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    Are there any good ITX cases for $50 or less?

    pseudo necrobump with some info for anyone who searches this topic and bumps into this thread: I got the "M250" from Mini-box. As I suspected it's actually an e-Mini E-2015 (says so right on the box) but they took out the psu and external sata ports. The door for the sata ports is still...
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    Can anyone help me find a good compact ITX case?

    pseudo necrobump with some info for anyone who searches this topic and bumps into this thread: I got the "M250" from Mini-box. As I suspected it's actually an e-Mini E-2015 (says so right on the box) but they took out the psu and external sata ports. The door for the sata ports is still...
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    Are there any good ITX cases for $50 or less?

    Anyway, it looks like a couple of the coolermaster elite cubes are basically the only other cases out there under $50. Not really sure if I want those. I'm thinking at this point I might as well go down to the hardware store and just make my own shitbox for a couple bucks.
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    Are there any good ITX cases for $50 or less?

    Yeah I saw that, see my first post. The thing is I'm not sure if it's legit. Other sites like Realan say that both that case and the E-3015 come with a dc-dc psu board and the external sata ports. Mini-box's site implies it has no psu (they want to sell you one of theirs) and mentions nothing...
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    FWIW, a ~500mhz Pentium 3 can handle a saturated a 100base-T connection no sweat even with a heavy ruleset (at least, on OpenBSD with pf. I assume the pfsense version isn't grossly less efficient). You really don't need much for a simple router.
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    Are there any good ITX cases for $50 or less?

    The CoreV1 is more than I really want to pay, I didn't realize the cube elites had come down in price under $50. I didn't really want a "full size" case with bays and slots though (but maybe beggars can't be choosers).
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    Also, is that specific cpu a hard requirement? There are a lot of Atom-based ITX boards out there meant for network appliance tasks that have multiple onboard not-realtek lan ports. Assuming this thing is only a router and nothing else, and you're not doing heavy crypto (eg; tor node), any Atom...
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    InWin BP series? Winsis WI series? Apex MI series? Half of Rosewill's ITX stuff? Presumably you've typed "itx case" into Amazon's search but the results don't work for you... why not?
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    Are there any good ITX cases for $50 or less?

    I made a thread about this in the SFF section a few days ago, but it didn't really go anywhere so I thought maybe the more general case section might have ideas. I have a bunch of ITX guts I want to assemble into a utility machine (I have a complete kit, pico psu and all). I'm looking for a...
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    OK well maybe you have a good reason. The pfsense crowd are still kinda fanbois about it though. Realtek makes some cheap stuff here and there, but it's not THAT cheap. Anyway, you didn't answer the other main question: itx cases with slots are everywhere. What shape do you need?
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    Can anyone help me find a good compact ITX case?

    Hmm... ok. I think I'm going to try making a post in the general case section first before I make any moves on ali. I still have trouble believing there aren't any sub-$50 itx cases out there besides the M350 and the e-Minis.
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    I think the pfsense realtek hate is a little overblown personally. I use OpenBSD systems (what pf sense was ripped from) and realtek stuff mostly works fine for typical home use. Now, if you have top tier google fiber or something pushing the cards at full gig then yes, some of the cheaper...
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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

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    Suggestions for a case for ITX Router with PCIe support

    Is there a reason you actually need the slot? A lot of boards come with dual GigE lan ports these days, for example the Gigabyte GA-J1900N-D3V (second hit on Amazon for "Celeron J1900"). There are about a zillion itx cases that have slots, either full or half height. Your wording implies you...
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    Can anyone help me find a good compact ITX case?

    Ah ok thanks, that explains a lot. Are these actually legit companies, or is it still like ebay where it's just random people? Is there some Chinese paypal thing you have to go through or do you just order stuff directly like from Amazon?
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