Imagine that you want to buy a case for under $150 and aren't

the cheapest case from an old shitbox i could find for $5

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$150 is very generous budget for a case

Something from fractal maybe?

>>60121049
Love the look, hate the fucking hard drive cages. You have to route the CPU cables UNDER the mobo if you want to hide it in the back too. Great case otherwise, though.

>>60120951
fractal or nzxt s340

>>60121049
I want to get something nice, but can't justify paying for the $200+ semi-custom/premium cases.

>>60121094
The only thing I wanted from fractal was a white node 304 and the faggots discontinued it.

>>60120951
Fractal Design Define Mini or Phanteks EVOLV

>>60120951
Evolv/pandora/s340 because I'm also not a faggot who likes terminally bland shit, and i cba to fix (paint) a define

>>60121312
pandora and s340 look like shit.

>>60120951
Fractal R5 or Thermaltake Urban S41.

>>60120951
phanteks something.

>>60121459
s41 is the better looking of the 2 for sure. There's understated, and then there's just...... nothing

Corsair 200r

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>>60120951
Corsair Obsidian Series Black 550D

Quiet too.

>>60121459
Pretty happy with fractal R5 coming from an Antec200.
Cable management was piss easy, much lower sound signature due to acoustic dampening material, and I love how easy it is to clean off the dust panels in comparison.
The SSD mounting brackets on the back panel were quite nice along with the rubber feet for the 3.5" hard drives.
it is sooo much easier to install hard drives now, love the trays for easy access and if I wanted to convert the desktop into a home server in the future I have access to plenty of trays for additional storage.

I suppose these features would be standard with many cases of that price range but coming from an antec200 it was a massive improvement.
My only complaints so far would be that the front panel does not shut smoothly when hinge swapped, and the case is fairly heavy. Wish they gave me some of those neat velcro straps instead of zip ties for cable management in the accessories box.
No point in removing the optical bay casing since but cannot install the small hard drive bay cage at the top for unimpeded airflow, that was probably the biggest let down.

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>>60121641
Coming from a cooler Master haft 120 I agree with this post.

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>>60120951
>want to buy a case for under $150 that isn't gaudy

You just described the windowless Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout edition ATX Mid Tower
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nwVBD3/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr5bko

and the windowless Fractal Design Define Mini C MicroATX Mid Tower
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vBTrxr/fractal-design-define-mini-c-microatx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-mini-c-bk

I've built with both cases and I will tell you that, from a builders point of view, these are two of the best cases to build with, if not the very best. Extraordinarily good cable management, extremely modular, and great air flow.

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Enthoo pro

It has a big ass fan in the front

>>60121754
more like enthoo poo lmao

>>60121049
Isn't the N200 like 50, though?
>>60121146
This. I have the N400 and cable management is a fucking nightmare. On the plus side, it doesn't have a side window so, unless you've OCD, you won't care.

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>>60122153

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>>60120951

>>60120951
Phanteks enthoo pro or something by fractal design probably.

Corsair Carbide 200R. Simple and almost no screws used to mount components sans motherboard and PSU.