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NZXT H500i. Corsair Carbide 270Rf.
top, and a 120mm radiator in the rear. BEST HIGH-END PC CASES
Fractal Design Meshify C: The Fractal Be Quiet! Silent Base 601: Not everybody
Design Meshify C ($85 on Amazon [go. wants tempered glass panels, RGB lighting,
pcworld.com/mshf]), our Full Nerd and borderline obnoxious levels of bling. If
podcast’s best case of 2017 (go.pcworld. that’s you, consider the Be Quiet! Silent Base
com/ep36), is basically the superb Fractal 601 ($139 on Newegg [go.pcworld.com/
Design Define C with extensive mesh slbs]). Its earned high praise from Gamers
paneling to improve airflow. And like Nexus (go.pcworld.com/g601) and Tom’s
Corsair’s Carbide series, it dumps Hardware (go.pcworld.com/t601) for its easy
traditional 5.25-inch bays in the front, both building nature, solid feature list, and silent
to improve airflow and to offer more design—though the focus on minimizing
extensive liquid-cooling options. (It also acoustics results in slightly higher operating
ditches all but two 3.5-inch drive bays, temperatures than cases that optimize
which may give some folks pause.) This case around airflow.
upholds Fractal’s reputation for well-built, Corsair Crystal 570X RGB: PCWorld’s
easy-to-use hardware. Just don’t try to use Full Nerd podcast named the Corsair 570X
a massively long graphics card in the ($150 on Amazon [go.pcworld.com/x570])
teeny-tiny Define C. the best PC case of 2016 (go.pcworld.com/
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