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Small mATX case and TRUE?

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CoffeeCan

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Hi

Which "Smallish" mATX would go with a TRUE or a similar air cooler with same abilities

Been looking a bit on...

Antec NSK 3480 - It' cheap, fair psu and fair build quality.

Silverstone TJ08 - A bit expensive, good quality and features

Lian Li V350 - Lian Li, no space for tower cooler, small

TT Lanbox - Same as the LL, but a TT

Silversugo 01/02 - Nice, but small, crappy airflow, but nice layout.

What are there of other possibilities and what you recommend?


- CoffeeCan
 
The NSK is beautiful but heavy. TT is junk and the SUgo is not bad. No clue on the other ones.
 
OMG the CM340 is just a TJ08 with cheapish front!

The CM is just 2.5 times cheaper than the silverstone.. and with a small bit of modding it fits a dual radiator which i have..

Yes i have water, but was going to kick it out since lack of space with my dream of mATX.

Looks my next buy..

Keep posting - Thx :D
 
thedintedcan said:
NZXT Rogue
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he said "small-ish". there is nothing small about the rogue. It's about 1/3 the size of that guy in the pic.

I think the SG03 should fit a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme without mods, but don t quote me on that. Any QPack clone (Ultra Microfly, BGears B-Envy) with the support brace chopped should fit a tower cooler.

The NZXT Rogue and the Raidmax Icebox have the same basic internal layout as the QPack but without the brace over the CPU socket.

edit: here is a pic that should help:

new_rig_005.jpg


and the thread it came from (the SFF forum would probably be a better place to research than the case / mod section) : http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1260580&page=2
 
MC FLMJIG said:
The NSK is beautiful but heavy.
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It's not that heavy.

I had one and sold it though. Couldn't deal with having my WD6400AAKS like 2mm away from my 9800GTX. The other thing I did not like was having to have the TRUE sideways.

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I have an A05A coming tomorrow; it's a decent option. Deeper than most SFF cases but the same height as the NSK3480 and a lot more internal room to boot.

All of the Silverstone SUGO cases only work with low profile coolers. They have like 175mm clearance between the cpu socket and the psu bracket. In that case, I'd get a Noctua NH-C12 because (IMO) the NT06 Lite cooler is a joke since it uses the psu fan to pull heat off of it, and most psus these days (those that are more efficient such as the Corsairs) have fans that run at low speed 90% of the time anyway. I was totally sold on the SG03 but I couldn't deal with the HSF clearance flaws.
 
Wished that Lian Li made a mATX version of the A05!

I really like the looks and quality of Lian Li - once had a PC60

But airflow in A05 is weird and half bad i think..
 
Yeah no kidding...I wish they had a good, micro-tower esque mATX case as well.

V350 isn't bad but I don't like the cube shape; I'd rather have a small tower.

A05 airflow, yeah it's certainly different. :eek:
I had an A05B before that I modded a 2x120 radgrill into (then sold it to buy the V1000). Now that I've bought the A05A I've already bought and been shipped another 2x120 radgrill (aluminum silver this time though, to match the case) to mod into A05 #2. ;)
 
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