Computer Cases

WaterRabbit · Posted: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:52:51 Post Subject:

When these case questions come up everyone forgets to mention one of the best under rated cases out there. That is the NZXT M59 mid tower gaming case, I don't know if it is the looks or the low price ( sometimes people get it in their heads a certain dollar number and think anything lower must be of poor quality). The looks is subjective but the case has received high marks in ALL reviews that I can find. It is not a $275. Silverstone but for around $60. I don't think any case comes close , I can't list all the features here but I tell you it would cost you that much alone to take and paint the interior ( labor, rivets & tool, good gun to spray, etc.) with textured black paint ! If you wanted to get rid of that grey flat paint in most cases. When I opened the box for the first time, I was blown away, it is extra nice. Google it and read the reviews and 3DGameMan does a unboxing and a review in two videos on YouTube. If you have extra money though and this M59 does not do it for you, the Cooler Master HAF 932 Black is great and I think BigBruin did a review on the HAF 932 AMD Dragon Limited Edition ( the case I wanted bad but my tight budget made that decision for me). Hope I did not offend anyone but I feel pretty strong about my NZXT M59 it is my baby and the basis for my first build ! Best of Luck. Check it out !

crowTrobot · Rated R Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 57

yeah I think people are turned off by the front of that case, although I don't think its too bad.

The internals and specs are pretty damn good. Large heatsink hole on the tray for mounting heatsinks, cable routing on the side. I wish my case has that. Plus side window, side fan, etc. It's definitely a great value buy.

**Hellfire** · Moderator Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3385

I love NZXT cases, they're one of my favorite manufacturers.

Right now I have:
ChiefTec L-Series Case
CoolerMaster HAF 932
NZXT Lexa Blackline
Thermaltake Xaser VI

and another NZXT case in case I need to build a new box LOL

Crap, forgot about the old ThermalTake TaiChi case that is my server Smile

crowTrobot · Rated R Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 57

lol I thought I was original in thinking of a possible casemod where the monitor is mounted on the side of the case and have the bottom side contain the HD and optical drives but it looks like Chieftec already made such a product. lol. That case is awesome as a file server that you can just wheel out of the closet, throw in an old cheap 17 incher LCD there and you've got a great setup.

NZXT makes the best cases price/performance-feature wise, they are unbeatable. My only gripe with NZXT cases is that the upper left corner where the rear and top exhaust fans meet is really cramped. It is especially harder in Asus motherboards since they have a power connector there and its impossible to plug it in unless you put the heatsink after you plug everything in. Good thing NZXT cases have that large mounting hole on the motherboard tray which really helps A LOT, especially since even their economy and budget cases have the same tray hole feature so I just mount the heatsink last.