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4.0 Editors' Choice

Yes, it's expensive. But SilverStone’s Crown 04 is a well-built, great-looking horizontal case that harkens back to the glory days of the home theater PC.

$549.99
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The SilverStone Crown 04
2.5

The reversible-orientation flexibility of Montech's HS01 Pro stands out, but it can't offset a flurry of design flaws that make this ATX case a tough sell.

$129.90
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
Montech HS01 Pro
4.0 Editors' Choice

With classy wood trim and five fans included standard, Lian Li’s Lancool 217 delivers solid airflow performance and a host of unexpected features in a PC case at its price.

$122.99
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
Lian Li Lancool 217
4.0

The NZXT H9 Flow RGB is a rare design: an angled-front PC case that also supports backward-facing motherboard connectors. This peak-transparency chassis is high-quality and striking; we had just a few quibbles around its fans.

$189.99
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
NZXT H9 Flow RGB
4.0

Often on sale well below MSRP, NZXT's H3 Flow MicroATX PC case lacks a few key amenities but delivers a nice design, effective cooling, and unusual ease of building for the money.

$59.99
at Best Buy
By Thomas Soderstrom
The NZXT H3 Flow
4.0

The InWin Prism's striking mirrored panels and wealth of RGB lighting will inspire expert DIY-ers to elevate this elegant case's cooling performance in their next vanity PC build.

$238.02
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The InWin Prism

From mighty full-ATX towers to tuck-it-away Mini-ITX compacts, these are the best PC cases we've tested for appearance, ease of building, thermal and acoustic performance, and practical features.

By John Burek
Thermaltake CTE E550 TG
4.0

Corsair’s Frame 5000D RS ARGB is a supersize, liquid-cooling-friendly chassis with massive radiator support and lots of modularity. It’s ideal for big, bold custom rigs if your budget—and desk!—can handle it.

$199.99
at Walmart
By Thomas Soderstrom
The Corsair Frame 5000D RS ARGB

The smallest PC cases you can buy are also today's most diverse and complex. Here's how to shop for a compact PC chassis, along with the best ones we've built in at PC Labs.

By John Burek
InWin POC One
4.0

Its excellent feature set and low price would have earned ADATA’s XPG Starker Air BTF PC case an award, had it run cooler with its top filter sheet installed—or still looked like a finished product with it removed.

$109.99
at XPG
By Thomas Soderstrom
The ADATA XPG Starker Air BTF
3.5

SilverStone’s Seta H2M is a well-made, attractive MicroATX PC case that makes cooling—not bling or space savings—its top priority.

$114.47
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The SilverStone Seta H2M
4.0

The best-looking versions are pricey, but Fractal Design’s Meshify 3 PC case has variants to satisfy most mid-market PC DIY-ers. Our test model delivered a spectacular, cool-running build with ease; only the lack of comprehensive dust filtration keeps it from top marks.

$139.99
at Newegg
By Thomas Soderstrom
The Fractal Design Meshify 3
4.0

For PC builders looking to jump on the reverse-connector motherboard trend, MSI's MPG Velox 300R Airflow PZ is well designed and priced to take on Asus' rival case, leaving your aesthetic preferences to decide the true winner.

$149.12
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The MSI MPG Velox 300R Airflow PZ

Taipei's Computex is an annual wonderland for PC modders, and this year’s mods prove one thing: Anything can be a PC, if you try hard enough.

By John Burek & Matthew Buzzi
Best PC Mods Computex 2025

There was plenty of outrageous tech to behold in Taipei this year, but these 15 PC cases are the ones that really cranked the creativity dial to 11.

Best PC Cases Computex 2025
3.5

Three-sided glass and a motherboard mounting scheme rotated 90 degrees set apart Thermaltake’s unusual CTE E550 TG ATX PC case. But to make the most of it, you’ll need to factor in the cost of an optional GPU riser cable.

$169.99
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The Thermaltake CTE E550 TG
4.0

ADATA's XPG Invader X Mini has a sharp look and a small footprint for an aggressive price. It's a good-value ATX PC case if you don't plan to run a high-heat configuration inside.

$96.91
at Amazon
By Thomas Soderstrom
The ADATA XPG Invader X Mini

The company was already dealing with pretty thin profit margins before the tariffs, which—at 145%—make doing business in the US far too expensive at the moment.

By Michael Kan
Hyte Case
3.5

Sturdy and premium, SilverStone's Seta A2 gives off longevity vibes and has the structure for lots of large liquid cooling gear, but using some of its key features can block you from using certain others.

$178.99
at Newegg
By Thomas Soderstrom
SilverStone Seta A2 review

PC vendors say they thought the 25% tariff was on raw aluminum and steel, not finished products. Unfortunately, the policy also targets aluminum 'derivative' products.

By Michael Kan
case with GPU