New to SFF, building for a friend!

Hi all, I have about 10yrs of building computers, but haven't jumped into SFF yet! I'm working on putting together a build for a friend of mine, and this forum looks like a valuable resource!

So far, I'm enjoying going through posts of past people's builds, and checking out all the case options! He's pretty set on a Dan A4, but I'm trying to show him a few other options too (it seems to be pretty hard to get your hands on a A4 in the US right now...). Eventually, I'll be building one for myself too...

If you have any case suggestions (available in the next month or so), feel free to drop them in the comments! Looking for something pretty aesthetically pleasing, and able to handle the heat from gaming! Thanks for the help!

 

[Phuncz]

Welcome to the forum ! There certainly are alternatives, look for "sandwich style", maybe Sliger has a case available which is based in the US.

 

[SFF Watercooled]

SGPC K55, A bunch of other Taobao cases, Velka 7, FormD T1, Ncase M1 (If you want to go full out on cooling)

 

[philimander]

SGPC K55, A bunch of other Taobao cases, Velka 7, FormD T1, Ncase M1 (If you want to go full out on cooling)

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll take a look into those!

 

[SFF Watercooled]

Oh yeah, and DEFINITELY check out this spreadsheet if you haven't already:

Case backgrounds in blue it's from taobao, else it's not