Fractal Design Meshify C - Compact Mid Tower Computer Case - Open ATX Layout- High Performance Airflow/Cooling - 2x Fans included - PSU Shroud - Modular interior - Water-cooling ready - USB3.0 - Black

Great all-rounder, looks incredible and the fact it is quite small for a mid-tower means there isn't any wasted space inside. I did want it in black at first but couldn't wait a month or two and decided to get this one, well worth it.Despite the size it's ridiculously easy to work in because of the well thought out cable management areas at the back of the case, for once I was able to just get everything in and looking great without having to force the back panel on.There are a lot of simple things which just improved the quality and ease of the case (front, bottom and top dust filters, psu shroud with hard drive enclosure for 2 HDDs, removable back panels to make changing CPU cooler brackets easier if you have to do that, cable supply routes to help with front IO cables to the motherboard, removable psu bracket to simply pull/push the psu in from the back, loads of places to cable tie wires to and loads more)Definitely understand why it's so popular, would recommend to anyone looking to make a nice looking and well-ventilated PC.

I did a case swap into this case (previous case was a GameMax Vanguard VR2 and my first PC build), and this case was such a pleasure to build in in comparison. Highly recommend it for newbie builders as it comes with a manual and all screws are labelled inside which you may not find in cheap cases.Visually I think it's gorgeous, I have the white version and it looks very sleek and elegant with the mesh front panel. One of the reasons I swapped is because I wanted a smaller, lighter case, and this one is a nice size and weight without being cramped or flimsy. The reduced space does make certain things more difficult, for example fitting the SATA cables into my ATX motherboard was difficult because there wasn't much room at the side for me to access the slots. I also had to arrange my power supply cables carefully because the cables are round and very thick, but overall I found managing cables to be quite easy.One of the things I love about it the most are the hard drive trays - my last case had my 7200 drives rumbling like crazy, I even replaced one because I thought it was faulty. But in this case I can only hear my drives when I'm holding my ears up to the case which is a crazy difference to the tooth-grating sound I had to deal with before. It has little rubber pads on the tray which the drive sits on and they work great.Overall, I love this case, I can't stop admiring it, it was well worth re-building my PC.

I previously had the Fractal Define R4 for over 6 years and had been very happy with it. This time around I wanted a Fractal case that had better airflow. This one is perfect as it's slightly shorter than the R4 (that could accomodate M-ATX) whereas this is for ATX & Mini ATX.The Meshify C looks even better in the flesh - very minimal. Great airflow and insanely quiet - quieter than even my R4 was (and that was designed for noise reduction!). I did remove the front fan and replaced it with 2x Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 140mm PWM fans for better airflow on the front. Other than that, the case remained the same. I use Speccy to view temperatures after a new build and all the temperatures are incredibly low, so the airflow is definitely working incredibly well.Building inside the case was a breeze - I used a MSI ATX Z390 motherboard with i5 9600k and an aftermarket air cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition). It's quite a large air cooler but it fits perfectly in the case. The case also accomodates my GTX 1060 6GB which is also a fairly large card. The bottom part housed my 650W Corsair PSU perfectly, and hides it even better.The cable management holes make it incredibly easy to keep cable mess to a minimum. I'm not the tidiest with cables but could easily hide them all on the cable side and tie them up with ease.Dust filter-wise, there's a top magnetic filter which sits in place (and can be removed easily). There's a bottom filter which slides out to the front (my previous R4 bottom filter slid out to the rear which was annoying, so glad to see this has changed). There is also a dust filter behind the front mesh, which can be easily removed by gripping under the front and pulling the mesh panel off. Once off you can remove the dust filter and hoover behind. You can remove the glass panel using just your thumbs and turning the thumb screws. Same for the other side panel - couple of thumb screws to remove. Makes it very easy if I need to add or tweak anything going forward.Overall I'm glad I once again chose Fractal for my latest PC case. The case is of very high quality and I can't see why I wouldn't be using this case for years to come.