New case for gaming PC

[Roberto]

Ok. This is dumb of me I know but this is where I am now.

 

Experienced builder, normally, but managed to buy a XFX Speedster SWFT 319 AMD Radeon RX 6800. It arrived today and when I got in from work all excited to fit it, I discovered it is too large for my Antec P100 Case.

 

Firstly, let's take a moment to laugh at me. I'm usually pretty sure of myself when it comes to this kind of techie work and I figure that mistakes like this are worth sharing to keep me humble.

 

Secondly, does anyone have any reccomendations for a good value, readily available case I can get? I don't want to buy trash but equally I don't want to spend a fortune given that my partner has quite rightly (and after she finished laughing) pointed out that I've spent a fair bit on the card itself, plus a new 750W psu to run it and we have other expenses this month besides my gaming hobby. So I guess that's budget at ~£100 tops.

 

I've got 2x2.5" SSD and 1x3.5" HDD to fit in there too. There's also a BluRay drive in a 5&3/4" bay also but I'm not too fussed about carrying that over to a new case.

 

PC Part Picker suggests the NZXT H710 should work and I can get one for £89. Does anyone have strong feelings either way about that case? Or any other suggestion besides pay more attention next time? What's really annoying is the P100 is a great case - but there's no way to remove the drives bays.

[TwistedHelixis]

I have always gone with one of the Fractal cases, they normally have dust grills that can be removed / cleaned and are really well built.

https://www.google.com/search?q=fractal+case&rlz=1C1ONGR_enGB1026GB1026&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIgo_y9Y37AhXRyaQKHY-qDrkQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=2560&bih=1289&dpr=1

 

Never had a NZXT, so cant comment on that.

[DalekSec]

Had various NZXT cases over the years, can't fault them. (Ok apart from the one that set itself on fire...(not mine))

[Roberto]

Thanks for the replies. I've gone with a NZXT 710 and a promise to myself to measure things instead of assuming next time.

[Roberto]

Can confirm that the nzxt case h710 is a wonderful thing and that the 6800 is a mighty beast of a graphics card. And that given how much I've struggled with this, I may well never build another computer again