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HERE’S HOW                 BUY THE PERFECT PC CASE













               U.S. tariffs on Chinese products have                mid-tower with two fans, sturdy-enough
               resulted in price increases of about $10 to         design, and all sorts of drive bays. It’ll fit any

               $25 per case.)                                      graphics card you throw at it except for
                                                                   monsters like the Asus ROG Strix GTX 2080 Ti
               BEST BUDGET PC CASES                                ($1,300 on Amazon [go.pcworld.com/st80]).

               Silverstone Sugo SG13: Like all budget PC
               cases, the Silverstone Sugo SG13 ($60 on            BEST MID-RANGE PC CASES

               Amazon [go.pcworld.com/13sg]) isn’t fancy.          NZXT H500i: The NZXT H500i (go.pcworld.
               But this tiny mini-ITX case is perfect for LAN      com/500i; $100 on Amazon [go.pcworld.
               parties (and cramped desks) thanks to its           com/by5i]) looks gorgeous with its clean

               affordable price and easy-to-carry design.           all-steel construction and half-height tempered
               Silverstone provides plenty of ventilation for      glass panel. It helps you keep things clean
               improved airflow—a crucial feature in such a         inside, too, thanks to abundant hardware

               tiny PC—and despite its small size, the Sugo        space and cable management features. Other
               SG13 can accommodate a full-sized power             niceties include an integrated RGB lights, a

               supply, a 140mm closed-loop CPU liquid-             vertical GPU mount, and a Smart Device that
               cooler, and graphics cards up to 10.5-inches        taps into NZXT’s CAM software to control your
               in length. We used it in our build of a mini-       LEDs and optimize your fan speeds.

               ITX Ryzen gaming PC (go.pcworld.com/                    If you aren’t interested in the Smart Hub
               mnrz) with a discrete GPU.                          or native lighting, NZXT also sells the

                   Deepcool Tesseract: The aforementioned          dumbed-down but otherwise identical
               Deepcool Tesseract ($50 on Newegg [go.              H500 for $75 (go.pcworld.com/nz50). Both
               pcworld.com/tsrc]) is a decent-sized                are highly recommended

                                                                       Corsair Carbide 270R: The no-frills
                                                                   Corsair Carbide 270R ($70 on Amazon [go.

                                                                   pcworld.com/r270]) succeeds in getting out
                                                                   of your way. It’s dead-simple to work with,
                                                                   includes cable management options you

                                                                   won’t often find in budget cases, and the
                                                                   performance you get for the price is solid.

                                                                   Some notable extra touches include a power
                                                                   supply shroud to hide unsightly cables, and
                                                                   the ability to fit a 360mm liquid-cooling

               Silverstone Sugo SG13.                              radiator in the front, a 240mm radiator up



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