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What else to you plan to put in it? Air or AIO cooling? Internal external drive space needed?

Off the top of my head I'd say Fractal Define C or Torrent Compact, Lian Li O11 Mini.
 
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i plan to use for HTPC, was thinking get a itx board, but too costly and already have an atx board.
 
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Ah, cool. Well, as long as you don't need an internal ODD, the Fractal Design Define 7 Compact (replaced the C now that I've had time to look) would do well, I think.
 
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Grebuloner said:
Off the top of my head I'd say Fractal Define 7 Compact or Torrent Compact, Lian Li O11 Mini.
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All the ones I was thinking about.

Sliger Cerberus X also comes to mind, but they come with a bit heftier price tag($265 to start).

I have also built in a Thermaltake Core G3. Definitely compact, could be placed on it's side, but requires an SFX psu. Might have to do some searching for it, currently $280 on NewEgg, but I only paid $90.
 
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fractals got a few that might work for you, like the pop mini or focus mini, there are "minis" of a few of their cases. phantek has a few too, like the eclipse p200a
 
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If you plan on using it as an HTPC, have you thought about using a chassis like this to integrate into your equipment stack,
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/GD09/
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I had an older Silverstone HTPC case that I got from my brother but ended up not using it since I went with Apple TV's and a Plex Server, so I gave it back to him a couple of years later.
image from google of the one I had
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I spent a while looking for a small case to fit a full-size ATX mobo somewhat recently and ended up with a Thermaltake Core G3. The materials are cheap, standard steel and plastic, but it's well made and gets the job done. Plus, it's a lot more reusable than buying a new motherboard for the old hardware you already have laying around. It does take an SFX PSU though, a full size one won't fit.

https://www.thermaltakeusa.com/core-g3.html

Edit: I didn't realize these were no longer available, it's still up on Thermaltake's site but OOS everywhere. It's a nice case for ~$80 but definitely not worth a premium price.
 
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s002wjh said:
that seem gonna attract alot dust?
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The mesh is fine enough to catch quite a bit of it, but it's definitely not going to catch all of it. It's definitely uglier when it catches it on the outside of the case, I have one in white, vs catching it on a filter behind a panel. But as far as the smallest volume able to hold an ATX motherboard and good sized GPUs, I don't think you'll find much else.

Also as a suggestion, if you provide us with details, use case, hardware involved(cpu, mobo, GPU) we can typically give you a better suggestion. There's a lot of great/experienced people still active on this forum, so more information will allow us to make a educated suggestion vs. having to ask a bunch of clarifying questions of you.
 
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Fritzz said:
The mesh is fine enough to catch quite a bit of it, but it's definitely not going to catch all of it. It's definitely uglier when it catches it on the outside of the case, I have one in white, vs catching it on a filter behind a panel. But as far as the smallest volume able to hold an ATX motherboard and good sized GPUs, I don't think you'll find much else.

Also as a suggestion, if you provide us with details, use case, hardware involved(cpu, mobo, GPU) we can typically give you a better suggestion. There's a lot of great/experienced people still active on this forum, so more information will allow us to make a educated suggestion vs. having to ask a bunch of clarifying questions of you.
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so i have an old 3700x , 5700xt and gigabyte aorus wifi atx mobo, with a 2TB M.2, i like to convert to a small atx format for HTPC use. not gonna do watercooling, no OC, no gaming. so just music, streaming, watch video, browsing etc.
i probably will get a low profile PSU something like 600w
i always go for the big case, oc and WC. but now i need to shrink it down quite a bit.
 
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s002wjh said:
so i have an old 3700x , 5700xt and gigabyte aorus wifi atx mobo, with a 2TB M.2, i like to convert to a small atx format for HTPC use. not gonna do watercooling, no OC, no gaming. so just music, streaming, watch video, browsing etc.
i probably will get a low profile PSU something like 600w
i always go for the big case, oc and WC. but now i need to shrink it down quite a bit.
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You could sell your parts and buy an Intel Nuc, there is an older one with decent specs in the FS forum for $125. 16GB Ram and 256GB SSD.
https://hardforum.com/threads/fs-i7-4790-i7-3770-i7-6700-cpu-nuc-fs.2023815/#post-1045529626
I bought a processor from him last week.

I have an older one I play with sometimes, it's that tiny box under the monitor
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i thought about intel nuc, but i have some leftover M.2, so i only need a cheap psu + case. so buying a intel nuc seem waste. i also prefer at least 11 gen intel, and those still over $500+
 
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