My immediate use will be to hold my current i7-4790k + 3080 system in aircooled mode while building a replacement in my Caselabs tower.
Short term I probably could repurpose one of my other existing cases; but they'd basically be maxed out space and cooling wise. Longer term (next 2-3 years) I'll probably be building a second Zen 4 system though and need something with enough space to fit a CLC and either a GPU with a stupidly huge 40xx style air cooler or an integrated water cooling setup.
So with that in mind, functionally I need something with:
1) support for an ATX board
2) Enough space for oversized GPUs
3) 2x240 radiators minimum - ideally 280 or 360.
4) I'd like a front panel USB-C port as well. This one's not critical (my old system won't be able to use it), but would be nice for future proofing.
For aesthetics I just want a metal box without a window or RGB fans I'll have to waste time ripping out.
My new build's still a few months out - I'm waiting for the 650E boards - but this is something I can figure out now and start watching to come on sale.
Short term I probably could repurpose one of my other existing cases; but they'd basically be maxed out space and cooling wise. Longer term (next 2-3 years) I'll probably be building a second Zen 4 system though and need something with enough space to fit a CLC and either a GPU with a stupidly huge 40xx style air cooler or an integrated water cooling setup.
So with that in mind, functionally I need something with:
1) support for an ATX board
2) Enough space for oversized GPUs
3) 2x240 radiators minimum - ideally 280 or 360.
4) I'd like a front panel USB-C port as well. This one's not critical (my old system won't be able to use it), but would be nice for future proofing.
For aesthetics I just want a metal box without a window or RGB fans I'll have to waste time ripping out.
My new build's still a few months out - I'm waiting for the 650E boards - but this is something I can figure out now and start watching to come on sale.