Best PC Cases of 2022: $60 to $300 Airflow, Silence, & Budget Cases

Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases () Our Best PC Cases in 2022 round-up helps you decide which PC cases are best for gaming computers, high-airflow builds, budget builds, quiet gaming computers, and more. We’ll also cover some of the best mechanically designed cases this year, along with winners for the Best Overall category. With the NVIDIA RTX 4090 and AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs (like the 7950X) out, cases that are compatible and capable of high airflow (even for water cooled builds) have become more important than ever -- so we’re here to help narrow-down the list. While you get ready for your next PC build, grab one of our anti-static, heavy-duty modmats for PC building on the GN Store! It helps support our work if you like it while also getting you something long-lasting and useful in return: PC Case Review Playlist: The goal here is to compare the best PC cases for CPU and GPU temperatures, cable management, water cooling builds, and mechanical design while also factoring-in the price at each point. A few 2021 cases are still on the list, and that’s because no one has knocked them off -- cases don’t go bad, so as long as they’re still being made and the price is good, they can still land on the list. The round-up includes comparisons between the Hyte Y60, Lian Li Lancool III, Montech’s X3 Mesh, the Fractal Pop! Air and Torrent, and more. Grab a toolkit, modmat, shirt, coaster pack, or mouse mat on the GN store! You get a quality item and support us at the same time: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Best Overall Case of 2022: Hyte Y60 on Amazon - Review of the Hyte Y60: For the Y60, remember that it’s mostly meant for water cooling and now that all the new parts are such high power, it’s a good time to get into water cooled builds for the high-end GPU CPU combinations. For air cooling, you need a skinnier card (as we say in the video) and you should utilize the bottom intake! Best Mechanical Design of 2022: Lian Li Lancool III on Amazon - Review of the Lian Li Lancool III: Best Budget Case of 2022: Montech X3 Mesh on Amazon - Review of the Montech X3 Mesh: Best Mid-Range Case of 2022: Fractal Pop! Air on Amazon - Review of the Fractal Pop Air: Runner-Up: NZXT H7 Flow on Amazon - Review of the NZXT H7 Flow: Alternative: Corsair 4000D Airflow on Amazon: Best Out-of-the-Box Thermals: Fractal Torrent on Amazon - Review of the Fractal Torrent: Best Noise-Normalized Thermals: TIED Lian Li Lancool III on Amazon: Fractal Torrent Compact on Amazon: Fractal Torrent Compact Review: Worst Trend: Cooler Master HAF 500 on Amazon - Review of the HAF 500: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Best Overall Case 2022 (Hyte Y60) 04:05 - Best Mechanical Design (Lian Li Lancool III) 07:13 - Best Budget Case (Montech X3 Mesh) 08:55 - Best Mid-Range (Fractal Pop Air & Runner-Up NZXT H7 Flow) 11:18 - Best Thermals (Fractal Torrent) 12:52 - Best Noise-Normalized Thermals (Lancool III vs. Torrent Compact) 13:40 - Worst Trend (Cooler Master HAF 500 Mid-Tower) 14:22 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke Testing: Patrick Lathan Video Production: Andrew Coleman Video Editing: Mike Gaglione