For years I kept tools in a plastic tote under a workbench, and the only reason I finally gave in and bought a proper cabinet was that I spent twenty minutes looking for a 10mm socket during a job that should have taken ten minutes total. That math bothered me more than the clutter ever had.
If you're starting from nothing, skip the giant rolling chest with eleven drawers and get a mid size stationary cabinet instead, something around 26 to 30 inches wide with four or five drawers. You can always add a rolling tool box later for the stuff that needs to travel to the car or the job site, but a fixed cabinet is where the bulk of your gear lives, and it's easier to organize once than to reorganize every time you reach for pliers. Drawers that size also hold standard organizer trays without you having to trim anything down, which matters more than it sounds like it should.
Measuring for it is where most people get caught out, me included, the first time, when I bought a cabinet two inches too deep for the alcove next to my garage door and spent a Saturday arguing with a tape measure instead of returning it. Measure the width, depth and height of the space with the door open, not just closed, because most cabinet doors swing out another 20 to 24 inches and you need that clearance to actually use the drawers underneath. Leave a few inches of slack on every side too, garages shift, concrete floors are never quite level, and a cabinet that fits to the exact inch on paper will not fit once you try to walk it into place.
Once it's in the right spot, what separates a cabinet that lasts from one that sags after two years comes down to the drawer slides and the steel gauge. Ball bearing slides that extend fully and lock are worth paying for, they're the difference between pulling a drawer open smoothly with a socket set in it and yanking on something that sticks halfway. Thicker steel, 18 gauge or heavier, resists denting when you inevitably drop something heavy into an open drawer. Welded seams hold up better than ones that are just bolted or riveted together, and a powder coated finish shrugs off grease and scratches in a way painted sheet metal just doesn't. Check the weight rating on the drawers too, a cabinet that looks identical to a better one can fall apart under the same load.
Mine still isn't full, which surprised me, because I was sure I'd outgrow it in a year. It just quietly holds everything and closes properly, which is more than I can say for the tote.