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Looking for a good mATX case.

NickJames

NickJames

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I have been pondering for awhile on what case to get but it's very hard. I would like something small, portable and light. Noise is not an issue, would like the exterior black and possibly interior. The box wont be moved around too much but I would still like it to be relatively light to make it easier if I need to move it.

I will be putting the following components.

Corsair H50
EVGA X58 SLI Micro
EVGA GTX 275
Corsair 650w
1 HDD
1 Optical Drive

My budget is about 100$ but I can go higher if the case is worth it.
 
I like this microATX cases:

NZXT Rouge
NZXT Vulcan
Lian-Li PC-V354
Lian Li A03
Silverstone FT03
Silverstone Sugo 03 & 04
InWin DragonSlayer
Silverstone TJ08
Antec Mini P180 Black
 
I got the vulcan last week and I really liked it. The airflow is pretty good and it looks nice. Mobo tray dosen come out though
 
Mini p180 is a great case, but not exactly portable or light. I'm running it with an EVGA x58 sli micro. Nice and quiet. I was going to use my H50 with the i7 but because of the height of the x58 sli micro chipset heatsink, it actually gets in the way of mounting the fan/rad combo at the back of the case. Ended up going with a Cogage True Spirit with the bolt through kit. And yea, the mini p180 is a bit heavy fully loaded, but at the same time a very good case :).
 
jakuum said:
Mini p180 is a great case, but not exactly portable or light. I'm running it with an EVGA x58 sli micro. Nice and quiet. I was going to use my H50 with the i7 but because of the height of the x58 sli micro chipset heatsink, it actually gets in the way of mounting the fan/rad combo at the back of the case. Ended up going with a Cogage True Spirit with the bolt through kit. And yea, the mini p180 is a bit heavy fully loaded, but at the same time a very good case :).
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Yes, I must agree.
Im now building sort of workstation PC into Antec Mini P180. I was suprised, The look and build quality is realy very good. But, its more like small ATX tower then microATX case.

Next nice micro ATX cases which i had in my hands was Silverstone SG01, TJ08, AOPEN H450, If I want portable micro ATX cases, I wait and Buy LianLi V354 or SIlverstone FT03. If you need save money, Buy NZXT Vulcan or InWIn DragonSlayer. ( InwIN WILL B PROBABLY A LITTLE BIGGER CASE AND NO HANDLE ). I realy Like NZXT Rouge, but it seems, nobody seles it anymore. ANd NZXT stop manufactured it.

If you like clean look. You can try LianLi A03.
 
MassiveOverkill said:
We do have a SFF forum. Lan Gear case.

My rig with two GTX 275's:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1508581

Current rig with H50 38mm push / 25mm pull:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1523957

The case is worth it. How many manufacturers ACTUALLY take input from the MODDING community to create/improve a product?
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Wow completely forget we had that forum. But Da Box is one sexy looking case that seems to fit everything I need. My only issue now would be temps from the GTX 275. If possible I will try to swap it for a less power hungry GPU. No overclocking will be done on this rig anyway.
 
I am looking at changing to an i5 board and CPU, to cut down costs and I heard H50 placement on i7 is a little tight. Only problem is I have to exchange my OCZ 3GB Triple Channel for some dual channel RAM.
 
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