Corsair Carbide Series 100R Silent Edition

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A sound-dampened chassis, with fan controller, for £50. What's not to like?

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[CustardInc]

The lesson to be learned is that sometimes it's better to have better airflow, for lower fan speeds than restrictive intakes with the intention of deflecting noise

[jimbouk]

Or to run a mid-level case with mid-level hardware?

[Lee H]

Or to run a mid-level case with mid-level hardware?

Definately - you've hit the Nail on the head there. If you are getting better hardware and want to use a sound-proofed case, look at the Obsidian 550D instead.

I always tend to drop a bit of my budget on my chassis - its the thing I hardly change and the last one I was using prior to the Corsair 600T chassis I have now lasted 10 years before it needed to be replaced, even with serial upgrades.

[Ttaskmaster]

Very good for starter and intermediate builds, yeah.
But TBH, if you're building everything else high-end, £50-100 extra on a high end-ish case (summat like the 500R or 750D would probably do) wouldn't be that much in the grand scheme.

[DaniSerra]

so refined case, I like the build, so nice pc but, I have not problem with noise, I prefer a more potential computer.

[DAN333]

Good choice