of WD’s Black SN750 costs under £200
and still dishes out over 3,000MB/sec. You
can also consider a smaller capacity, as the
500GB version of WD’s Black SN750 only
costs around £100. If you have terabytes
of data to store, though, hard disks are still
the most cost-effective way to house it,
especially as you can bag 2TB hard disks for
around £50 now
Case
Phanteks Eclipse P600S
£135 i n c VAT
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With great air cooling as well as water-
cooling support, a flexible layout and superb
features, the Eclipse P600S is easily our
favourite case in this price league. It’s nearly
identical to Phanteks’ much pricier Evolv
X, and the black and white version here
looks great as well. While we won’t be using
any internal storage mounts, its flexibility
includes space for up to four hard disks and
three SSDs, as well as the largest all-in-one
liquid coolers.Alternatives
Phanteks has some strong offerings lower
down the budget spectrum too. The Eclipse
P300 is a great-looking option, with a fair
few less features than the Eclipse P600S,
but for a budget-friendly price tag of just
£50. For a cheaper high-airflow alternative,
the Fractal Design Meshify C is a great
choice that costs under £100.CPU cooler
Alphacool Eisbaer 120 LT
£77 i n c VAT
aquatuning.co.ukWith the Ryzen 7 3700X’s TDP sitting at just
65W, there’s little need to invest heavily in
CPU cooling, even if you’re overclocking.
We’ve chosen Alphacool’s Eisbaer 120 LT
liquid cooler, as it’s quiet and sports two
120mm fans that can ramp up when needed
to keep the CPU in check. It’s also expandable
should you wish to add a GPU waterblock or
custom reservoir, and has plenty of cooling
power to deal with our 8-core CPU.Alternatives
AMD’s 3rd-gen Ryzen CPUs do respond
to lower temperatures, especially if you
tap into Precision Boost Overdrive. If your
budget can stretch a little further, Corsair’s
H10i Pro RGB offers superb cooling with
its 240mm radiator and powerful fans for
around £20 more.If you have a more limited budget, Deepcool’s
Gammaxx GT BK offers decent cooling on
Socket AM4 for just £35. You can save even
morecash,though,byusing the included
WraithPrismRGB cooler. It’s
notparticularly quiet or
capable of dealing with
overclocks, but if
you’re running at
stock speed and
would prefer to
put more cash
towards your
graphics card,
it’s definitely
an option.THE P600S IS OUR
FAVOURITE CASE
AT THIS PRICE