in case you missed them we've done a few
best bang for the buck roundups for the super budget conscious lately and today
that dollar menu gravy train keeps on flowing baby you've got your cheap
gaming peripherals all which means now it's time to start building your cheap
gaming pc so we teamed up with newegg to
test seven of the best rated cases on
their site for under 35 bucks before
sale or rebate pricing zotac's magnus en 1070 mini gaming pc
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link below
we'll be judging the cases in order of their popularity on newegg.com based on
three main metrics one compatibility how much can we
comfortably stuff inside are there any component size limitations to take into
account two performance does the case have airflow
issues how many fans can you mount can you mount a radiator and three injury
factor are there any sharp edges i'm like gotten sliced open is it awkwardly
top heavy oh and actually for a 10 bonus
extras and aesthetics these aren't necessities at this kind of a price but
they're certainly nice to have so first up is the
micro atx zion
x310bk it's the most popular case in our
roundup and it's certainly the cheapest at just 23. but
that may be its only selling point it's
pretty sharp looking it includes a usb 3 port it's sturdy enough and it's
extremely lightweight but installing anything but a mini-sized graphics card
is a carnival of frustration and sadness
and oh yeah there's this thing the screw retaining it is on the inside
and it just swings out of place to install a card also while the box claims
that it has five and a quarter inch bays
they're mia but the rails are there
making usable space so tight that it's
almost impossible to mount the power supply and cable management was even
worse the cables just kind of hang out at the bottom of the case and
there's no top or side ventilation thermal performance is utter balls
there's nowhere for the heat or even air to go
not recommended we'd actually prefer a milk crate off ebay and some zip ties
instead next up is the full atx logisus
cs350bk which is both solidly built and
thoughtfully laid out for a design from 2003. to its credit it
comes with a power supply but the claim that it can handle
330 watts of total continuous load
is probably this thing won't be powering anything
north of a gtx 1050 ti and even for that
i wouldn't recommend it now the cases rolled edges help with preventing injury
but they aren't totally pinched off and there's also these break off pci slot
covers and a rear i o shield to contend
with otherwise there is plenty of space in
here which is good but there's nowhere to throw cables so
managing them is a chore the aesthetics of the case other than
the glossy plastic are fairly inoffensive so that also is good but
with only a single intake fan for cooling this case pulled off some of the
worst thermals in this group and that is
saying a lot not recommended our third most popular
case is the micro atx xalman t3 it's a
little cramped to work in but it's also the first in our roundup so far with a
semi-reasonable modern layout the edges
are pretty smooth and the overall fit and finish is okay
the reset button's mushy and this is starting to look like a pattern here
actually there is only one usb 3 port on
the front panel again rather than the two supported by the motherboard header
i mean i guess copper prices are going up but geez you guys
building in it though was mostly painless the hard drives can only be
accessed by removing the front panel for some reason but the two and a half inch
SSD mounts are easily accessible and there's actually quite a nice amount of
cable management room behind the back panel
there's no included radiator mount but up top you will actually find cutouts
for use with an external radiator an old
feature that dates the core design here a little bit it's a touch gamery looking
but overall this case has pretty excellent thermals mesh covered fan
mounts and clean cable management recommended
on to the compucase voyager
where is the voyager going somewhere far away i hope this is a
midi computer case that i would rate a meh d
out of 10 on its looks alone the front panel is adorned with brightly colored
headphone and mic jack straight out of 2005 the power button kind of looks like
a cigarette lighter and when your pc freezes you can call team rocket with
this button right here inside isn't much to write home about
either it's a very early 2000s style with a top mounted power supply taste
the rainbow style front panel cables and very little room for cable management to
hide them there aren't really any sharp edges but with these breakaway pci slot
covers and its thin metal construction you'll be creating your own soon enough
drive bays line the entire front of the chassis which means that you will need a
dremel for a large high performance graphics card not that you should be
putting any decent gear in here anyway our CPU got super toasty without a fresh
supply of cool air not recommended
in the number five spot is the apex sk3 and you know what who
cares it doesn't matter i'm calling this one the disappointment not only does it
look like a 2005 piece of steel junk
it's got so many sharp edges that i had to dish out hazard pay to the unlucky
sod who built the system in it and anyway there is nowhere for cables to
hide so have fun with that the pci slot
covers are tear off without a tab to wedge a screwdriver into so you'll be
using your hands and while there's a 120 mil fan mount in the front of the case
and an 80-92 mount in the rear
both of them are unoccupied by default
so out of the box the power supply acts as the main exhaust this thing's an oven
not recommended wow
most of these suck so far next up
is the diy pc jax 12 bk which uh
huh actually doesn't look too bad it's got a
nice clean aesthetic as long as you're into pandas a single usb 3 port on the
front panel with a twin usb 2.0 to boot
and on the inside it's even got a shroud to hide the power supply and three and a
half inch bays and you can see them through a nice wide acrylic window
the full atx layout is as open as you could want with SSD mounts to the right
of the motherboard and i mean really all we're missing here is a radiator mount
and some topside ventilation both of which can be remedied with a dremel and
some time the construction is sturdy though with rolled and smoothed edges
throughout and we've also got a huge area in the rear for hiding all of the
junk in the trunk it's not an ideal config the breakaway
slot covers are a good example of this as is the minimal clearance above the
motherboard but it is leagues better than everything else we've seen so far
and perhaps unsurprisingly then it's thermal performance is pretty good too
with 120ml fans on the front and rear complementing its wide open interior
highly recommended finally we've got the cougar
the cougar mg 110 another micro atx case
we've got single usb 3 and usb 2 ports on the front and on the rear we've got
those blasted breakaway pci brackets on
the interior though we've got smooth edges all around and it looks like that
five and a quarter inch bay is tool-less too with a nice little handle labeled
gaming we've got a 120mm case fan pre-installed
on the rear and we even get space on this one for a 2 by 120mm radiator on
the top if you remove the yes removable
optical drive mount there's also a removable three and a half inch hard
drive tray and a decently sized area in the rear panel for cable management
complete with management points and two and a half inch SSD mounts thermal
performance was actually stellar too owing to the clean interior and decent
placement of the exhaust fan and copious ventilation holes recommended again so
overall then what we learned today is that the one with the most votes
might not actually be the best choice in all cases
the cougar mg110 was the best case overall and our pick for an matx build
with the jax 12 over here creaming the rest of the competition if you've got a
full-sized atx board the zalman t3 then
gets an honorable mention for sucking a lot less than the rest of them and as
for the rest of them
the sennheiser 58x from mass drop uses
sennheiser's new 150 ohm drivers making these headphones
easier to power from devices like your cell phone than their predecessors the
emphasis of this particular set is on clean extended bass with a smooth but
clear upper range they've got soft velour ear pads with elliptical ear cups
that i know it's crazy follow the anatomy of
the ear round on an ear i don't know where that
idea ever came from but not with these they come with a handy detachable cable
and they're available now on mass drop for 159.99 us with free shipping to the
usa so check it out at the link below
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