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My current case I have now is the thermaltake urban s21 Best buy edition. I'm looking at either the cooler Master masterbox 5t or the master case maker 5t. But what exactly is the difference between these other than $200? The masterbox 5t seems nice but I don't get the difference between the 2. Also what all comes with these cases if I buy one does it come with a hard drive cage and drive bay? I'm going to replace all the stock fans and put the new CM masterflow fans in. Another option was a Corsair carbide case.
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Budget? (total and currency)
What are your specs?
We can't recommend a case as we don't know your cooler, MB type, PSU, GPU, ETC.

Carbide cases are trash IMO.
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Mitochondria wrote Budget? (total and currency)
What are your specs?
We can't recommend a case as we don't know your cooler, MB type, PSU, GPU, ETC.

Carbide cases are trash IMO.


I5 4690k
CAM hyper 212 Evo LED(two fans)
gigabyte gaming sli z97x Mobo
Higher power 700w bronze
Gtx 1070 EVGA FTW ACX
San disk ultra 2 960gb SSD
Toshiba 1tb 7200rpm HDD
LG optical drive(willing to take out)
8gb (2x4gb) crucial 1600mhz ddr3


Budget nothing too crazy I'd say $200 max but I want it to be my next case for say 5+ years and hoping to add a custom water loop if not a custom loop just normal water cooling. I don't plan on upgrading my cpu unless needed.
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kill3rsnail97 wrote Higher power 700w bronze

Tragic. I'd be upgrading that before case.

Dffierence between MasterBox 5T and MasterCase Maker 5T, are that the Maker 5T has a tempered glass side window, handle on top, is larger, has 2 x 5.25" drive bays, as opposed to the MasterBox 5T having none. The Maker 5T also has more HDD/SSD bays. The Maker 5T has significantly more fan support,and better rad support. The Maker 5T also has rubber grommets, so better cable management than the Masterbox 5t.

Masterbox 5t is a little sub par in quality for my liking, unless it's very well priced, and the Maker 5T is a bit too expensive IMO. I'd go with something in the $100 range, something with tempered glass though. Eclipse P400(S) or Enthoo Pro M from Phanteks are my go to's, but there are more options, and soon to be even more than that. Or you could go with an Enthoo EVOLV ATX on the higher end of Phanteks cases.
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