Case recommendations on a seriously tight budget

sid41299

sid41299

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Hello TE, I need case recommendations for as cheap as possible. My requirements (apart from the budget) are that it should it fit a Zotac 4060 (223mm long) and it should be easy to work in (in my current old-style case I need to disassemble and remove all the parts just to check the memory because of the 3.5in drive bays). Something with a separate area for the PSU and drives at the bottom would be nice too, now that I think about it, but it's kinda optional. Not sure how much these kind of cases cost in general so I'm not giving a budget, but anything under ₹1500 would be great.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Cheers!

Sid
 
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@sid41299 I have a Coolermaster elite 311 case, I remember it accommodating 1080ti FE card which is about 270mm. One issue is, it has option for only two 120mm fans, one at the front and one at the back, the side fan is kinda useless though. will this case be of interest to you?
 
b.life said:
@sid41299 I have a Coolermaster elite 311 case, I remember it accommodating 1080ti FE card which is about 270mm. One issue is, it has option for only two 120mm fans, one at the front and one at the back, the side fan is kinda useless though. will this case be of interest to you?
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is it new? i would love to get it.
 
@rocking that is the major problem with shipping the case though. Within the southern states shipping might workout for around Rs500-Rs600 but anything beyond I am afraid it will cost the same as the case or even more further we move from my place :(
 
rocking said:
price is good, btw shipping gonna take a lot. would have grabbed it if i was nearby.
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Same actually. Thank you for the kind offer @b.life bhai but spending that much on used cabinet is not something I'm comfortable with (and that's secondary to the fact that I have a CoolerMaster Elite 310 case from a diff. build that the 4060 used to live in and I hate that thing for different reasons). Good luck with your sale though!
 
sid41299 said:
Saw this one, but I don't think I can spend this much, it's precisely why I asked for something cheaper
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I can understand that. Below 1.5k is not good for your 4060 and cpu because of lack of proper ventilation. My take is a bigger case with at least 4 fans, compromise in case will affect temps overall.
 
There is this Ant Esports Si25 Mid Tower available for 1,589 INR which I think is final price with shipping included but not sure. The only downside is that PSU location is at the top so not compartmentalized like you hoped for.

That amazonbasics one might be more value for money as it comes with 4x pre-installed fans and a full mesh front. Even the cheapest 120mm fans cost 300-350 INR each so having 4 preinstalled almost makes the case itself free lol. Heck you can even sell 2 fans here if taking them out is possible, in a way recouping the costs (this is based on the fact that you will install a RTX 4060 in it so it will not require too much airflow to stay cool).

Both cases do not have USB 3.0 despite having slot for it. Cannot say about storage placement.
 
Thank you everyone for all the advice so far. I'll see if I can find a decent case in the WTB section, else I will be buying the AmazonBasics case; @YeAhx raised a great point about the preinstalled fans. Something else I realised while looking at the bigger cases with the PSU on top is that even though there is clearance for the GPU, with the PSU on top there probably won't be enough room for a tower cooler - that is something I'd like to add sometime soon, so the AmazonBasics case scores points there as well
 
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