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Since you have a micro ATX board, you could go a bit smaller with the Define Mini C. Here's a comparison between Define C and Define Mini C:

 

 

I am looking for a PC case that is small for the following:

 

CPU: Intel - Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($184.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($344.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($41.98 @ Newegg)

 

Any help would be great, thanks.

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mATX or ATX? I'd reconsider your part choices if you haven't bought them already.

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For mini ITX + full size GPU you could look at the  fractal design core 500. I have that with a 6600k and an r9 fury nitro. Only thing to look out for is the PSU length. I'd be glad to assist you with that if you choose to build in the same case. If you want I can fetch you 5ye other cases I looked through when building mine :) all miniITX with full gpu support 

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I have already have these parts, but the case I have is really big and I just need one smaller, because i travel a lot

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On 7/23/2017 at 8:33 AM, laminutederire said:

For mini ITX + full size GPU you could look at the  fractal design core 500. I have that with a 6600k and an r9 fury nitro. Only thing to look out for is the PSU length. I'd be glad to assist you with that if you choose to build in the same case. If you want I can fetch you 5ye other cases I looked through when building mine :) all miniITX with full gpu support 

That would be great if you could fetch me the other 5 cases. ?

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On 7/23/2017 at 8:33 AM, laminutederire said:

For mini ITX + full size GPU you could look at the  fractal design core 500.

I like this case but I am going to have to check the size of my PSU when I get back home in 4 days. And how many storage devices can it hold, because I have 2 HDDs and 1 SSD.

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Lian-li makes a few portable cases. Check the tu300

http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-tu300/

 

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Fractal Design Define C.

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S340 from NZXT seems like small case to me.

And it looks great if you get Elite one.

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5 hours ago, SouthernStorms said:

I like this case but I am going to have to check the size of my PSU when I get back home in 4 days. And how many storage devices can it hold, because I have 2 HDDs and 1 SSD.

I have 1 ssd and 1 HDD, I know I still have the room for one HDD, and maybe room for another HDD or ssd :)

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On 7/23/2017 at 8:33 AM, laminutederire said:

For mini ITX + full size GPU you could look at the  fractal design core 500. I have that with a 6600k and an r9 fury nitro. Only thing to look out for is the PSU length. I'd be glad to assist you with that if you choose to build in the same case. If you want I can fetch you 5ye other cases I looked through when building mine :) all miniITX with full gpu support 

Ok, so the dimensions for my PSU is 6 × 3.5 × 5.5 (inches), do you think that will fit in the fractal design core 500?

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3 hours ago, SouthernStorms said:

Ok, so the dimensions for my PSU is 6 × 3.5 × 5.5 (inches), do you think that will fit in the fractal design core 500?

Getting you back on this this afternoon!

But only mini ITX boards will fit however! I don't know if that's a problem!

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On 7/23/2017 at 3:54 AM, SouthernStorms said:

I am looking for a PC case that is smal

Riotoro makes the smallest full Size ATX board case on the market AFAIK

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2AM-0057-00003&cm_re=riotoro-_-2AM-0057-00003-_-Product

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If it doesnt need to be this small, I'd go with the Fractal Define C. I'ts very nice and they just came out with a Tempered glass version.

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18 hours ago, laminutederire said:

Getting you back on this this afternoon!

But only mini ITX boards will fit however! I don't know if that's a problem!

Well my motherboard is a ASRock H110M-DS/Hyper, do you know if that is a mini ITX board?

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11 hours ago, SouthernStorms said:

Well my motherboard is a ASRock H110M-DS/Hyper, do you know if that is a mini ITX board?

Apparently no, it's a micro atx one. That won't fit in the same case, as there's not enough room for the second PCIe slot.

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8 hours ago, laminutederire said:

Apparently no, it's a micro atx one. That won't fit in the same case, as there's not enough room for the second PCIe slot.

Ok, thanks

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9 minutes ago, SouthernStorms said:

Ok, thanks

Someone above talked about the define C, it could be a good fit for this mobo :)

Unless you want to change for another motherboard and want advices for that?

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The Inwin 301 is pretty close to as small as you can go for mATX cases.  Despite being fairly cheap, it's also very well built with clean styling and a tempered glass side panel.

 

I have a Fury Nitro in mine, which is more than an inch longer than the 1060 Gaming X, as well as pumping out several times as much heat.  Since any/all of the issues I've encountered have been related to stuffing a gigantic high-power video card into it, you'll have an easier time than I did.

 

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17 minutes ago, Phate.exe said:

The Inwin 301 is pretty close to as small as you can go for mATX cases.  Despite being fairly cheap, it's also very well built with clean styling and a tempered glass side panel.

 

I have a Fury Nitro in mine, which is more than an inch longer than the 1060 Gaming X, as well as pumping out several times as much heat.  Since any/all of the issues I've encountered have been related to stuffing a gigantic high-power video card into it, you'll have an easier time than I did.

 

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Enable radeon chill, it helps me a lot keeping everything nice and cool with mine in my Fractal design core 500 :)

 

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32 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Enable radeon chill, it helps me a lot keeping everything nice and cool with mine in my Fractal design core 500 :)

 

Part of my issues is that for whatever reason my Global Wattman undervolt settings keep reverting.

 

The other problem is because the card is so close to the bottom of the case, I'm not actually running any fans below it, and once the GPU fans spin up it ends up recycling a pocket of hot air under the card.  Once I have my server and 3d printer hooked up again I'm going to make a shroud to discourage air from getting sucked back under the card.  Playing around with a few ideas on this one, leaning towards a design that integrates some support for the large/heavy card.

 

If that doesn't work, I'll put the other slim fans I have underneath it.

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1 minute ago, Phate.exe said:

Part of my issues is that for whatever reason my Global Wattman undervolt settings keep reverting.

 

The other problem is because the card is so close to the bottom of the case, I'm not actually running any fans below it, and once the GPU fans spin up it ends up recycling a pocket of hot air under the card.  Once I have my server and 3d printer hooked up again I'm going to make a shroud to discourage air from getting sucked back under the card.

 

If that doesn't work, I'll put the other slim fans I have underneath it.

I see, have you tried sucking that air out?

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1 hour ago, laminutederire said:

I see, have you tried sucking that air out?

As long as I keep the fans from spinning up, everything works fine and doesn't start sucking air back through.  I'm more or less using the GPU fans and negative pressure from the front, rear, and PSU fans for all of the case's intake needs.  I have two more slim fans I can install under the card which would completely eliminate the issue, but I'm waiting on some fan splitters to show up and was hoping I'd be able to avoid using them.

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