New Case

Altamira

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Hi,

I need your advice. I need a new pc case to change my old Cooler Master Centurion 534. Something between 50 and 85 Dollars.
I need at least 1 5,25 bay for the optical drive, at least 2 bays for HDD and at least 2 bays/mounts for SSD.
Good Ventilation, reasonable noise dumpening and nice protection from dust.
Something with sober and clean design, nothing flashy. I use air cooling, no water cooling or radiator.

I really need to change my Centurion. It as some rust in the back, where the back fan mounts, it lets in a reasonable amount of dust, is a bit noisy and prone to vibration buzzing. Also since the front bays are fixed and not removable it gets a bit cumbersome with the GPU almost touching them and also cable management very poor.
Thanks.
 
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Valantar

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Get the Fractal Define R5. This specific SKU (not the others, for some reason) is on sale on Newegg for $79.99. It has everything you're asking for.

2x 5,25" in the front.
All the drive cages you'll ever want (8x 3,5"/2,5", 2x2,5")
Dust filters on front and bottom
Plenty of ventilation (up to: 3x140mm front, 3x140mm top, 1x140mm rear, 2x120mm bottom*)
Great noise dampening (foam in front panel, heavy insulating stuff in the side panels)
Clean design

(fits 2x140mm front, 2x140mm top, no bottom fans without removing other features. Third top/front fan requires removing 5,25" bay, bottom fans require removing bottom three HDD cages)
 
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