I need to find the best medium, my PC is in our bedroom and due to a move not happening its staying there. Currently The HAF 922 sits behind my monitor, which looks very imposing, but its whisper quiet when the other half is trying to sleep and I'm gaming. There isn't much room to spare, my desk is 73cm wide with a 58cm (24inch) monitor.
Looking into this, cases like the Node 202 or Silverstone RVZ03 would be a great size as they could sit behind the monitor still but not be so imposing , looking at cooling options i think they would perhaps be too noisy unless i could fit a 240mm AIO in or perhaps on with some DIY modding.
The front runners at the moment are the H210 and NR200, These i think would give me the cooling i want but the width/thickness of them would mean i still need to find a new position that's not behind the monitor. I cant seem to find something in-between these 2 options except the Ghost s1 with a top hat but £250 just for the case i cant really justify.
I'm even looking at cheap second hand cases off ebay with the view to mod it myself, i.e bolting a 240mm AIO on the top of cutting a hole in the side panel and have the tower cooler sticking out like some 1970s muscle car haha.