If you lean more towards the understated and relatively inexpensive side of the case market as opposed to the type who look at the Thermaltake Level 10 and can’t wait until they can pick one up, then check out The Tech Report. They’ve just wrapped up a review of Fractal Design’s Core 3000 enclosure which you should be able to pick up for less than $70. Outwardly it recalls the Antec Three Hundred, especially the bottom mounted PSU and it sports a similar price. Inside you will find decent air cooling, the mounts can accept 120mm or 140mm fans, with a pair on top, bottom (one is for the PSU) and front with one on the left panel as well. The Tech Report did find the size of the case a little restrictive when installing wires and cards, even though it can fit a full ATX board and large coolers. Head over to see the full review.
"Fractal Design has a new budget enclosure that costs just $65. We take a closer at the Core 3000 to see if it warrants a spot on your list of candidate cases."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Antec P280: Performance One Refresh @ SPCR
- Corsair 500R Mid-Tower Case Review @ OCC
- NZXT Source 220 @ techPowerUp
- Antec P280 Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Lancool PC-K57 @ Overclockers Online
- Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Cubitek Tattoo Pro @ Overclockers Online
- Antec Performance One P280 Midtower Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- Antec P280 Review: When Enthusiasts Are Engineers @ AnandTech
- Antec Performance One Series P280 @ Tweaktown
- Evercool Transformer 4 Plus @ kitguru
- Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 XT Review @ Real World Labs
- Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling @ Rbmods
- NZXT Sentry Mix Fan Controller Review @ TechwareLabs
- Thermal Compound Roundup – November 2011 @ Hardware Secrets
- Nexus Prominent R Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Antec P280 @ techPowerUp
- Antec Solo II Mid Tower Case Review @ ThinkComputers
- NZXT Tempest 410 Elite @ kitguru
- Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Cooler Review @ Madshrimps
- Alpenföhn K2 CPU cooler @ Hardwareoverclock
- Enermax ETS-T40 CPU Cooler @ OC3D
- GELID GX-7 CPU Cooler @ X-bit Labs
Nice indeed,….
It looks a
Nice indeed,….
It looks a little like the Antec 300 from the outside though,….