Cases

These full-size towers are designed for high-end systems. That means oodles of features, and flexible interiors that cater for premium components, including multiple large graphics cards, plenty of hard disks and SSDs and often lots of water-cooling gear too. Their lavish, eye-catching designs can include windows, LED lighting and front doors as well – they're sure to make an impact.

With prices here as low as £15, these cases are basic by way of features but still pack in all the essentials for you to build a budget system while leaving some space for future upgrades too. Power supplies are not included, however, so be sure to factor that into your budget before buying.

Products here combine value towers with entry-level power supplies in a single package, and are perfect for housing basic PCs. Remember, most power supplies here are not designed to cater for high-end graphics cards, multi-GPU set-ups or numerous hard disks.

These cases may be compact, but you can still build very powerful desktop systems into many of them. They're typically cube-shaped or flat, slimline cases suitable for home theatre PCs and living rooms, but beyond that the designs both inside and out vary wildly. As such, it's vital to check there's enough clearance for your other components before buying.

These cases are designed to spruce up the look and functionality of an Intel NUC system. Some include additional space for hard disks, and others can cool your NUC without fans and be mounted behind displays , making them great for a discrete office or home theatre PC. Always make sure the case you buy matches the NUC motherboard you have.

Accessories for server cases, these include rails and brackets for mounting cases into racks.
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