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NoxTek
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UPDATE: Deal expired. 
I thought this was kind of toasty...
<EDIT: Way better deal at Newegg, post updated, thanks to user NovaCloud !>
Newegg has the Thermaltake Core v21 Cube Chassis for $55 shipped and $35 after rebate card. That's a pretty goddamned hot deal!
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133274
The Core v21 is hands down my favorite PC case of all time, finally besting the old Chieftec full tower cases from 10-15 years ago in terms of ultimate versatility and utility. We're talking the ability to fit dozens of fans or MULTIPLE 240mm rads in a chassis that's basically 1 cubic foot. This thing has an amazingly modular design too, not just with fan and rad placement, but with motherboard mounting (horizontal or vertical), SSD and HDD mounting, and side panel placement as well.
For under something that regularly sells for around $70 it's built fairly well too, surprisingly rigid (probably thanks to the cube design), no sharp edges inside so you won't need a box of band-aids, and it even comes with magnetic air filter screens for all of the side panels. Of yeah, and one panel is windowed. Thanks to the modular design you can mount that Window on any side you want (well, except the bottom, lulz).
Really about the only negative I can think to mention is that it has no external drive bays - be they 5.25" or 3.5". That means no internal optical drive. That may be a negative for some of you, for me it's a positive. I use my BD-R drive maybe twice a year for backup purposes or to read the odd CD/DVD/BD - I keep an external enclosure for that. I much prefer the look of a case without an optical drive.
Here's a breakdown diagram of the case and cooling potential:
I thought this was kind of toasty...
<EDIT: Way better deal at Newegg, post updated, thanks to user NovaCloud !>
Newegg has the Thermaltake Core v21 Cube Chassis for $55 shipped and $35 after rebate card. That's a pretty goddamned hot deal!
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133274
The Core v21 is hands down my favorite PC case of all time, finally besting the old Chieftec full tower cases from 10-15 years ago in terms of ultimate versatility and utility. We're talking the ability to fit dozens of fans or MULTIPLE 240mm rads in a chassis that's basically 1 cubic foot. This thing has an amazingly modular design too, not just with fan and rad placement, but with motherboard mounting (horizontal or vertical), SSD and HDD mounting, and side panel placement as well.
For under something that regularly sells for around $70 it's built fairly well too, surprisingly rigid (probably thanks to the cube design), no sharp edges inside so you won't need a box of band-aids, and it even comes with magnetic air filter screens for all of the side panels. Of yeah, and one panel is windowed. Thanks to the modular design you can mount that Window on any side you want (well, except the bottom, lulz).
Really about the only negative I can think to mention is that it has no external drive bays - be they 5.25" or 3.5". That means no internal optical drive. That may be a negative for some of you, for me it's a positive. I use my BD-R drive maybe twice a year for backup purposes or to read the odd CD/DVD/BD - I keep an external enclosure for that. I much prefer the look of a case without an optical drive.
Here's a breakdown diagram of the case and cooling potential:
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