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if you were a PC Enthusiast back in the 1990s your choice in cases was pretty

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much the following white beige or

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whitish beige looking for case lighting or side panels with Windows in it forget

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about it but nowadays with the amount of case choices out there you could

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legitimately argue that your preference in cases is a Bonafide form of

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self-expression but what should you be looking for other than what you think is

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aesthetically pleasing well the most fundamental decision that you can

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probably make is what size you want generally cases come in three basic form

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factors that tie into motherboard sizes ATX microatx and Mini ITX from largest

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to smallest a small case is great for apartment life or if you frequently

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attend land parties but larger cases are generally easier to work in and give you

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more room to upgrade and expand that being said not all cases within a size

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category are made equal once you know what form in fact you want do some

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digging into the spec sheet some can only fit certain graphics card lengths

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while other may not support larger radiators and others still may not fit

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beefy Tower coolers since they'll stick out too far to install a side panel

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whoops and on the subject of fitting things in a great feature to look out

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for is modularity meaning being able to rearrange parts inside the case for

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example some cases offer removable hard drive cages to allow for long graphics

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cards ERS take this idea as far as they

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can and make nearly every component and fitting removable allowing the Builder

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to lay out the interior exactly how they want one more spatial consideration is

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fitting in the extra components required for custom water cooling parts like

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pumps and reservoirs will need additional space so make sure that the

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case actually offers somewhere to mount them or be prepared to do it yourself

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but even if a fancy custom Loop isn't in your budget pay attention to the case's

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fan configuration as the number of included fans varies wildly and so do

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the solutions for powering them with some cases including hubs or even speed

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controllers and whatever fan setup you go with it's worth it to find a case

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with dust filters these will keep well you guessed it dust from building up on

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components and causing thermal problems the nicer ones will have magnetic frames

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you can remove clean and reinstall them easily cases are increasingly coming

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with additional ways to help with cable management too such as holes surrounding

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the motherboard tray so you can route most of the messy guts out of sight

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behind the back panel nicer cases will have rubber grommets around these holes

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to make things look cleaner but arguably even more important is the placement of

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these holes typically you'll get some to the right of the motherboard but

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additional holes above the board for EPS power and case fans and below the board

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for front panel headers and more case fans are incredibly useful also look out

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for cable management shrouds to make things look even nicer such as around

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the power supply and behind the back panel for more organized routing

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although it used to be that you can always just cram all those cables behind your motherboard tray and no one would

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know there are now a number of cases on the market featuring tempered glass all

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around the outside including the back panel so just remember that while they

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look cool they'll also Reveal Your messy cable routing you did behind your

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motherboard two more Pro tips I recommend looking for something with

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lots of toolless features being able to install drives without having to deal

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with lots of tiny mounting screws can be a tremendous time and frustration saver

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and look for motherboard tray with a cutout for your CPU Cooler that way if

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you ever have to remove it you wanton have to take out your entire motherboard

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just to get to the back plate finally do a bit of homework on the cas's build

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quality lower quality cases will often have sharper edges that aren't filed

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down properly that are too easy to cut yourself on during the build process and

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and could be made of flimsier materials that bend or warp easily highquality

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cases will feel more robust regardless of whether they're made of plastic or

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metal and will have durable finishes so they don't look worn out so quickly and

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may also feature padding to cut down on vibrations and fan noise hopefully this

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guide has helped you narrow down your search for your next computer case or if

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all this sounds too complicated you can just build your rig inside of a

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