Ok...I've already pre-ordered the white Meshify S2, but I can easily cancel that order because it does not ship until next week. Cost was about $250 tax.inc.
The Pure Base 500DX in white is available locally to me for pickup, at about $90 cheaper tax. inc. I was not excited about the looks of this one, but after looking at some pics and reviews it's growing on me, especially if I can make the front LED blue, or turned off. I'm not sure I like the one USB-A connector in front, but I also can't remember when I needed more than one, TBH...
Besides from cost, and maybe aesthetics, any reason to get one over the other? The 500DX is smaller, but I'm wondering if having the front fans so close to my GPU will actually help it be cooler than the Meshify S2 which is wider, making the fans further away from the card?
So I'm back and forth now between the Pure Base 500DX and the Meshify S2. Seems like Gamers Nexus says the 500DX cools a bit better. The price certainly favours the 500DX.
My current system specs that would go into this case, which I am hoping to get about 5 years on (hence why I care a lot about the cooling):
- Asus Strix B550-E
- 3900X (no overclock)
- Fractal Design S24 AIO cooler top-mounted (2x120mm)
- Asus RTX 2060
- Corsair HX850 PSU
- 1TB Corsair Force MP600 SSD
- 3x 3.5in HDD, will move to 1 or 2 shortly
- 1x Crucial SSD
I'm thinking that the 3x HDDs might be an issue, but I'm looking at getting rid of one, or buying a new bigger one and just using that.
Thanks for the input everyone so far!