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Your Favorite SFF Case

So I had been doing my research for my next build, which I have decided will be a small form factor build, and the part that I think we all focus on the most when planning these was the case. I had my heart set on the DAN A4-SFX because of how insanely small it was but also how well designed the layout was. Sadly though, after seeing the monopoly that SFFLabs had on that case and all of the horror stories that have come from people ordering there, I have decided I will not be buying this case unless I can find it for a decent price inside the United States.


Instead of the Dan case, I have been recently looking at the Silverstone SG13 and that case is certainly nice, allowing for a bit more hardware, but it's not as small. I know I am asking so much for as much hardware as possible and also the smallest case possible. I was wondering what your small form factor cases are! What cases do you use? What cases do you find interesting? Below is the rest of my build ideas.

 

ITX Board, probably going with an ASUS ROG Strix B360-I Gaming, this is because it has the IO that I really would like, including a wireless card, I'm open to suggestions on a better motherboard though.

An I7 unlocked from 8th gen most likely, I would like a few more cores than I need.

2x16GB of Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB, because I need that epic gamer lighting.

A 1080TI, I can't afford anything crazy but I would like to really invest most of my money into the graphics card because I have been a young dumb kid before, cheaping out on the graphics card.

M.2 storage for boot and then SSDs for actual storage.

As much as I'd like to do a custom water cooling loop including my graphics card I don't think that would be possible simply because of the space for the pump in this build, so if that isn't an option I can settle for a Corsair AIO liquid cooler.

 

I also want to put quite a bit of lighting in my case and it would be RGB because I like to switch my color scheme around a lot with my peripherals. Any suggestions are always appreciated!

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3 minutes ago, Thadigus said:

I also want to put quite a bit of lighting in my case and it would be RGB because I like to switch my color scheme around a lot with my peripherals. Any suggestions are always appreciated!

You might find this interesting

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dzRY3LLsXcDX5Qt5PvQOrAJhw0EK9Cy7UtQPdyRp6PY/edit#gid=0

 

Google spreadsheet of SFF cases, sorted by volume

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16 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

You might find this interesting

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dzRY3LLsXcDX5Qt5PvQOrAJhw0EK9Cy7UtQPdyRp6PY/edit#gid=0

 

Google spreadsheet of SFF cases, sorted by volume

Yo i don't see sharkoon c10 on that list, mind adding that: 37 x 22,5 x 18 cm

https://www.amazon.de/Sharkoon-PC-Gehäuse-Mini-ITX-extern-intern/dp/B00TJBCASG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1553634238&sr=8-1&keywords=sharkoon+c10

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My absolute favorite is the NFC Skyreach 4 Mini since it is a good bit smaller than the Xbone S/PS4 slim. Though my favorite "no compromises" case would just be the Node 202.

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None as neither really does what I want/need

One of the Things is support for 15mm large Discs

Others is to be as compact as possible. But it seems that much space is wasted for many cases.

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14 hours ago, Origami Cactus said:

Not my list to modify, but you can add case suggestions to be added to the main list in the tabs at the bottom

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CPU i7-4790k    Motherboard Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI    RAM G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1866mhz    GPU EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW3    Case Corsair 380T   

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The Node 202 would be my recommendation, since IMO you don't gain much of anything shaving off 10% size from an already pretty small case.

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