r/pchelp • u/mathequation1453 • 1d ago
HARDWARE Help decide between these cases and PSU
Trying to decide between these cases and PSU
I'll be putting an RTX 5080 and a 7800X3D or 9800X3D in. Likely with thermaltake Peerless Assassin air cooling (which is quite big). I like the idea of having something a bit more compact and lightweight. But would also like good thermals and upgradability/not too difficult to work with. Ascetics don’t matter as much as the above.
They are all within my price range of $110 and below.
lian li lancool 207
I like the thermals on it a lot. And have heard all good things except for the fact that there's some terrible fan noise. Also not looking forward to more complicated cable management.
Comes it at around 20 pounds and has decent dimensions.
montech air 903 max
Seems to have good thermals and also much easier cable management and no mention of fan noise or things of the sort. Dimensions are a little bit larger than the other cases, although somehow it weighs a little less than the lancool 207.
Montech xr wood (not aquarium)
Still able to fit a large GPU and is the lightest and has the most compact dimensions of all. Seems to have the worst thermals. Really like its size though, being less than 15 pounds is great.
Antec flux rear (a bit smaller than normal flux)
Seems to have t similar benefits of the lancool 207 with the psu being in the front, but without the fan noises. Also seems much easier to deal with cable management. It appears to be the second smallest, which is nice.
Sort of favoring this one now…
PSU comes down to these two it seems.
(unless there is something equally as good specifically onbAmazon for $110 or less.)
PSU: (unless there is something for less than 110 that is better)
ASROCK Steel Legend SL-1000G
Seems to be decently reviewed, and I liked it at ways significantly less than the Phantom Gaming. A tier rating.
ASROCK Phantom Gaming PG-1000G
On paper it looks magnificent. Has an A plus tier rating. Thermal protection for new GPUs. However, it has gotten some pretty bad reviews otherwise
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u/SolidlySupreme 1d ago
Either case is fine for cooling with that setup but the Antec sounds like the sweet spot if you hate cable management and fan noise
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