reviews and your thoughtfulness and honesty w/ regard to features.
The DanCase A4 SFX is probably the most important case of the decade leading into 2020. Disappointing that it isn't mentioned. Even worse, leaving out the late, great CaseLabs is a crime against the PC building community and they deserve to be mentioned more than any other casemaker.
Meshify C with dark TG so good
I love building in that case.
More people I know who built a rig this year used that case more than any other. That or the R6.
I have a meshify C dark TG and I absolutely love it. Fractal makes amazing cases
Corsair C70.
Styled like a giant ammo can
I NEED AMMO
*throws fucking pc case*
I Agree. I just got rid of mine a week ago for 011 dynamic, to add more "glow", and I honestly miss that case. went through 3 builds with it. Easy to build and carry even though its a PC. also the flaps helped hold some of my USB cables in place.
Okay I was sad cuz the case awards 2019 was late but now it is of the decade so am heppey
me toooooo bro
2010: 80% ugly cases
2019: 20% ugly cases
201: 90% choker cases
2019: 90% choker cases
I would describe it more as function over form. My Corsair 900D is ugly as hell and huge, but very functional. Case manufacturers over the 2010's had to design more creative cases to keep people buying cases as ATX form factor has not changed since 1995. If you really wanted you could build a modern PC in a case from the late 90's and be perfectly fine. You can see in the mid 2010's a lot of design changed fell flat on their faces as they chased design over function. It seems now in 2020, they have learned a bit from that mistake.
Black and strong is beautiful to me.
2020 nowhere to put ROMs or universal card readers,....
@@marianmarkovic5881 not much need for them either tho
I have the normal H500, and it’s great. Good airflow, I’m using mesh front.
Still using my CM Storm enforcer case. 200mm front intake fan, clear side panel, 2 each USB 2.0 and 3.0 in front, those 5 1/4" bays I now have put an aftermarket sliding drawer into to hold my USB drives as well as an optical drive, incredible cooling... It is from 2011 and is still a better case than over 90% of the current cases.
Tempered glass makes cases heavy to move and more breakable. Prefer plastic. Lack of 5 1/4" bays means no optical drive and I still have lots of DVDs. Aftermarket sliding drawers for these bays are great for storing USB drives, thermal paste, spare sata cables, various screws and MB/case parts and so on.
"The case industry has evolved a lot..." - yup evil twin is right he is a fan boy. Now let's have a collaboration with Lyle.
phanteks enthoo pro still my favorite, will build my next system in that one
Still rocking it today, 6 years strong!
WannabeTechnician I bought one two weeks ago, it’s amazing
I have the tempered glass version. I love it.
So have you done it?
"Sadly ITX wasn't as popular back then as it is now" well that's because BitFenix single-handedly made it popular. The BitFenix Prodigy (if all variants considered one) was the best-selling case of 2012.
I just bought a Lancool II/Red Devil RX5700XT a couple of days ago because of your original reviews. Really good airflow and beautiful aesthetically, i could only find it in white from one re-seller but fortunately i have found it more pleasing to the eye than standard black. For my first current gen system it's the icing on the cake.
I'm missing some Corsair Carbide Air 540 love here...
Loved the 540 when it launched just replacing mine this year
@@Scouten819 same for me ;)
You left off one of the coolest cases I've seen in the last decade, the CoolerMaster Maker 5T. I still use it today, and it allows me to use an ATX or even EATX mobo, is completely modular, toolless everything and with beautiful tempered glass sides, which are a lot better than the smaller windows many of the ugly cases had. It is also mostly magnetically held together in several places, which makes taking off parts to clean very easy as well. This is a well thought out case, with great airflow, and is quiet.
Best toaster of 2019?
Because of you're choice of Corsair's 680X RGB Case, that's the case I went for, for my first complete build. I'm going all out on it. 9900K, 2080ti, 64GB Dominator Platinum RGB RAM, AsRock Z390 Taichi, H115i platinum RGB AIO, 850W PSU, 3 2TB Samsung 660p nvme m.2, Commander Pro, extra fans.
Thank You Hardware Canucks with you're fantastic work!
Great case! That’s why I’m rocking now with my watercooled build 👏
-D.
@@HardwareCanucks For now, I'm happy with it being air cooled. Water cooled will be done in a couple of yrs!
I love your case reviews. Looking forward to the case of the year video every year.
Your channel is so good, please keep being awesome, Dmitry
The nzxt h500 is %100 the best all round case. Its high quality at a budget friendly price, has excellent cable management options, looks great, perfect for any setup whether it is a minimal setup, rgb overload setup, or just something simple. great airflow, from a well known respected brand and great compatability for all parts.
Wallets votes to 2019 best cases: Phanteks P400A and Be quiet! Pure Base 500.
The p400a is an amazing case.
Meshify C does the same but built with higher quality materials.
@@CHRoOMAX meshify c was an option for me too, but it cant fit longer gpus with 280 radiator on front. So i choosed be quiet. Its amazing to build in it.
@@CHRoOMAX Watch gamer's nexus vid on the p400a. It beat out the Meshify C in thermals.
I also can't stand the asymmetrical appearance of the mesh-C's front panel, but that's just a matter of preference.
@YinYangGang That's true, but the build of the meshify is more thought out thus making it higher quality. It gets down to even the built-in cable management features.
I purchased the P600S in granite grey earlier in the year based on your review. Nice to see it comes out tops. :)
Same
same here
I was so excited for the p600s I bought one several months ago. Am only just now gathering the parts for a planned dual system build.
i still have my old phantom 820 case in white. such a unique look with amazing expandability and amazing lighting effects.
2010: Full Tower
2020: SFF
2025: Trading cards
I started with a 750D and ended with an ncase m1
True dat!
So true. I gave my friend my 900D and ended up getting a small core P3. I value space in my office now.
I mean... I can finally take my pc anywhere with ease.
No mention of Corsair 760T,Removable and car style opening side panels,quiet and cool interiors
Who else loves phanteks? Going to build In the enthoo 719 soon
Are you going with a full custom loop?
Doing a Phanteks Enthoo Pro TG SE based Build next month.
Phanteks Phanboy here!
@@achannelhasnoname5182 full custom loop 3900x 2080ti be my first water cooling build and first relay high end build
@@d15p4tch6 true
That Phanteks P600S is so good to see from all the ridiculous glass cases blocking airflow we see from most companies.
Finally a case back to basics, Front airflow, Top airflow, Plenty of 3.5 hdd bays,Gen 3.1 USB, USB ports on front of case where you can reach them instead of stupidly placing them on the top.
This could be the one at last, A pc case of all things was holding me back from a new build.
p600 one of the best. what i have tried last out of 8 cases last year.
Evga DG series being cramped is an understatement-from someone who just sold and 86 and 87 after less than a year of use.
Best overall case of this decade was the CM 690 II advanced.
Superb case and the III and the 694. Forever classic.
Agreed, the 693 black with the window is really hard to get with having to spend an arm and a leg, I don’t know if when 694 is available in the west
Great case which I still have on a secondary Rig
My last PC was built in a P400S, and I loved that case. Spent the last week or two looking through various components for my build in July and decided before watching this that it will be in a P600S. Nice to know I'm making a solid decision.
The Phanteks P300 is actually a great deal!
Antec has gotten better over the years. My current build is in the antec dp501 and i have almost no complaints. I just wish it had grommets and built in vertical mount for graphics cards . Other than that . It has decent cable management, decent airflow, comes with 4 120mm fans, tempered glass, rgb controller/fan hub, 360 and 240 rad support. Removable drive bay with easy install trays. And to top it off a really nice eye catching design. Couldn’t be happier.
Star Lord and Chris Pratt talking about cases
For those of you who want it, the lancool II is available right now at Newegg. I preordered it and got it before Christmas.
I still have my CM 692 and I'm using a 700D on my pc currently. Talk about ancient enclosures, but I love them so much I can't get rid of them.
i'm still using my 692 : D with i5 760 and all bought back in 2010
I'm using my 2009 Armorsuit P80
I actually love my CoolerMaster HAF Stacker. I currently have a full custom water loop in it and love the fact I have all the radiators in the isolated top stacked case. This keeps nearly all the heat exhaust accomplished with dual 360 mm radiators outside the main compartment because my CPU and GPUs are all water cooled.
2009 + Overkill RGB = 2019
I think the Masterbox NR 400 also worth mentioning. It is the best micro ITX case if you need both psu shroud, TG side panel, mash front for good airflow, Good air tower clearance for Cpu coolers and maybe an optical disc bay for your Blue Ray drive(or for something else) in Micro Itx form factor and with a small footprint.
„Probably the only thing they haven’t copied” lmaoooo
Rip caselabs
Hi Hardware Canucks. May I also include, an honorable mention after watching one of your reviews, and also Gamers Nexus, and a couple of others: Silverstone Primera 01 RGB w/tempered/tinted glass side panel. Comes with 4 140mm fans (3 front, 1 exhaust, I've added the silverstone RGB fan grill on the exhaust fan), also added 2 be-quiet! "pure wings 2" on the top interior, 140 mm as well, blowing cool air down on the cpu, ram, and motherboard. My Ryzen 7 2700x is set to 4.1ghz in bios, and I maintain a thermal temp of 43c on average, and just 55-58c on load! Silverstone's thermal mesh performance is what sold me on this case, and I couldn't be happier...
7:56 There's my case :) Only I went with Blackout version with no TG (don't give 2 Fs about RGB)
I literally JUST moved my PC over into a Phanteks p600s before seeing this video and I was so hyped to see it as case of the year! Got myself the anthracite version and I’m happy to say it’ll soon become my first fully custom case because I’m gonna ass Aqua blue accents and custom sleeve all my cables to match it!
Niceee :) The P600S is a really good enclosure
Agreed
I'm still using 10-year-old Lian Li and Silverstone cases in my favorite builds. They work really well, look decent, and they do what I need.
I'm still using a coolermaster CM690 case, this case is still good 7 years later
CM690 II here! Bought it in 2011, put a new R5 3600 build in it a couple months ago.
@@Varmint260 same CM690II equipped with BeQuiet fans, good airflow:) to be honest if I have to change for another case it will be to have usb 3.0 ports in front of the case but I will miss the HDD dock.
@@OlivierMDVY Yep, front USB 3.0 ports are really all it's missing! I still have the original blue LED fan in the front, added another 120mm fan behind the grilles for the three 5.25 bays just above it.
I'm still with my Silverstone TJ10 and probably will never change. It's dated from the inside but the exterior is a timeless beauty in my eyes.
Love the Enthoo pro M :D
Enthoo Pro is carrying the torch for actually good PC cases in 2020 yep. Makes almost everything else look like childish trash.
@@kesamek8537 it's amazing what you got with this case for 100 bucks. The only complaint in hindsight was that the front audio jack broke after 1,5 years
Yeah I got the tg version and it's a wonderful case for building, cooling and cable management, it also looks fabulous, is very well built and great value, definitely my case of the decade.
My personal picks for the last 2 decades:
1999 - Chieftec Dragon, Athlon 700 with Voodoo3 3500 and Sound Blaster Live!
2000 - Cooler Master ATC-200, Athlon 1200 with GeForce2 Ultra and Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
2001 - Cooler Master ATC-201, Pentium 4 2.0 with Radeon 8500 and Audigy
2002 - Lian Li PC-67, Pentium 4 HT 3.06 with Radeon 9700 Pro and Audigy 2
2003 - Thermaltake Xaser III Lanfire, Athlon 64 FX-51 with Radeon 9800 XT and Audigy 2 ZS
2004 - Lian Li PC-V1000 Plus, Athlon 64 FX-55 with Radeon X850XT PE and Audigy 4 Pro
2005 - Cooler Master Stacker 830, Athlon 64 FX-57 with GeForce 7800 GTX and Sound Blaster X-Fi
2006 - Silverstone Temjin TJ09, Core 2 Extreme X6800 with Radeon X1950 XTX and Sound Blaster X-Fi
2007 - Silverstone Temjin TJ10, Core 2 Extreme QX6850 with GTX 8800 Ultra and Auzen X-FI Prelude
2008 - Cooler Master HAF 932, Core 2 Extreme QX9770 with GTX 280 and Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
2009 - Silverstone Fortress FT02, Xeon W3580 with Radeon HD 5870 and Auzen X-FI HomeTheater HD
2010 - Cooler Master HAF X, Xeon W3680 with Radeon HD 6970 and Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium HD
2011 - InWin Dragon Rider, Xeon W3690 with Radeon HD 6970 and Onkyo Wavio SE-300PCIE
2012 - Corsair Vengeance C70, Core i7-3970X with Radeon HD 7970 and Sound Blaster ZxR
2013 - Cooler Master CM-690-III, Xeon E5-1680v2 with GTX 780Ti and Audigy Rx
2014 - Phanteks Enthoo Pro, Core i7-5960X with GTX 980 and Asus Essense STX II
2015 - Fractal Design Define R5, Core i7-5775c with GTX Titan X and Asus Strix Raid DLX
2016 - be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900, Core i7-6950X with Titan X and Asus Strix Raid DLX
2017 - Fractal Design Meshify-C, Core i7-8700K with Titan Xp and SoundBlasterX AE-5
2018 - Lian Li O11 Dynamic, Core i9-9900K with Titan RTX and Evga NuAudio
2019 - Lian Li Lancool II, Core i9-9900KS with Titan RTX and SoundBlasterX AE-9
Silverstone raven rv02
FT02 and FT05.
My pc case now is also phanteks p600s (my old pc case is nzxt h700i). Great build, open/close front panel for airflow or silent, swing side door for both, easy cable management, and affordable prices for pc case like this.
finally someone that truelly portraits a decade
You're the reason I got the Phanteks P600s. I watched your review during the CES announcement for it and I knew that was my new case. Even got it in white. I can't recommend it enough as my components are the coolest I have ever seen in a case. I am running a i7-4790K with a modest over clocked to 4.4 ghz on all cores and never go above 60c on temps and my GPU (a GTX 1080) never goes above 75c (these are gaming numbers). I can't wait to put new components in this case. It was a joy to build in.
THE BEST VIDEO OF THE DECADE
I bought a full tower back in 2005, a cooler master CM Staker STC-01and I still use it till this day, "good design can last for years" as you said.
BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ENTIRE YEAR LEFT IN THIS DECADE AHHHHHHH
I miss the NZXT Phantom cases..
2009 is not the same decade as 2019, the picture is wrong. It should be 2010-2019
Silverstone's SG09 is pretty incredible case. While it is mATX-case it still is pretty small and some of the ITX-cases today are not much smaller. Sure there are a lot smaller ones, but considering all the features it gives while being smaller case, it is quite appealing, as long as we don't discuss the looks of it. Still waiting to see if Silverstone is able to improve the functional design somehow.
so this is what star lord is doing these days.
i did a fully watercooled build in the bitfenix prodigy when it released, worst case i ever built in, i think i used 5 days to figure out where to put everything(d5 pump, resorvoir, 60mm thick ek 240 rad, 2 hdd and a really big gtx 760 card), but man, when it was done i was the coolest kid at LAN parties, i even put led strips in there(which where crazy expensive at the time and needed custom wiring to hook up to molex). the thermals was amazing since it was watercooled! and i dremeled out the side panel and put in a window. to bad i lost most of the pictures of the pc.... nostalgia is hitting hard
honorable mentions might be the Corsair 900d when it came out in 2013 (?). big case with room for massive watercooling options, and also great space up front for hdd and ssd storage. built my first gaming pc in 2014 in a corsair 750d, its a bit smaller but was extremely roomy and gave me lot of space for trial and error. today its used for my own tiny home-server, for sharing files and backing things up.
Cool review one thing to mention is that the Corsair 680x for water cooling there’s plenty of space to mount the pump in the back compartment which can make for a clean and uncluttered 👀
Thanx for the review
Lancool 2 bk just went back in stock on newegg
I have the pure base 500. You don't need to actually relocate the front fan, just remove the dust filter at the front and it will breath better
I have a Matrexx 55, I first thought it would be really bad and just have appearance over performance, but it's surprisingly nice, it keeps my pc under 20*c and has really nice buttons :3
Very informative, thanks 👍
Still using the white edition Corsair 600T here. The front I/O fan controller is busted, the power button needs to be pushed with confidence and the acrylic window creaks when the case cools down. But overall a fine case that is serving almost a decade now.
This brought me so far back, man time flies
Shut the f up 40 years old loser
@@aewwasaew
You know age dummy
still using the phanteks enthoo pro. Glad to hear tyou say it was still a viable case. It was a great case for an incredible price and hard to justify replacing even in 2022
That was awesome. I'd love to hear your take on some pre-2010 cases, or cases with optical drive bays in particular. If you have a take on them. They are becoming exceedingly rare. I have a feeling 5.25" bays could make a comeback in the next few years.
I had a Q300L with 2 inkates at the front and one exhaust at the back (Ryzen 5 2600 stock cooler, RX 5600 XT ROG STRIX) and now I have a Phanteks P300A. The temperatures are only somewhat better and now I even have one more fan at the front and changed my cpu cooler's fan to an rgb one. The Q300L worked for me.
My favorites cases: Corsair 800D, Corsair Air 540, Corsair 450D, Cooler Master HAF 922, Cooler Master Cosmos (1gen), Cooler Mater HAF XB (It's kind of big, but it was good for mounting 4-way SLI) Bitfenix Prodigy, Silverstone TJ11 (really god for case mod), most Phanteks are very good too.
Many should not know Mountain Mods or CaseLabs, these are cases for monsters! Fully customizable panels! A pity that Caselabs doesn't exist anymore, I always dreamed of mounting a rig on one of these.
The antec 1200 was my beast back in the day 8x120mm fans and 1x200mm fan it was impossible to not have a cool running system and the individual physical voltage control for the front fans was amazing at the time kept my Bloomfield running icy
Also shout out to the Aerocool 500g RGB: the only case I could find with a tempered glass side panel and two external DVD drive slots also like my Corsair Obsidian 750D mainly because the case is huge and will fit anything you have (plus it's heavy and no one is going to try to steal it)
I'm using a 2014 Thermaltake V71 and I love it! It has 3 200mm fans, with 3 dust filters and a tempered side panel. The case has 8 HDD bays that I'll most likely never be able to fully utilize but they are very nice to have. I needed a massive case at the time when I bought this just to fit a Sapphire AMD R9 390,which is about a foot long and now its housing a GTX 1080 that draws far less power.
Glad to see the Phanteks P400A included, but imho they should have gotten more focus in the video. Not only did they listen to their P400 customers and remedy the airflow problems with the updated P400A, they also made the mesh front panel of the P400A available for sale so P400 customers could upgrade their cases to a mesh front as well. That's rare customer service from case manufacturers these days!
Corsair 275R white was the way to go for me, really clean look and does the job for air flow ! Really loved it !
I still call shennanigans on the case of the year for 2017. Where the Fractal Design R6 wasn't even available to customers until January 2018.
I purchased a p600s back in September and I can confirm it is truly an amazing case. It was a nice step up from my old evolve matx tg. This was a good list.
what color ? :) I am planning to get 600s in place of old define c
@@HiCZoK I got mine in white, however I took the sound panels off so it has a nice black and white theme going. For me it was a toss up with the black and white but I am glad that I went the white route. I think I would have love the black one too though.
@@milesbarrineau1584 white is nice but I am eyeying the silver version myself. Also plan on taking off the panels. How are included fans?
@@HiCZoK the silver looked nice too, it just wouldn't have worked in my setup.
The included fans are meh, it's the same fans they ship with all of their cases as far as I can tell. I replaced them all with rgb fans. I have three in the front top and one in the back. Also the rad support is amazing.
That Corsair 275R Is such a beautiful design, nice and simple.
100% my bad. Completely missed every fractal mention in there. How unlucky can you be haha. Neat list (y) Can't wait for more sffpc cases and what 2020 will bring now that most are toning rgb down a bit for a more clean look
I did my second gen Ryzen build in a Meshify C Dark TG and I absolutely LOVED it. It was so easy and looks amazing
The Antec 900 was a gem truly ahead of its time. (Window and mesh from with rad support) damn I'm old
Taking advice on the quietest, sturdiest mid-to-high tower available......for me 1mm steel is the magic word for quiet computing. My Chieftec full tower is kind short in width, though, I also need better dust filtering and "focused" airflow.
I actually bought the lancool ii just now in 2020. It's very nice. Super easy to build in as a first time builder.
My case of the decade is my Lian-Li X900B. It's a fully aluminum black anodized super midtower with exceptional airflow and the ability to mount a 360mm AIO in the front if you desire. Not the easiest case to work with cable management wise, but all these newer cases lack the elegance and build quality that the older Lian-Li cases had.
In my opinion the meshify c is the best for consumers, it has room for a top and front radiator, it has great air cooling, it looks great, great cable management, great builds
I just want to say that i am really really grateful that you guys do these case reviews since they have been of great use to me during all the years that i have watched you. Keep on reviewing!
I have my old gaming rig i built in an Antec Twelve Hundred and one I built my GF in an Antec Nine Hundred Two. My new rig I used an Antec Torque.
But the 900 and the 1200 are amazing cases ample drive bays great cable management and probably the best airflow in any case made in the last decade.
NZXT 820 user here.. i'm glad it made Dmitry's list... not the best case, but at least it does not look like a brick like the most popular cases out there
I have built systems on the Lian Li 20th anniversary case (A precursor to the U6) the HAF 932 and the HAF X (which I am just about to replace as the power and reset switches are fried). I enjoyed all of them and they were all (in my mind great cases). Particularly if, like me, you prefer air cooling.
you've been doing this since 2011 but i found the channel in 2013 and loved ever content you and your team has put out ever since. great work and keep it up. right now my build is in a fractal design mini c. my only issue was that it came in black be default with no other color choice. so i took it fully apart and spray painted it to white and such a clean build now. this march will make two full years with it.