Manufacturing industries wont be impacted, they wont be closed as they are important to economies all around world. So lockdown wont do anything to GPU prices
Lancool 2 Mesh is your best choice. There is good airflow in it, I mean in this winter, GPU idles at 28 C..Also it tops lot of charts of low temps even in different fan configurations, GPU and CPU stress tests. Havent checked HDD temps though.. I have 2 HDDs and planning for one more. The case...
I logged in at 11pm, it asked for store update but ignored it xD, was able to add all without any hitch. A;ready fan of Tomb raider series , only shadow of tomb raider left to play
They wont be able to play games too, that will need push from intel which comes from sponsorship, it will be few generationsof GPU when game devs will adopt it
Best way to start is to get some old HTPC cases u mentioned and design only outer covering or cover of the case. Use hard drive/ SSD and mouting points from old cases as they are manufactured with required tolerance which will avoid fitment issues