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Some requirements

  1. must be mini itx only, no microatx cases 
  2. must be very small (it's for my grandpa the most intensive thing he does is play on chess.com don't need any custom loop support or even pcie expansion slots)
  3. sound dampening is optional and not a requirement since I'm gonna be putting in silentwings fans and a better CPU cooler
  4. must have 0 or very minimal maintenance
  5. dust filtered (I go to his condo once a year so I can clean his filter)
  6. MUST HAVE AN OPTICAL DRIVE BAY (he's old he has a ton of cds)
  7. must have at least one 3.5 inch bay and a 2.5 inch bay or two 3.5 inch bays and I can get a 3.5 to 2.5 inch adapter
  8. take a sfx or an atx psu
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Buy him nettop. It's small, produces no noise, and it's more than enough for work like he does. Watching movies, browsing web, etc.

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http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=722&area=en

Only problem is you need thin ITX.

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MS-Tech CL100. super tiny (7 liters!) ODD support, and with my setup (G3258 on a scythe big shuriken) it is near silent. 

only downsides are the shitty included PSU, and the lack of any dust filtering.

 

Size compared to a FE GPU cooler:

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Find an alternative solution to playing DVDs and get him a Chromebox/ChromeOS device. Incredible price savings in comparison, requires almost zero maintenance, and will overall be much more reliable for him.

 

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Fractal Design Node 202, and it has a built in PSU 

 There's also the Sentry ITX 

 

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I see the soul that is inside

 

 

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27 minutes ago, NSDUO said:
  • MUST HAVE AN OPTICAL DRIVE BAY (he's old he has a ton of cds)
  • must have at least one 3.5 inch bay and a 2.5 inch bay or two 3.5 inch bays and I can get a 3.5 to 2.5 inch adapter
  • take a sfx or an atx psu

Your only option to use an optical drive with an ITX PC is through external DVD drive. I don't think many ITX cases have 3.5" drive bays, most have 2.5"(Samsung 850 Evo/Pro) or many builders take advantage of the M.2 slot in the motherboard for a NVME SSD. 

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Cooltek Coolcube V3+ is crazy small and pretty cute imo, easy to build in.
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10 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Your only option to use an optical drive with an ITX PC is through external DVD drive. I don't think many ITX cases have 3.5" drive bays, most have 2.5"(Samsung 850 Evo/Pro) or many builders take advantage of the M.2 slot in the motherboard for a NVME SSD. 

Fractal design core 500 has a 3.5" bay, but I would still recommend getting a laptop.

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13 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Your only option to use an optical drive with an ITX PC is through external DVD drive. I don't think many ITX cases have 3.5" drive bays, most have 2.5"(Samsung 850 Evo/Pro) or many builders take advantage of the M.2 slot in the motherboard for a NVME SSD. 

again.. the MS-Tech CL100 meets all the requirements.

 

ODD bay, 3.5" bay, 2.5" bay. SFX PSU and only 7 liters. 

also, super cheap

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the evga hadron air is a small case with a biult in 500w(80+ gold)power supply and it has a place for a slot-loading dvd drive. 

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I would just buy an android box, unless he needs windows apps of course, in which case a NUC would suffice or even a stick computer, just get an external USB CD/DVD/BD to go with whichever one. very small and yet powerful enough for his needs.

Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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7 hours ago, Simon771 said:

Buy him nettop. It's small, produces no noise, and it's more than enough for work like he does. Watching movies, browsing web, etc.

No those are slow and crappy. He's old he needs a big screen and is planning on using a samsung he has sitting around 

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6 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

I would just buy an android box, unless he needs windows apps of course, in which case a NUC would suffice or even a stick computer, just get an external USB CD/DVD/BD to go with whichever one. very small and yet powerful enough for his needs.

He needs iTunes and he does financial stuff so android won't work it's not secure enough and I don't trust android at all 

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6 hours ago, Clipboards said:

Find an alternative solution to playing DVDs and get him a Chromebox/ChromeOS device. Incredible price savings in comparison, requires almost zero maintenance, and will overall be much more reliable for him.

 

http://a.co/2oKSWp3

No he needs windows or Mac and chrome is shit 

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6 hours ago, idontknowwhy said:

the evga hadron air is a small case with a biult in 500w(80+ gold)power supply and it has a place for a slot-loading dvd drive. 

I like that case it's just too expensive

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Have a look at the silver stone Milo series, not quite as small as some mentioned but you can get one with an optical bay.

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On 4/28/2017 at 3:09 PM, NSDUO said:

No he needs windows or Mac and chrome is shit 

 

You're wrong, but you likely understand his needs better than we do. Best of luck!

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